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    • Source: Florence Eldridge

      • Florence Eldridge (born Florence McKechnie, September 5, 1901 – August 1, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1957 for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night.


      Early years


      Eldridge was born Florence McKechnie in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Charles J. McKechnie. She attended public schools, including P.S. 85 and Girls' High School.


      Stage


      Eldridge made her Broadway debut at age 17 as a chorus member of Rock-a-Bye Baby at the Astor Theatre. The reference book American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930–1969 noted, "In the 1920s she won major attention in such plays as The Cat and the Canary and Six Characters in Search of an Author."
      In 1965, husband Fredric March and she did a world tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. Eldridge wrote that they were "experimenting to see if an acting couple doing excerpts from plays on a bare stage could reach and appeal to a worldwide audience."


      Personal life


      On March 19, 1921, Eldridge married Howard Rumsey, who owned the Empire Theater and the Knickerbocker Players (both in Syracuse) and the Manhattan Players of Rochester. They were wed at her aunt's home in Maplewood, New Jersey.
      She was married to Fredric March from 1927 until his death in 1975, and appeared alongside him on stage and in seven films. They adopted two children, Penelope and Anthony. Like her husband, she was a liberal Democrat.


      Partial credits




      = Stage

      =
      The Cat and the Canary
      Six Characters in Search of an Author
      An Enemy of the People
      Long Day's Journey Into Night
      The Skin of Our Teeth
      The Autumn Garden


      = Screen

      =
      Six Cylinder Love (1923) as Marilyn Sterling
      The Studio Murder Mystery (1929) as Blanche Hardell
      The Greene Murder Case (1929) as Sibella Greene
      Charming Sinners (1929) as Helen Carr
      The Divorcee (1930) as Helen
      The Matrimonial Bed (1930) as Juliet Corton
      Thirteen Women (1932) as Grace Coombs
      The Great Jasper (1933) as Jenny Horn
      Dangerously Yours (1933) as Jo Horton
      The Story of Temple Drake (1933) as Ruby Lemarr
      A Modern Hero (1934) as Leah Ernst
      Les Misérables (1935) as Fantine
      Mary of Scotland (1936) as Elizabeth Tudor
      Another Part of the Forest (1948) as Lavinia Hubbard
      An Act of Murder (1948) as Catherine Cooke
      Christopher Columbus (1949) as Queen Isabella
      Inherit the Wind (1960) as Sarah Brady


      Radio appearances




      References




      External links



      Florence Eldridge at IMDb
      Florence Eldridge at the Internet Broadway Database
      Florence Eldridge at Find a Grave

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