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Lucile Watson


1879 - 1962

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The actress Lucille Watson made her stage debut in 1902 and was successful with plays like "The City" (09) and "Under Cover" (13). She was already a successful actress on Broadway when she made her film debut in 1916 with "The Girl with the Green Eyes" (16).
Afterwards followed a longer interruption and she dedicated again to the theater exclusively.

Only with the rise of the talkies she came back to the big screen but her appearances in front of the camera kept selom in that decade.
To her movies of those years belong "The Inventors" (34), "Men in Black" (34), "The Bishop Misbehaves" (35), "The Garden of Allah" (36), "Three Smart Girls" (36) and "The Women" (39).

In the 40's came the most of the movies with Lucille Watson into being. Among them are the productions "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (41), "Watch on the Rhine" (43) - for which she was nominated for an Oscar, "The Thin Man Goes Home" (44), "Never Say Goodbye" (46), "Ivy" (47) and "The Emperor Waltz" (48).

The 50's marked the end of her screen career where she again took part in some movies, often for Television. She took part in "Let's Dance" (50), "My Forbidden Past" (51) and an episode of the serial "Studio One: A Favor for a Friend" (54).

Lucile Watson was married with the actor Rockliffe Fellowes and the writer Louis Evan Shipman.
 

Other movies with Lucile Watson:
The Royal Family of Broadway (30) What Every Woman Knows (34) A Woman Rebels (36) Little Me (38) The Young in Heart (38) Sweethearts (38) Made for each Other (39) Waterloo Bridge (40) Florian (40) Rage in Heaven (41) Footsteps in the Dark (41) The Great Lie (41) Model Wife (41) Uncertain Glory (44) Till We Meet Again (44) Tomorrow Is Forever (46) My Reputation (46) Song of the South (46) The Razor's Edge (46) Serie "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" (48) Julia Misbehaves (48) That Wonderful Urge (48) Little Women (49) Everybody Does It (49) Harriet Craig (50) Serie "Armstrong Circle Theatre: The Chair" (50) Serie "Nash Airflyte Theatre: The Case of the Calico Dog" (51) Serie "Armstrong Circle Theatre: The Partnership" (51) Serie "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse: Years of Grace" (52) Serie "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts" (52) 

 
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