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Estelle Winwood(1883-1984)

  • Actress
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Estelle Winwood in Bewitched (1964)
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When Estelle saw the girl on a white horse at the circus, she then decided that she wanted to be an actress. And she was from the age of 5, to the disapproval of her father. Her mother had her train with the Liverpool Repertory Company, and Estelle performed in many plays and many roles in the West End. In 1916, she made her debut on Broadway and worked with a number of acclaimed stage actors. Estelle spent the rest of the 'teens and '20s working in plays on both sides of the Atlantic. Being an actor in the theater, Estelle was not about to be one of those who acted in flicks and held out for a very long time. In fact, besides a small role in a few English films in the early 1930s, her real debut was Quality Street (1937), a picture that she undertook when she was in her 50s. Anyway, that was enough as it would be almost two decades before she would return to the big screen. She appeared on the stage in the plays "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Ten Little Indians," and "The Importance of Being Earnest." But, in 1955, Estelle did return to the movies as Leslie Caron's "fairy godmother" in The Glass Slipper (1955). Estelle would spend the next 10 years appearing in films, often cast as eccentric, frail old ladies, some of whom could be deadly. Not to be left out, Estelle also would work on Television, doing guest spots in a number of shows. At 84, Estelle played a woman who was enamored by crooked Zero Mostel in the comedy The Producers (1967). Her last film would be the detective spoof Murder by Death (1976). When Estelle was asked, on the occasion of her 100th birthday, how she felt to have lived so long, she replied, "How rude of you to remind me!".
BornJanuary 24, 1883
DiedJune 20, 1984(101)
BornJanuary 24, 1883
DiedJune 20, 1984(101)
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Known for

Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
The Producers
7.5
  • Hold Me Touch Me
  • 1967
Murder by Death (1976)
Murder by Death
7.2
  • Nurse
  • 1976
Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone in Quality Street (1937)
Quality Street
6.2
  • Mary Willoughby
  • 1937
Sean Connery, Kieron Moore, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and Albert Sharpe in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
7.1
  • Sheelah Sugrue
  • 1959

Credits

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Actress



  • Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. (1976)
    Quincy, M.E.
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Muriel Prentiss
    • 1980
  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Mary Hathaway
    • 1976
  • Murder by Death (1976)
    Murder by Death
    7.2
    • Nurse
    • 1976
  • Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner in Switch (1975)
    Switch
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Vivian Nigel
    • 1976
  • William Conrad in Cannon (1971)
    Cannon
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Lila Brock
    • 1974
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Aunt Anita Woodridge
    • 1973
  • Banyon (1971)
    Banyon
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Birdie Hope
    • 1973
  • Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Flora (segment "Love and the Old Flames")
    • Mrs. Bradbury (segment "Love and the Living Doll")
    • 1969–1972
  • The Doris Day Show (1968)
    The Doris Day Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Estelle
    • Mrs. McDougal
    • Gertrude Fields
    • 1968–1971
  • Decisions! Decisions!
    3.8
    TV Movie
    • 1971
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Hester Collins
    • Henrietta Tate
    • 1968–1970
  • Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas in Jenny (1970)
    Jenny
    5.5
    • (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • CBS Playhouse (1967)
    CBS Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Woman
    • 1969
  • Darren McGavin in The Outsider (1968)
    The Outsider
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Perry
    • 1969
  • Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)
    The Producers
    7.5
    • Hold Me Touch Me
    • 1967

Soundtrack



  • Alive and Kicking (1958)
    Alive and Kicking
    6.6
    • performer: "What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor"" (uncredited)
    • 1958

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The Producers
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Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 24, 1883
    • Lee, Kent, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 20, 1984
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Robert Barton HendersonJune 1, 1944 - June 20, 1984 (her death)
  • Parents
      George Abraham Goodwin
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Hush!" on Broadway. Written by Violet Pearn. Little Theatre: 3 Oct 1916-Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Katherine Brook, Myra Brooks [credited as Myra Brook], Kate De Becker, Edward Douglas, Louie Emery, Robert Entwistle, Cecil Fletcher, Winifred Fraser, Ruby Hallier, Augusta Haviland, Cathleen Nesbitt, Cecilia Radclyffe, Robert Rendel. Produced by Winthrop Ames.

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  • Trivia
    At the time of her death (at age 101) she was the all-time oldest member of the Screen Actor's Guild.
  • Quotes
    [on reaching her centenary] "Who wants to be 100?"

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