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Almira Sessions (1888–1974)

A member of a very socially prominent Washington family, Sessions played vaudeville, radio, television and film for sixty years. Sessions made her debut in 1909 in a comic opera. She has appeared over 500 times in movies and on television. Session sang comic songs in cabarets before going to New York to act on the stage... See full bio »

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1972 Love, American Style (TV series)
The Operator (segment "Love and the Bathtub")
 
1970 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Old Woman
The House/Certain Shadows on the Wall (1970) … Old Woman
 
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Mrs. Truscott
Epidemic (1970) … Mrs. Truscott
 
1970 Watermelon Man
Woman on Bus (uncredited)
 
1970 ...tick... tick... tick...
Townswoman (uncredited)
 
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV movie)
Mrs. Fletcher
 
1968 The Boston Strangler
Emma Hodak
 
1968 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Sketch Performer
Episode #2.1 (1968) … Sketch Performer
 
1968 Rosemary's Baby
Mrs. Sabatini (uncredited)
 
1968 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Mrs. Fletcher
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) … Mrs. Fletcher
 
1968 Firecreek
Townswoman at Wake (uncredited)
 
1967 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
Mary
 
1967 Laredo (TV series)
First Matron
The Bitter Yen of General Ti (1967) … First Matron
 
1966 The Last of the Secret Agents?
Middle-Aged Lady at Topless a Go-Go (uncredited)
 
1965 O.K. Crackerby! (TV series)
Harriet Bundy
Crackerby's Unfinished Symphony (1965) … Harriet Bundy
 
1965 F Troop (TV series)
Dobbs' Bride
Old Ironpants (1965) … Dobbs' Bride (uncredited)
 
1965 A Rage to Live
Carnival Fortune Teller (uncredited)
 
1964 The Munsters (TV series)
The Woman
A Walk on the Mild Side (1964) … The Woman
 
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree
Woman (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
 
1962 Paradise Alley
Mrs. Walker
 
1961 Summer and Smoke
Woman (uncredited)
 
1961 Lawman (TV series)
First Lady
The Substitute (1961) … First Lady
 
1961 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
Nettie Parsons
Always April (1961) … Nettie Parsons
 
1960 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Woman in town
Local Girl (1960) … Woman in town
 
1960 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Elsie
The Gossip (1960) … Elsie
 
1959-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Housekeeper / Mrs. M. Merrell
Craig's Will (1960) … Housekeeper
The Dusty Drawer (1959) … Mrs. M. Merrell
 
1959 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)
Mrs. Panessa
It's Only Money (1959) … Mrs. Panessa
 
1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Angry Newspaper Customer
Moochie of the Little League: A Diamond Is a Boy's Best Friend (1959) … Angry Newspaper Customer (uncredited)
 
1958 Andy Hardy Comes Home
Carvel Citizen at Meeting (uncredited)
 
1958 The Badlanders
Old Woman Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
 
1958 The Female Animal
Mabel (uncredited)
 
1957 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Cleaning Woman
Bentley and the P.T.A. (1957) … Cleaning Woman
 
1957 Loving You
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1957 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
Mrs. Rockmorton
Bob Picks a College (1957) … Mrs. Rockmorton
 
1955-1957 December Bride (TV series)
Elsie
The Homecoming Show (1957) … Elsie
The Beauty Pageant (1956)
The Shoplifter (1955) … Elsie
 
1957 Cheyenne (TV series)
Mrs. Thatcher
The Iron Trail (1957) … Mrs. Thatcher
 
1956 Calling Homicide
Mrs. Ida Dunsetter
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Missus Scragg
Scotchman's Gold (1956) … Missus Scragg
 
1956 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)
Mrs. Guffy
Crime at Wounded Moose (1956) … Mrs. Guffy
 
1955 Rebel Without a Cause
Old Lady Teacher (uncredited)
 
1955 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
Sara Norris
Uranium Pete (1955) … Sara Norris
 
1955 It's Always Fair Weather
Longwood House Manager (uncredited)
 
1955 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Spinster
Trouble Shooter (1955) … Spinster
 
1955 The Mickey Rooney Show (TV series)
The Guardian (1955)
 
1955 The Prodigal
Woman Buying Grain (uncredited)
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Second Lady
Dickie (1955) … Second Lady
 
1951-1955 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Miss Laura Tyler / Mrs. Bramlege / Woman at Auction
To the Highest Bidder (1955) … Woman at Auction
Grandpa and Genie (1953) … Mrs. Bramlege
The Lady School Teacher (1951) … Miss Laura Tyler
 
1954 Hell's Outpost
Mrs. O'Sullivan's Companion (uncredited)
 
1954 The Public Defender (TV series)
Spinster
The Forger (1954) … Spinster
 
1953 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Miss Kerner
Don't Believe in Ghosts (1953) … Miss Kerner
 
1952-1953 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Aunt Christine / Michaela / Sarah Hotchkiss
The Raccoon Story (1953) … Sarah Hotchkiss
Bell of Santa Margarita (1952) … Michaela
Thunderhead (1952) … Aunt Christine
 
1953 Forever Female
Tommy's Mother (uncredited)
 
1953 Paris Model
Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
 
1953 The Moonlighter
Angelica Usqubaugh (uncredited)
 
1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Aunt Naomi
 
1953 Sweethearts on Parade
Townswoman (uncredited)
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero!
Woman in Bank (uncredited)
 
1953 I Married Joan (TV series)
Mrs. Hodgkiss
Broken Toe (1953) … Mrs. Hodgkiss
 
1953 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
Mrs. Pennyfeather
The Play's the Thing (1953) … Mrs. Pennyfeather
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
Society Matron at the Ball (uncredited)
 
1953 Code Two
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1953 The Blue Gardenia
Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
 
1952-1953 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Miss Bachrach / Receptionist
The Human Bomb (1953) … Receptionist (uncredited)
 
1952 Wagons West
Ada, Old Maid
 
1952 Jack and the Beanstalk
Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
 
1952 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Mag, the Witch
The Trail of the Witch (1952) … Mag, the Witch
 
1952 Oklahoma Annie
Mrs. Carrie Fudge
 
1951 Journey Into Light
Voice of Woman in Saloon (uncredited)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom
Wife on Airplane (uncredited)
 
1951 A Millionaire for Christy
Myrtle, Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
 
1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
Mrs. Forbes
California Outlaws (1951) … Mrs. Forbes
 
1951 Valentino
Fan Mail Sorter (uncredited)
 
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
Mrs. Santoro (uncredited)
 
1951 Oh! Susanna
Officer's Wife at Dance (uncredited)
 
1951 Hollywood Honeymoon (short)
 
1950 The Blazing Sun
Townswoman Mrs. Purty (uncredited)
 
1950 Harvey
Mrs. Halsey (uncredited)
 
1950 Dick Tracy (TV series)
Gravel Gertie
The Ghost of Gravel Gertie … Gravel Gertie
 
1950 Summer Stock
Constance Fliggerton (uncredited)
 
1950 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Lettie, Housekeeper / Maria, Housekeeper
The Wrong Man (1950) … Lettie, Housekeeper
Sheep Thieves (1950) … Maria, Housekeeper (uncredited)
 
1950 The Old Frontier
Mrs. Smedley
 
1950 Fancy Pants
Belle (uncredited)
 
1950 Please Believe Me
Miss Russell, Secretary (uncredited)
 
1950 Kill the Umpire
Wife of Man on Telephone/Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
 
1950 Black Hand
Tourist (uncredited)
 
1950 Montana
Widow Who Won't Buy Anything from Poppa (uncredited)
 
1949 Undertow
Miss Prentiss (uncredited)
 
1949 Roseanna McCoy
Cousin Zinny
 
1949 The Fountainhead
Dominique's Housekeeper at Quarry (uncredited)
 
1949 Night Unto Night
Hotel Maid
 
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Fan (uncredited)
 
1949 Dynamite
Jennie (uncredited)
 
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
Old Lady at Engagement Party (uncredited)
 
1948 Family Honeymoon
Maid (uncredited)
 
1948 Apartment for Peggy
Mrs. Landon (uncredited)
 
1948 Good Sam
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
Woman in Street (uncredited)
 
1948 Arthur Takes Over
Mrs. Barnafogle
 
1948 The Bride Goes Wild
Miss Williams (uncredited)
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
Mrs. Cotton (scenes deleted)
 
1947 The Bishop's Wife
First Lady in Michel's
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
Tilda Hatter (uncredited)
 
1947 Merton of the Movies
Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)
 
1947 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Miss Claybourne (uncredited)
 
1947 Love and Learn
The Bride (uncredited)
 
1947 For the Love of Rusty
Sarah Johnson (uncredited)
 
1947 Monsieur Verdoux
Lena Couvais
 
1947 West of Dodge City
Mrs. Throckbottom (uncredited)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life
Potter's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1946 Cross My Heart
Old Hag (uncredited)
 
1946 The Missing Lady
Miss Effie
 
1946 Night and Day
Woman in Hospital Corridor (uncredited)
 
1946 Do You Love Me
Miss Wayburn (uncredited)
 
1946 Fear
Mrs. Williams - Landlady
 
1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid
Marianne
 
1945 Woman Who Came Back
Bessie
 
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
Miss Downer (uncredited)
 
1945 State Fair
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
 
1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (short)
Woman next to Fibber in Audience
 
1945 The Southerner
Store Customer (uncredited)
 
1945 Two O'Clock Courage
Mrs. Daniels (uncredited)
 
1944 Can't Help Singing
Lemuel's Wife (uncredited)
 
1944 San Diego I Love You
Mrs. Mainwaring (uncredited)
 
1944 The Doughgirls
Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
 
1944 Maisie Goes to Reno
Lady with Reno Bus Ticket (uncredited)
 
1944 I Love a Soldier
Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
 
1944 Dixie Jamboree
Mrs. Ellabella Jackson, Susan's Aunt
 
1944 Bathing Beauty
Miss Phillips (uncredited)
 
1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Aunt Maude
 
1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Justice's Wife (uncredited)
 
1943 Madame Curie
Madame Michaud (uncredited)
 
1943 The Heat's On
Hannah Bainbridge
 
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook
Hattie (uncredited)
 
1943 Seeing Nellie Home (short)
 
1943 Young Ideas
Club Woman (uncredited)
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Miss Swanson (uncredited)
 
1943 Presenting Lily Mars
Boardinghouse Manager (uncredited)
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
 
1943 Assignment in Brittany
Madame Perro (uncredited)
 
1943 Happy Go Lucky
Spinster (uncredited)
 
1942 My Sister Eileen
Prospective Tenant (uncredited)
 
1942 Blondie for Victory
Mrs. Larkin, Blondie's Second in Command at Dam (uncredited)
 
1942 I Married an Angel
Mrs. Oscar Scallion (uncredited)
 
1942 Obliging Young Lady
Maid at Lake Mohawk Lodge
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels
Ursula Kornheiser
 
1941 Three Girls About Town
Tessie Conarchy, scrubwoman
 
1941 Sun Valley Serenade
Nurse
 
1941 Ringside Maisie
Mrs. Muldowny, the Landlady (uncredited)
 
1941 Blossoms in the Dust
Mrs. Brown, With the Vase (uncredited)
 
1941 Blondie in Society
Furious Woman With Broom (uncredited)
 
1941 She Knew All the Answers
Elaine Wingate
 
1940 Chad Hanna
Mrs. Mott (scenes deleted)
 
1940 Jennie
Mrs. Willoughby
 
1940 Little Nellie Kelly
Miss Corrigan, Nellie's Nurse (uncredited)
 
1940 The Ramparts We Watch
Victory Party Reveller (uncredited)
 
1937 Flowers from the Sky (short)
 
1936 Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (short)
Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
 
1935 Two Boobs in a Balloon (short)
Speaker (uncredited)
 
1932 Wayward
Aunt Mary Lou Reed (uncredited)
 
1932 The Symphony Murder Mystery (short)
Concert-Goer (uncredited)
 
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1947 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (performer: "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" - uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1962, she co-starred in "Suzuki Beane" one of the pilot episodes produced for a proposed TV anthology series called "The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre."
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I never was the pretty one, but I've got character. A character is somebody who isn't good-looking. And they want old women regularly around here for films, television and ads--commercials, that is. All this gives me a soft cushion under where I sit, a fine car out in front and anything I want to order at the best restaurants in town. What else could a girl want? See more »

Trivia:

A Washington member of society, she scandalized her social set by becoming a comedy vaudeville singer. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo