Birthday:
11-03-1890
Deathday:
03-15-1955 (64 years)
Birthplace:
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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Manpower
Act like Mrs. Boyle (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.7
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Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
The Town Went Wild
Act like Nurse Irma Reeves
event1944 star_border 5
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Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
Lady Gangster
Act like Jenkins
event1942 star_border 5.8
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An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Act like Katie's Mother (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.2
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A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
The Ape
Act like Mother Clifford
event1940 star_border 4.9
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Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Act like Mrs. Alvin (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.5
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An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
Times Square Playboy
Act like Mrs.Nellie Calhoun
event1936 star_border 4.8
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A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
Three Girls About Town
Act like Mrs. McDougall, scrubwoman
event1941 star_border 5.3
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Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Fighting Fools
Act like Mrs. Higgins
event1949 star_border 5
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The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive.
The Pride of the Yankees
Act like Eleanor's Landlady (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7.4
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The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Here's Flash Casey
Act like Mrs. O'Hara
event1938 star_border 5.5
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After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job--with a big city newspaper.
Telephone Operator
Act like Mrs. Molloy
event1937 star_border 4.7
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A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
It Happened Tomorrow
event1944 star_border 6.7
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A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Three Husbands
Act like Maid (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5
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When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.
That Brennan Girl
Act like Mrs. Reagan, Denny's Mother
event1946 star_border 5.3
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Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
The Bamboo Blonde
Act like Mom
event1946 star_border 6
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A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.
Slander House
Act like Mrs. Horton
event1938 star_border 4
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Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
Quick Money
Act like Lyda Tompkins
event1937 star_border 4
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Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.
Secret Evidence
Act like Mrs. Wilson
event1941 star_border 5
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A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
A Wonderful Life
event1950
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Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen Henry Wood (played by Oscar winner James Dunn from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"), who loved family and church, gave to the needy, and donated most of his money to charity. Now deceased, his somewhat neglected daughter reflects on his past and ponders that age-old question, did he indeed have such "a wonderful life"?
The Life of the Party
Act like Dressmaker
event1937 star_border 5.2
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A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
Boy Meets Girl
Act like Happy's Nurse
event1938 star_border 6.2
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Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Act like Fat Woman
event1938 star_border 4
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A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
That Man's Here Again
Act like Mrs. Matthews
event1937 star_border 5
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An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Act like Mrs. O'Reilly
event1938 star_border 4
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A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
Within the Law
Act like Miss McGuinness - Prison Matron
event1939 star_border 6
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Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Calling Dr. Kildare
Act like Mother of Baby Vaughan (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.1
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Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Young Mr. Lincoln
Act like Apple Pie Baker (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.2
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In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Act like Midwife
event1939 star_border 7.1
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Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
First Love
Act like Ollie, Mrs. Clinton's Maid
event1939 star_border 7.8
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In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
Espionage Agent
Act like Stout Woman Bumped by Garrett
event1939 star_border 5.9
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When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Gambling Ship
event1938
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A gambler uses his winnings to help support an orphanage.
Big Town After Dark
Act like Charwoman (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5.5
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A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
Glove Slingers
Act like Mary Kelly (uncredited)
event1939
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A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Act like Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7.3
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The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Hoosier Schoolboy
Act like Miss Hodges the School Mistress
event1937 star_border 6
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A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
The Lady from Shanghai
Act like Old Woman (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7.3
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A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
The Sea of Grass
Act like Mrs. Hodges (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Love Begins at Twenty
Act like Evalina 'Evie' Gillingwater
event1936 star_border 6
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A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
I Married a Doctor
Act like Hospital Nurse
event1936 star_border 4.7
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City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Act like Irish matron
event1935
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A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
The House Across the Bay
Act like Prisoner's Wife on Ferry
event1940 star_border 5.3
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Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Foreign Correspondent
Act like Jones' Mother (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 7
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American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Kitty Foyle
Act like Mary (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.5
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A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Gentleman Jim
Act like Ma Corbett
event1942 star_border 7.2
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As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
They Drive by Night
Act like Courtroom Matron (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.9
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Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
The Old Swimmin' Hole
event1940
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Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
An Angel from Texas
Act like Mrs. Rogers
event1940 star_border 4.8
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A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Robin Hood Of Texas
Act like Mrs. O'Brien
event1947
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When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing nearby and the Chief arrests them as gang members but lets them go thinking they will lead them to the others.
Rider from Tucson
Act like Mrs. Brigitte O'Rielly
event1950 star_border 6
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In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jackson (Marshall Reed) hire Bob Rankin (Douglas Fowley') to kidnap Tug's sweetheart Jane Whipple (Elaine Riley). Rankin hides Jane and then demands half the mine from the other crooks. Dave Saunders (Tim Holt) and Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin), friends of Tug's, find Jane and taker her to safety. The conspirators then shoot Rankin, capture Tug and force him to take them to his claim. Dave and Chito are close behind.
Trail to San Antone
Act like The Commodore
event1947 star_border 6
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Gene Autry is back near the saddle, trying to help out a crippled jockey. Gene is certain that the jockey can ride in the Big Race if the lad can regain his self-confidence. Meanwhile, Gene and comical sidekick Sterling Holloway have another problem on their hands: A rogue stallion has "kidnapped" Gene's prize mare. Piloting a plane, Autry seeks out and locates the stallion.
Keep 'Em Slugging
Act like Mrs. Meegan
event1943 star_border 5.5
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A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Chain Gang
Act like Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.7
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Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
Bad Men of Missouri
Act like Mrs. Dalton
event1941 star_border 5.6
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The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
Home in San Antone
Act like Ma Gibson
event1949
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Posing as unemployed musicians, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, are being helped by Ted Gibson owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke out of trouble, supports his Ma, and Grandpa. He wants to marry Jean Wallace, and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Act like Mrs. O'Leary
event1942 star_border 4.7
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The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Go West, Young Lady
Act like Townswoman
event1941 star_border 6.9
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A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outlaws.
The Mummy's Ghost
Act like Ada Blake (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 5.8
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An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...
The Incredible Stranger
Act like Mrs. Brewster (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.5
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In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep a promise.
Little Orphan Annie
Act like Mrs. Milligan
event1938
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Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
Assassin of Youth
Act like Mrs. Mary Barry
event1938 star_border 2.9
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A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.
The Man I Love
Act like Lucy (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.2
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Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
The Egg and I
Act like Emmy
event1947 star_border 7
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World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Diamond Frontier
Act like Mrs. Willem
event1940
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Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
The Bishop's Wife
Act like Delia
event1947 star_border 7
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An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
The Chaser
Act like Woman Auto Driver
event1938 star_border 6
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A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Pretty Baby
Act like Subway Commuter (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6
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A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Hit the Ice
Act like Nurse #1 (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 5.9
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After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band.
Take One False Step
Act like Leona (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.5
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Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Lured
Act like Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
Black Legion
Act like Mrs. Grogan
event1937 star_border 6.6
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When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
They Made Me a Killer
Act like Nancy, Henry's wife
event1946 star_border 5.6
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A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Act like Marjorie's Neighbor (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.3
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A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Adventure
Act like Mrs. Ludlow (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.2
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A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
A Criminal Is Born
Act like Martha Wheeler
event1938 star_border 7.5
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An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
Up Goes Maisie
Act like Landlady (Uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.7
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A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
One Foot in Heaven
Act like Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.6
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Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Moonlight in Vermont
Act like Mrs. Costello
event1943 star_border 6
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A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.
Billy The Kid Returns
event1938 star_border 4.9
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After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
Hot Steel
Act like Mrs. Morrison
event1940
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Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
Michael O'Halloran
Act like Mrs. Tolliver
event1937
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A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.
The Merry Widow
Act like Attendant (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.8
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Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Four Star Playhouse
Act like Mrs. Mack (1 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.1
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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.
Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.
The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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