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Lucile Watson (May 27, 1879 – June 24, 1962) was a Canadian actress, long based in the United States. She was "famous for her roles of formidable dowagers."
Early years
Watson was born in Quebec and raised in Ottawa, the daughter of an officer in the British Army. Despite his wishes, she traveled to New York City and enrolled in a dramatic school.
Career
Watson was primarily a stage actress, appearing in 39 Broadway plays.
In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas. Two years later in Hollywood, she and Lukas reprised their roles in the film adaptation, for which Watson received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Death
Watson died on June 24, 1962.
Broadway roles
No More Ladies (1934) as Mrs. Fanny Townsend
Watch on the Rhine (1941) as Fanny Farrelly
Partial filmography
Sources
Lucile Watson biography by Film historian T. R. Bourgeois
References
Further reading
Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Lucile Watson". The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 249–251. ISBN 978-1-7200-3837-5.
External links
Lucile Watson at IMDb
Lucile Watson at the Internet Broadway Database
Lucile Watson portraits Broadway 1910s or 20s NYP Library
Lucile Watson at Find a Grave
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Model Wife (film)
- The Bishop Misbehaves (film)
- The Razor's Edge (film 1946)
- Till We Meet Again (film 1944)
- The Garden of Allah (film 1936)
- Watch on the Rhine
- Song of the South
- Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik
- RMS Titanic
- Daftar spesies Aloe
- Lucile Watson
- Watch on the Rhine
- Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)
- The Garden of Allah (1936 film)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film)
- The Women (1939 film)
- The Razor's Edge (1946 film)
- The Thin Man Goes Home
- Lucile
- Song of the South
