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Florence Eldridge (1901–1988)

Actress

Versatile character actress Florence Eldridge seemed often better served by the stage than by her roles in motion pictures. On the boards from the age of seventeen as a chorine in "Rock-a-Bye Baby" in 1918, she acted with touring companies and on Broadway and soon found herself playing leading parts... See full bio »

Born:

Florence McKechnie
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Long Beach, California, USA
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1978 First, You Cry (TV movie)
Mrs. Rollin
 
1960 Inherit the Wind
Sarah Brady
 
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Grace Winslow
– The Winslow Boy (1958) … Grace Winslow
 
1951-1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Bess / Emma
– Ferry Crisis at Friday Point (1952) … Emma
– The Speech (1951) … Bess
 
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
Lucy Morgan
– The Magnificent Ambersons (1950) … Lucy Morgan
 
1949 Christopher Columbus
Queen Isabella
 
1948 An Act of Murder
Catherine Cooke
 
1948 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Nanine
– Camille (1948) … Nanine
 
1948 Another Part of the Forest
Lavinia Hubbard
 
1936 Mary of Scotland
Elizabeth Tudor
 
1935 Les Misérables
Fantine
 
1934 A Modern Hero
Leah Ernst
 
1933 The Story of Temple Drake
Ruby Lemarr
 
1933 Dangerously Yours
Jo Horton
 
1933 The Great Jasper
Jenny Horn
 
1932 Thirteen Women
Grace Coombs
 
1930 The Matrimonial Bed
Juliet Corton
 
1930 The Divorcee
Helen
 
1929 Charming Sinners
Helen Carr
 
1929 The Greene Murder Case
Sibella Greene
 
1929 The Studio Murder Mystery
Blanche Hardell
 
1929 The Eligible Mr. Bangs (short)
Lucille Morgan
 
1923 Six Cylinder Love
Marilyn Sterling
 
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1963 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (TV movie)
Herself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #10.28 (1957) … Herself
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #3.14 (1955) … Herself
 
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(1918). Stage Play: Rock-a-Bye Baby. Musical comedy. Book by Edgar Allan Woolf and Margaret Mayo. Based on the farce "Baby Mine" by Margaret Mayo. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Herbert Reynolds. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Choreographed by Robert Marks. Directed by Edward Royce. Astor Theatre:... See more »

Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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She appeared with her husband, the actor Fredric March in The Studio Murder Mystery, Les Misérables, Mary of Scotland, Another Part of the Forest, An Act of Murder, Christopher Columbus, and Inherit the Wind. On TV, she appeared with him in the Producers' Showcase presentation of 'Dodsworth' on 30 April 1956. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo