Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age HollywoodMcFarland, 1.8.2016 - 288 sivua Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York's Yiddish theater--though she wasn't Jewish. |
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... stage a more pronounced instance of the actress fitting the part than is exemplified this season in the engagement of Jessie Busley in In the Bishop's Carriage.”4 Prophetic words, indeed, when we consider the events to follow. Ernest ...
... stage debut as a replacement in the role of a head waiter in the long-running Augustus Thomas comedy The Earl of Pawtucket at the Princess Theatre in September 1903 and also acted as stage manager.9 Everything was set, then, in 1907 ...
... stage debut. That took place in 1888 with Robert B. Mantell's company.23 She “made her earliest success in New York,” according to John Parker, as Mary Northcote in The Bells of Haslemere at the Windsor Theatre in December 1889.24 In ...
... stage career began, which was only interrupted by the few years in the late 1930s when she worked in films. She never starred again, but played a series of choice supporting roles in some of the biggest and brightest Broadway hits of ...
... stage. It All Came True(L. Seiler, 1940) is one of the wonderful ensemble films from Warner Bros. that were more common in the early 1930s, but were still being made as the decade neared its end. Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan are ...
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Maude Eburne 18751960 | 31 |
Effie Ellsler 18551942 | 38 |
Edith Evanson 18961980 | 43 |
Eily Malyon 18791961 | 121 |
Una Merkel 190386 | 127 |
Greta Meyer 18831965 | 133 |
Dennie Moore 190278 | 139 |
Ona Munson 190355 | 143 |
Mary Nash 18841976 | 151 |
Barbara ONeil 191080 | 157 |
Rafaela Ottiano 18881942 | 162 |
Blanche Friderici 18731933 | 49 |
Grace George 18741961 | 54 |
Connie Gilchrist 18951985 | 59 |
Minna Gombell 18921973 | 66 |
Ethel Griffies 18781975 | 71 |
Sara Haden 18981981 | 76 |
Margaret Hamilton
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Rosalind Ivan 18801959 | 89 |
Isabel Jewell 190772 | 96 |
Violet Kemble Cooper 18861961 | 105 |
Doris Lloyd 18911968 | 111 |
Helen Lowell 18651937 | 116 |
Tempe Pigott 18691962 | 168 |
Anita SharpBolster 18951985 | 174 |
Libby Taylor 1900? | 180 |
Zeffie Tilbury 18631950 | 188 |
Norma Varden 18981989 | 195 |
Nydia Westman 190270 | 201 |
Margaret Wycherly 18791956 | 207 |
Blanche Yurka 18871974 | 215 |
Chapter Notes | 223 |
Bibliography | 269 |
Index | 271 |
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