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"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955): Season 4: Episode 12 -- Two women scheme to get rid of a rich old man.
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) -- The arrival of a lost relative, engulfs terror upon an aging southern belle, forever plagued by a horrifying family secret.
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955): Season 4: Episode 28 -- A woman's dream comes true when she witnesses a murder.
The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- Sam Spade, a private detective, gets involved in a murderous hunt for a valuable statuette.

Overview

Date of Death:
25 September 1987, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Her German immigrant father pushed her into a beauty contest at 14 and... more
Trivia:
Sister-in-law of William B. Hawks. more
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) .... Jewel Mayhew
    ... aka What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?
  2. Youngblood Hawke (1964) .... Irene Perry
  3. "Ben Casey" .... Dame Clorissa Rose Genet (1 episode, 1963)
        - Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne (1963) TV episode .... Dame Clorissa Rose Genet
  4. "Burke's Law" .... Florence Roberts (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
        - Who Killed Cable Roberts? (1963) TV episode .... Florence Roberts
  5. "Dr. Kildare" .... Aunt Frances / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - Face of Fear (1963) TV episode .... Aunt Frances
        - Operation: Lazarus (1962) TV episode .... Martha Lantzinge
  6. "The Defenders" .... Flora Goode (1 episode, 1963)
        - Poltergeist (1963) TV episode .... Flora Goode
  7. "Checkmate" .... Esther Brack (1 episode, 1962)
        - Brooding Fixation (1962) TV episode .... Esther Brack
  8. Return to Peyton Place (1961) .... Mrs. Roberta Carter
  9. "Rawhide" .... Emma Cardwell (1 episode, 1961)
        - Incident Near the Promised Land (1961) TV episode .... Emma Cardwell
  10. "Thriller" .... Rose French (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "Boris Karloff's Thriller"
        - Rose's Last Summer (1960) TV episode .... Rose French
  11. "Playhouse 90" .... Eileen Bavister / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
        - Journey to the Day (1960) TV episode .... Helen May Whitfield
        - Diary of a Nurse (1959) TV episode .... Eileen Bavister
        - The Return of Ansel Gibbs (1958) TV episode .... Sylvia
        - The Troublemakers (1957) TV episode .... Mattie
        - The Ninth Day (1957) TV episode .... Virginia Jackson
  12. "The United States Steel Hour" .... Lydia Chalmers / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1960)
    ... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
        - Revolt in Hadley (1960) TV episode .... Lydia Chalmers
        - The Women of Hadley (1960) TV episode .... Lydia Chalmers
        - The Littlest Enemy (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Wickens
        - The Thief (1955) TV episode .... Isabelle Lagarde

  13. The Philadelphia Story (1959) (TV) .... Margaret Lord
  14. "General Electric Theater" .... Bea Hicks (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
        - The Last Dance (1959) TV episode .... Bea Hicks
  15. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Grace Dolan / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
        - The Impossible Dream (1959) TV episode .... Grace Dolan
        - Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Fenimore
  16. A Stranger in My Arms (1959) .... Mrs. Virgilnie Beasley
    ... aka And Ride a Tiger (USA)
  17. This Happy Feeling (1958) .... Mrs. Tremaine
  18. "Studio One" .... Harriet Brand / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1958)
    ... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Lonely Stage (1958) TV episode .... Harriet Brand
        - Jack Sperling, Forty-six (1954) TV episode .... Ruth Sparling
  19. "U.S. Marshal" .... Amy (1 episode)
        - My Sons (????) TV episode .... Amy
  20. The Devil's Hairpin (1957) .... Mrs. Jargin
  21. "Climax!" .... Clarissa Bowman / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
    ... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
        - The High Jungle (1957) TV episode .... Clarissa Bowman
        - Phone Call for Matthew Quade (1956) TV episode .... Martha
        - Nightmare by Day (1956) TV episode .... Ethel Allen
        - Wild Stallion (1955) TV episode .... Mrs. Harris
  22. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Mildred Le Brun (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Man Who Played God (1957) TV episode .... Mildred Le Brun
        - The Star (1956) TV episode
  23. "Zane Grey Theater" .... Sarah Simmons (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
        - Black Is for Grief (1957) TV episode .... Sarah Simmons
  24. "Robert Montgomery Presents" .... Norma Desmond (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Lucky Strike Theater"
    ... aka "Montgomery's Summer Stock"
    ... aka "The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater"
        - Sunset Boulevard (1956) TV episode .... Norma Desmond
  25. The Power and the Prize (1956) .... Mrs. George Salt
  26. A Kiss Before Dying (1956) .... Mrs. Corliss
  27. "Playwrights '56" .... Georgina (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Pontiac Playwrights '56" (USA)
    ... aka "The Playwright Hour"
        - You and Me and the Gatepost (1956) TV episode .... Georgina
  28. "Star Stage" .... Nurse (1 episode, 1956)
        - I Am Her Nurse (1956) TV episode .... Nurse
  29. "Studio 57" .... Julia Kean (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Heinz Studio 57" (USA: alternative title)
        - A Farewell Appearance (1956) TV episode .... Julia Kean
  30. "Front Row Center" .... Millicent Jordan (1 episode, 1955)
        - Dinner at Eight (1955) TV episode .... Millicent Jordan
  31. "The Elgin Hour" .... Madge Draper (1 episode, 1955)
        - The $1,000 Window (1955) TV episode .... Madge Draper
  32. "Producers' Showcase" .... Nancy Blake (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Women (1955) TV episode .... Nancy Blake
  33. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "Ponds Theater" (USA: new title)
        - The Hickory Limb (1955) TV episode
  34. "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Arena Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Repertory Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" (USA: new title)
        - Run, Girl, Run (1954) TV episode
  35. "The Best of Broadway" .... Margaret Lord (1 episode, 1954)
        - The Philadelphia Story (1954) TV episode .... Margaret Lord
  36. "Danger" (1 episode, 1954)
        - Circle of Doom (1954) TV episode
  37. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
        - The Missing Years (1954) TV episode

  38. Any Number Can Play (1949) .... Ada
  39. Little Women (1949) .... Marmee
  40. Act of Violence (1948) .... Pat
  41. Cass Timberlane (1947) .... Queenie Havock
    ... aka Sinclair Lewis' Cass Timberlane (USA: promotional title)
  42. Cynthia (1947) .... Louise Bishop
    ... aka Cynthia: The Rich, Full Life
    ... aka The Rich Full Life (UK)
  43. Desert Fury (1947) .... Fritzi Haller
  44. Fiesta (1947) .... Señora Morales
  45. Claudia and David (1946) .... Elizabeth Van Doren
  46. Blonde Fever (1944) .... Delilah Donay
  47. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) .... Mrs. Anna Smith
  48. Thousands Cheer (1943) .... Hyllary Jones
  49. Young Ideas (1943) .... Josephine 'Jo' Evans
  50. The Palm Beach Story (1942) .... The Princess Centimillia
  51. Across the Pacific (1942) .... Alberta Marlow
  52. The Maltese Falcon (1941) .... Brigid O'Shaughnessy
  53. The Great Lie (1941) .... Sandra Kovak
  54. Brigham Young (1940) .... Mary Ann Young
    ... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title)
  55. Turnabout (1940) .... Marion Manning

  56. Midnight (1939) .... Helene Flammarion
  57. Listen, Darling (1938) .... Mrs. Dorothy 'Dottie' Wingate
  58. Woman Against Woman (1938) .... Cynthia Holland
  59. There's Always a Woman (1938) .... Lola Fraser
  60. Paradise for Three (1938) .... Mrs. Irene Mallebre
    ... aka Romance for Three (UK)
  61. No Time to Marry (1938) .... Kay McGowan
  62. The Hurricane (1937) .... Mme. DeLaage
  63. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) .... Antoinette de Mauban
  64. Lady from Nowhere (1936) .... Polly
  65. Dodsworth (1936) .... Mrs. Edith Cortright
  66. Trapped by Television (1936) .... Barbara 'Bobby' Blake
    ... aka Caught by Television (UK)
  67. And So They Were Married (1936) .... Edith Farnham
  68. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) .... Lillian Cooper
  69. Man of Iron (1935) .... Vida
  70. Page Miss Glory (1935) .... Gladys Russell
  71. Dinky (1935) .... Mrs. Martha Daniels
  72. Straight from the Heart (1935) .... Marian Henshaw
  73. Red Hot Tires (1935) .... Patricia Sanford
    ... aka Racing Luck (UK)
  74. I Am a Thief (1934) .... Odette Mauclair
  75. The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) .... Bessie Foley
  76. The Man with Two Faces (1934) .... Jessica Wells
  77. Return of the Terror (1934) .... Olga Morgan
  78. Upperworld (1934) .... Mrs. Hettie Stream
  79. Easy to Love (1934) .... Charlotte Hopkins
  80. Convention City (1933) .... Arlene Dale
  81. The World Changes (1933) .... Virginia 'Ginny' Clafflin Nordholm
  82. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) .... Hilda Lake
  83. Jennie Gerhardt (1933) .... Letty Pace
  84. The Little Giant (1933) .... Ruth Wayburn
  85. Red Dust (1932) .... Barbara Willis
  86. A Successful Calamity (1932) .... Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
  87. Those We Love (1932) .... May Ballard
  88. The Lost Squadron (1932) .... Follette Marsh
  89. Men of Chance (1931) .... Marthe Preston Silk
  90. Smart Woman (1931) .... Mrs. Nancy Gibson
  91. White Shoulders (1931) .... Norma Selbee
  92. The Sin Ship (1931) .... Frisco Kitty
  93. Behind Office Doors (1931) .... Mary Linden
  94. Other Men's Women (1931) .... Lily Kulper
    ... aka The Steel Highway
  95. The Royal Bed (1931) .... Princess Anne
    ... aka The Queen's Husband (UK)
  96. The Lash (1930) .... Dona Rosita Garcia
    ... aka Adiós (USA: Spanish title)
  97. Holiday (1930) .... Julia Seton
  98. Ladies Love Brutes (1930) .... Mimi Howell
  99. The Runaway Bride (1930) .... Mary Gray, AKA Sally Fairchild

  100. The Woman from Hell (1929) .... Dee Renaud
  101. New Year's Eve (1929) .... Marjorie Ware
  102. Romance of the Underworld (1928) .... Judith Andrews
    ... aka Romance and Bright Lights
  103. Dry Martini (1928) .... Elizabeth Quimby
  104. Heart to Heart (1928) .... Princess Delatorre/Ellen Guthrie
  105. Three-Ring Marriage (1928) .... Anna
  106. Dressed to Kill (1928) .... Jeanne
  107. Sailors' Wives (1928) .... Carol Trent
  108. No Place to Go (1927) .... Sally Montgomery
  109. The Rough Riders (1927) .... Dolly
    ... aka The Trumpet Calls (USA)
  110. Rose of the Golden West (1927) .... Elena
  111. Two Arabian Knights (1927) .... Mirza
  112. The Sunset Derby (1927) .... Molly Gibson
  113. The Sea Tiger (1927) .... Amy Cortissos
  114. Forever After (1926) .... Jennie Clayton
  115. Don Juan (1926) .... Adriana della Varnese
  116. The Wise Guy (1926) .... Mary
    ... aka Into the Night (UK)
    ... aka Wise Guy (USA)
  117. High Steppers (1926) .... Audrey Nye
  118. Scarlet Saint (1925) .... Fidele Tridon
  119. The Pace That Thrills (1925) .... Doris
  120. Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) .... Dolores de Muro
  121. Playing with Souls (1925) .... Margo
  122. Enticement (1925) .... Leonore Bewlay
  123. Oh, Doctor! (1925) .... Dolores Hicks
  124. Inez from Hollywood (1924) .... Fay Bartholdi
    ... aka The Good Bad Girl
  125. The Price of a Party (1924) .... Alice Barrows
  126. Unguarded Women (1924) .... Helen Castle
  127. The Fighting American (1924) .... Mary O'Mallory
  128. Beau Brummel (1924) .... Lady Margery Alvanley
  129. The Fighting Coward (1924) .... Lucy
  130. To the Ladies (1923) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  131. Woman-Proof (1923) .... Violet Lynwood
  132. The Marriage Maker (1923) .... Vivian Hope-Clarke
  133. Puritan Passions (1923) .... Rachel
  134. The Bright Shawl (1923) .... Narcissa Escobar
  135. Success (1923) .... Rose Randolph
  136. Second Fiddle (1923) .... Polly Crawford
  137. The Rapids (1922) (uncredited) .... Elsie Worden
  138. The Man Who Played God (1922) .... Young Woman
  139. Hope (1922) .... Hope
  140. John Smith (1922) .... Irene Mason
  141. The Young Painter (1922)
  142. The Angelus (1922) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  143. Wings of the Border (1921)
  144. The Beggar Maid (1921) (uncredited) .... Peasant Girl/Beggar Maid
  145. My Lady o' the Pines (1921) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  146. Sentimental Tommy (1921) (scenes deleted)
  147. Brother of the Bear (1921) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  148. The Bashful Suitor (1921) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  149. Bullets or Ballots (1921) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Soundtrack:
  1. Listen, Darling (1938) (performer: "On the Bumpy Road to Love" (1938)) ("On the Bumpy Road to Love" (1938), "Ten Pins in the Sky" (1938))
  2. Red Hot Tires (1935) ("The Bull Dog on the Bank and the Bull Frog in the Pool" (uncredited))
    ... aka Racing Luck (UK)
  3. Smart Woman (1931) ("Three Little Words" (1930))
  4. Other Men's Women (1931) ("Wherever You Stray, Wherever You Go" (uncredited))
    ... aka The Steel Highway
Self:
  1. "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series .... Herself
    ... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)

  2. "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
        - Episode #8.7 (1960) TV episode .... Herself

  3. Some of the Best (1949) (uncredited) .... Herself
  4. Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) (uncredited) .... Herself

  5. The Hollywood Gad-About (1934) .... Herself (Queen of the Frolic)

  6. The Show of Shows (1929) (unconfirmed) (scenes deleted) .... Herself
  7. A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927) .... Herself
  8. WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926) .... Herself
  9. Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
    ... aka Joligud
Archive Footage:
  1. In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004) (V) .... Mrs. Anna Smith
  2. "American Masters"
        - Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Mrs. Anna Smith
  3. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Herself
  4. Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) .... Herself
  5. "Frontier Justice"
        - Black Is for Grief (1959) TV episode (archive footage: 'Zane Grey Theater') .... Sarah Simmons
  6. "Toast of the Town"
        - Episode #9.41 (1956) TV episode .... Herself
  7. Some of the Greatest (1956) .... Adriana
  8. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951) .... Herself


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Childrens book: "My Friends Have Blue Eyes" more
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