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Lucile Watson (1879–1962)

Actress | Soundtrack

Unsmiling character player Lucile Watson was one of Hollywood's most indomitable mothers of the 1930s and 1940s...and you can take that both ways. The archetypal matriarch who enhanced scores of plush, soapy, Victorian-styled drama, her prickly pears could be insufferable indeed and heaven help anyone who gathered up the courage to take them on... See full bio »

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in Québec, Canada

Died:

(age 83) in New York City, New York, USA
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1954 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Mrs. Lloyd Minster
– A Favor for a Friend (1954) … Mrs. Lloyd Minster
 
1952 Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts (TV movie)
Juliette Low
 
1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– Years of Grace (1952)
 
1951 My Forbidden Past
Aunt Eula Beaurevel
 
1950-1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Partnership (1951)
– The Chair (1950)
 
1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– The Case of the Calico Dog (1951)
 
1950 Let's Dance
Serena Everett
 
1950 Harriet Craig
Celia Fenwick
 
1949 Everybody Does It
Mrs. Blair (Doris's mother)
 
1949 Little Women
Aunt March
 
1948 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Dowey
– The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (1948) … Mrs. Dowey
 
1948 That Wonderful Urge
Anut Cornelia Farley
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
Mrs. Packett
 
1948 The Emperor Waltz
Princess Bitotska
 
1947 Ivy
Mrs. Gretorex
 
1946 The Razor's Edge
Louisa Bradley
 
1946 Song of the South
Grandmother
 
1946 Never Say Goodbye
Mrs. Hamilton
 
1946 My Reputation
Mrs. Mary Kimball
 
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever
Aunt Jessica Hamilton (as Lucille Watson)
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home
Mrs. Marta Charles
 
1944 Till We Meet Again
Mother Superior
 
1944 Uncertain Glory
Mme. Maret
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine
Fanny Farrelly
 
1941 Model Wife
J.J. Benson
 
1941 The Great Lie
Aunt Ada Greenfield
 
1941 Footsteps in the Dark
Mrs. Agatha Archer
 
1941 Rage in Heaven
Mrs. Monrell
 
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Custer
 
1940 Florian
Countess
 
1940 Waterloo Bridge
Lady Margaret Cronin
 
1939 The Women
Mrs. Morehead
 
1939 Made for Each Other
Mrs. Harriet Mason
 
1938 Sweethearts
Mrs. Marlowe
 
1938 The Young in Heart
Mrs. Jennings
 
1938 Little Me (short)
 
1936 Three Smart Girls
Martha Trudel
 
1936 A Woman Rebels
Betty Bumble
 
1936 The Garden of Allah
Mother Superior Josephine
 
1935 The Bishop Misbehaves
Lady Emily Lyons
 
1934 What Every Woman Knows
La Contessa la Brierre
 
1934 Men in Black (short)
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1934 The Inventors (short)
Miss Tiddlebaum
 
1930 The Royal Family of Broadway
Actress Backstage (uncredited)
 
1916 The Girl with the Green Eyes (short)
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
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1950 Let's Dance (performer: "The Hyacinth")
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home ("Happy Birthday to You" - uncredited)
 
1938 Sweethearts (performer: "Keep It Dark" 1903 - uncredited)
 

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The Girl with the Green Eyes (1902). Drama. Written by Clyde Fitch. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Savoy Theatre: 25 Dec 1902- Mar 1903 (closing date unknown/108 performances). Cast: Charles Abbott (as "Mr. Tillman"), John M. Albaugh (as "Geoffrey Tillman"), Harry E. Asmus (as "Peter Cullingham"), Gertrude Bindley (as "Tourist"), Clara Bloodgood (as "Jinny Austin"), Mary Blyth (as "Grace Dane"), Frank Brownlee (as "A Guide"), Lou W. Carter (as "A Driver"), J.R. Cooley (as "A German Man"), Henry De Barry (as "A French Man"), Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh (as "Mrs. Tillman"), Louise Delmar (as "A French Woman"), Walter Dickinson (as "Footman"), Robert Drouet (as "John Austin"), Lucille Flaven (as "Ruth Chester"), Elizabeth French (as "Tourist"), Elsa Ganett (as "A German Woman"), Clara B. Hunter (as "Carrie"), Gardiner Jenkins (as "Butler"), Angela Keir (as "Housemaid"), Myrtle Lane (as "Tourist"), Felice Morris (as "Gertrude Wood"), Helena Otis (as "Belle Westling"), Mrs. McKee Rankin (as "Mrs. Cullingham"), Ellen Rowland (as "Mrs. Lopp"), Edith Taliaferro (as "Susie"), Lucile Watson (as "Maggie"). Produced by Charles Frohman. See more »

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Star Sign:

Gemini