Overview
Mini Biography:
Her German immigrant father pushed her into a beauty contest at 14 and... more
Trivia:
Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA. Specific... more
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
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Filmography
- "Ben Casey" .... Dame Clorissa Rose Genet (1 episode, 1963)
- Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne (1963) TV episode .... Dame Clorissa Rose Genet - "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 - "Dr. Kildare" .... Aunt Frances / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Face of Fear (1963) TV episode .... Aunt Frances
- Operation: Lazarus (1962) TV episode .... Martha Lantzinge - "The Defenders" .... Flora Goode (1 episode, 1963)
- Poltergeist (1963) TV episode .... Flora Goode - "Checkmate" .... Esther Brack (1 episode, 1962)
- Brooding Fixation (1962) TV episode .... Esther Brack - "Rawhide" .... Emma Cardwell (1 episode, 1961)
- Incident Near the Promised Land (1961) TV episode .... Emma Cardwell - "Thriller" .... Rose French (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
- Rose's Last Summer (1960) TV episode .... Rose French - "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 - "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
- The Philadelphia Story (1959) (TV) .... Margaret Lord
- "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 - "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 - "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: alternative title)
... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
- The Lonely Stage (1958) TV episode .... Harriet Brand
- Jack Sperling, Forty-six (1954) TV episode .... Ruth Sparling - "U.S. Marshal" .... Amy (1 episode)
- My Sons (????) TV episode .... Amy - "Climax!" .... Clarissa Bowman / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
- 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 - "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 - "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 - "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 - "Playwrights '56" .... Georgina (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Pontiac Playwrights '56 (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Playwright Hour
- You and Me and the Gatepost (1956) TV episode .... Georgina - "Star Stage" .... Nurse (1 episode, 1956)
- I Am Her Nurse (1956) TV episode .... Nurse - "Studio 57" .... Julia Kean (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Heinz Studio 57 (USA: alternative title)
- A Farewell Appearance (1956) TV episode .... Julia Kean - "Front Row Center" .... Millicent Jordan (1 episode, 1955)
- Dinner at Eight (1955) TV episode .... Millicent Jordan - "The Elgin Hour" .... Madge Draper (1 episode, 1955)
- The $1,000 Window (1955) TV episode .... Madge Draper - "Producers' Showcase" .... Nancy Blake (1 episode, 1955)
- The Women (1955) TV episode .... Nancy Blake - "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Ponds Theater (USA: new title)
- The Hickory Limb (1955) TV episode - "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 - "The Best of Broadway" .... Margaret Lord (1 episode, 1954)
- The Philadelphia Story (1954) TV episode .... Margaret Lord - "Danger" (1 episode, 1954)
- Circle of Doom (1954) TV episode - "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
- Listen, Darling (1938) (performer: "On the Bumpy Road to Love" (1938)) ("On the Bumpy Road to Love" (1938), "Ten Pins in the Sky" (1938))
- Red Hot Tires (1935) ("The Bull Dog on the Bank and the Bull Frog in the Pool" (uncredited))
... aka Racing Luck (UK) - Smart Woman (1931) ("Three Little Words" (1930))
- Other Men's Women (1931) ("Wherever You Stray, Wherever You Go" (uncredited))
... aka The Steel Highway
- "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series .... Herself (unknown episodes)
... aka Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)
- "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode #8.7 (1960) TV episode .... Herself
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Other Works:
Childrens book: "My Friends Have Blue Eyes"
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