Alexis Smith
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Alexis Smith was a Canadian
-born stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in several major Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway
in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award
in 1972.
, she was raised in Los Angeles
. She was signed to a contract by Warner Bros.
after being discovered by a talent scout while attending college. Her earliest film roles were uncredited bit parts, and it took several years for her career to gain momentum. Her first credited role was in the feature film Dive Bomber
(1941), playing the female lead opposite Errol Flynn
. Her appearance in The Constant Nymph
(1943) was well received and led to bigger parts.
During the 1940s she appeared alongside some of the most popular male stars of the day, including Errol Flynn
in Gentleman Jim
(1942) and San Antonio
(1945) (in which she sang a special version of the popular ballad "Some Sunday Morning
"), Humphrey Bogart
in Conflict
(1945) and The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(1947), Cary Grant
in a sanitized, fictionalized version of the life of Cole
and Linda Porter in Night and Day (1946), and Bing Crosby
in Here Comes the Groom
(1951). Among Smith's other films are Rhapsody In Blue
(1945), Of Human Bondage
(1946), and The Young Philadelphians
(1959). She also appeared on the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Radio (NBC) broadcast on 25 January 1952
She toured in several stage hits including the 1955 National company of Plain and Fancy
co-starring her husband Craig Stevens
, Jean Kerr
's Mary, Mary
and Cactus Flower also co-starring Stevens.
She appeared on the cover of the May 3, 1971 issue of Time
as the result of the critical acclaim for her singing and dancing role in Hal Prince
's Broadway
production of Stephen Sondheim
's Follies
, which marked her long-awaited Broadway
debut. In 1972, she won the Tony Award
for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.
Her stage career continued through the 1970s, with appearances in the 1973 all-star revival of The Women (1973), the short-lived re-working of William Inge
's drama Picnic
, re-titled Summer Brave
(1975), and the ill-fated musical
Platinum
(1978), which earned her another Tony nomination for her performance but closed after a brief run. She then toured for more than a year as the madam in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
, including a seven-month run in Los Angeles
.
Smith returned to the big screen with star billing in Jacqueline Susann
's Once Is Not Enough (1975) opposite Kirk Douglas
, followed by Casey's Shadow
with Walter Matthau
and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
with Martin Sheen
and Jodie Foster
.
Smith had a recurring role on the television series Dallas
as Clayton Farlow's sister Lady Jessica Montford in 1984, and again in 1990. She also starred in the short-lived 1988 series Hothouse, and was nominated for an Emmy Award
for her guest appearance on Cheers in 1990.
in 1993 on the day after her 72nd birthday. She had no children and her sole survivor was her husband of 49 years, actor Craig Stevens
. Smith's final film, The Age of Innocence
(1993), was released shortly after her death. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-born stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in several major Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
in 1972.
Life and career
Born Gladys Smith in Penticton, British ColumbiaBritish Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, she was raised in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. She was signed to a contract by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
after being discovered by a talent scout while attending college. Her earliest film roles were uncredited bit parts, and it took several years for her career to gain momentum. Her first credited role was in the feature film Dive Bomber
Dive Bomber (film)
Dive Bomber is a 1941 American propaganda film directed by Michael Curtiz. It is notable for both its Technicolor photography of pre-World War II United States Navy aircraft and as a historical document of the US in 1941, including the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, one of the best known World...
(1941), playing the female lead opposite Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...
. Her appearance in The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph (1943 film)
The Constant Nymph is a 1943 romantic drama film starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty and Peter Lorre...
(1943) was well received and led to bigger parts.
During the 1940s she appeared alongside some of the most popular male stars of the day, including Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...
in Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim (1942 film)
Gentleman Jim is a 1942 film starring Errol Flynn as heavyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett. The supporting cast includes Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, William Frawley, and Ward Bond. The movie was based upon Corbett's autobiography, The Roar of the Crowd, and directed by Raoul...
(1942) and San Antonio
San Antonio (film)
San Antonio is a 1945 western Technicolor film starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. The movie was written by W. R. Burnett and Alan Le May, and directed by David Butler as well as uncredited Robert Florey and Raoul Walsh....
(1945) (in which she sang a special version of the popular ballad "Some Sunday Morning
Some Sunday Morning
"Some Sunday Morning" is the title of two well-known American songs. The first has music written by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan, and was recorded by Ada Jones and Billy Murray in 1917. The second has music by M.K...
"), Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
in Conflict
Conflict (1936 film)
Conflict is a 1936 American film based on a novel by Jack London and a silent movie both titled "The Abysmal Brute". The film stars John Wayne, Ward Bond and Jean Rogers.-Plot:...
(1945) and The Two Mrs. Carrolls
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
The Two Mrs. Carrolls is a 1947 film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Peter Godfrey and produced by Mark Hellinger, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer, from a screenplay by Thomas Job based on the play by Martin Vale...
(1947), Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...
in a sanitized, fictionalized version of the life of Cole
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
and Linda Porter in Night and Day (1946), and Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
in Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom is a 1951 musical romantic comedy film starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman. Directed and produced by Frank Capra, the film was released by Paramount Pictures.-Plot:...
(1951). Among Smith's other films are Rhapsody In Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (film)
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1945 fictionalized screen biography of the American composer and musician George Gershwin . Starring Robert Alda as Gershwin, the film features a few of Gershwin's acquaintances playing themselves...
(1945), Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage (1946 film)
Of Human Bondage is a 1946 American drama filmdirected by Edmund Goulding. The second screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, the Warner Bros. release was written by Catherine Turney...
(1946), and The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 drama film starring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush and Alexis Smith, and directed by Vincent Sherman. Robert Vaughn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film is based on the novel The Philadelphian by Richard P...
(1959). She also appeared on the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Radio (NBC) broadcast on 25 January 1952
She toured in several stage hits including the 1955 National company of Plain and Fancy
Plain and Fancy
Plain and Fancy is a musical comedy with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Arnold Horwitt, and music by Albert Hague. One of the first depictions of an Amish community in American pop culture, it includes a traditional barn-raising and an old-fashioned country...
co-starring her husband Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens (actor)
Craig Stevens was an American motion picture and television actor.-Early and personal life:Born Gail Shikles, Jr., in Liberty, Missouri, his father was a high school teacher....
, Jean Kerr
Jean Kerr
Jean Kerr was an American author and playwright born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and best known for her humorous bestseller, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, and the plays King of Hearts and Mary, Mary...
's Mary, Mary
Mary, Mary (play)
Mary, Mary is a play by Jean Kerr. The play became one of the longest-running productions of the decade. After two previews, the Broadway production opened on March 8, 1961 at the original Helen Hayes Theatre , where it ran for nearly three years and nine months before transferring to the Morosco...
and Cactus Flower also co-starring Stevens.
She appeared on the cover of the May 3, 1971 issue of Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
as the result of the critical acclaim for her singing and dancing role in Hal Prince
Hal Prince
Harold Smith Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century...
's Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production of Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
's Follies
Follies
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies," a musical revue , that played in that theatre between the World Wars...
, which marked her long-awaited Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut. In 1972, she won the Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.
Her stage career continued through the 1970s, with appearances in the 1973 all-star revival of The Women (1973), the short-lived re-working of William Inge
William Inge
William Motter Inge was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s, he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, and one of these, Picnic, earned him a Pulitzer Prize...
's drama Picnic
Picnic (play)
Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. The play premiered at the Music Box Theatre, Broadway on 19 February 1953 in a Theatre Guild production, directed by Joshua Logan, which ran for 477 performances....
, re-titled Summer Brave
Summer Brave
Summer Brave is a play by William Inge, a revision of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play Picnic. Set in a small town in Kansas in the early 1950s, it focuses on Hal Carter, an attractive young stranger who drifts into town just before the annual Labor Day celebration and sets off a chain of...
(1975), and the ill-fated musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Platinum
Platinum (musical)
Platinum is a musical with a book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, music by Gary William Friedman, and lyrics by Holt. Set in a Hollywood recording studio, it centers on Lila Halliday, a star of 1940s and 50s movie musicals who is attempting a comeback...
(1978), which earned her another Tony nomination for her performance but closed after a brief run. She then toured for more than a year as the madam in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...
, including a seven-month run in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Smith returned to the big screen with star billing in Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann was an American author known for her best-selling novels. Her most notable work was Valley of the Dolls, a book that broke sales records and spawned an Oscar-nominated 1967 film and a short-lived TV series.-Early years:Jacqueline Susann was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to...
's Once Is Not Enough (1975) opposite Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
, followed by Casey's Shadow
Casey's Shadow
Casey's Shadow is a 1978 drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau. It was based on the short story "Ruidoso" by John McPhee.- Plot :...
with Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears...
and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 Canadian-French film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. It was written by Laird Koenig, based on Koenig's 1974 novel of the same title; Koenig also wrote a stage play based on his book...
with Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...
and Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, producer as well as a former child actress....
.
Smith had a recurring role on the television series Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
as Clayton Farlow's sister Lady Jessica Montford in 1984, and again in 1990. She also starred in the short-lived 1988 series Hothouse, and was nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for her guest appearance on Cheers in 1990.
Death
Smith died of brain cancer in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 1993 on the day after her 72nd birthday. She had no children and her sole survivor was her husband of 49 years, actor Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens (actor)
Craig Stevens was an American motion picture and television actor.-Early and personal life:Born Gail Shikles, Jr., in Liberty, Missouri, his father was a high school teacher....
. Smith's final film, The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence (film)
The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American film adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel of the same name. The film was released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder....
(1993), was released shortly after her death. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1940 | Alice in Movieland | Guest at Carlo's | Uncredited |
| Lady with Red Hair | Girl at Wedding | Uncredited | |
| She Couldn't Say No | Phone Gossip #4 | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Girl | Uncredited |
| The Great Mr. Nobody | Woman in office | Uncredited | |
| Here Comes Happiness | Blonde | Uncredited | |
| Affectionately Yours | Bridesmaid | Uncredited | |
| Singapore Woman | Miss Oswald | Uncredited | |
| Three Sons o' Guns | Actress | Uncredited | |
| Passage from Hong Kong | Nightclub dancer | Uncredited | |
| The Smiling Ghost The Smiling Ghost The Smiling Ghost is a film directed by Lewis Seiler in the mystery comedy genre popular in the 1940s.-Plot:The elderly Mrs. Bentley and her lawyer see a newspaper ad from an unemployed and unmarried engineer seeking work doing “anything legal.” The lawyer calls the engineer, Alexander “Lucky”... |
Elinor Bentley | ||
| Steel Against the Sky | Helen Powers | ||
| Dive Bomber | Mrs. Linda Fisher | 1 of 4 with Errol Flynn | |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim Gentleman Jim (1942 film) Gentleman Jim is a 1942 film starring Errol Flynn as heavyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett. The supporting cast includes Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, William Frawley, and Ward Bond. The movie was based upon Corbett's autobiography, The Roar of the Crowd, and directed by Raoul... |
Victoria Ware | 2 of 4 with Errol Flynn |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph The Constant Nymph (1943 film) The Constant Nymph is a 1943 romantic drama film starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty and Peter Lorre... |
Florence Creighton | |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | As Herself | ||
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Olivia Langdon Clemens | With Frederick March |
| The Doughgirls | Nan Curtiss Dillon | ||
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight The Horn Blows at Midnight The Horn Blows at Midnight is a comedy fantasy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Jack Benny. Its biggest claim to fame, apart from its star, is its failure at the box office, and this fact was exploited often for laughs in Benny's popular radio and television comedy series The Jack Benny... |
Elizabeth | With Jack Benny |
| San Antonio San Antonio (film) San Antonio is a 1945 western Technicolor film starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. The movie was written by W. R. Burnett and Alan Le May, and directed by David Butler as well as uncredited Robert Florey and Raoul Walsh.... |
Jeanne Star | 3 of 4 with Errol Flynn | |
| Conflict Conflict (film) Conflict is a black-and-white suspense film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Dwight Taylor, based on the story The Pentacle by Alfred Neumann and Robert... |
Evelyn Turner | 1 of 2 with Humphrey Bogart | |
| Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue (film) Rhapsody in Blue is a 1945 fictionalized screen biography of the American composer and musician George Gershwin . Starring Robert Alda as Gershwin, the film features a few of Gershwin's acquaintances playing themselves... |
Christine Gilbert | ||
| 1946 | One More Tomorrow | Cecelia Henry | |
| Night and Day | Linda Lee Porter | With Cary Grant | |
| Of Human Bondage Of Human Bondage (1946 film) Of Human Bondage is a 1946 American drama filmdirected by Edmund Goulding. The second screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, the Warner Bros. release was written by Catherine Turney... |
Nora Nesbitt | ||
| 1947 | Stallion Road Stallion Road Stallion Road is a 1947 film starring Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith and Zachary Scott, and directed by James V. Kern.-Synopsis:Stallion Road is a sweeping romantic melodrama set in the 1940s California pitting a veterinarian and a romance novelist in a bid for the affections of a beautiful rancher... |
Rory Teller | |
| The Two Mrs. Carrolls The Two Mrs. Carrolls The Two Mrs. Carrolls is a 1947 film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Peter Godfrey and produced by Mark Hellinger, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer, from a screenplay by Thomas Job based on the play by Martin Vale... |
Cecily Latham | 2 of 2 with Humphrey Bogart | |
| 1948 | Whiplash Whiplash (1948 film) Whiplash is a 1948 American film noir directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Kenneth Earl, Harriet Frank Jr., Maurice Geraghty and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden.... |
Laurie Durant | |
| The Woman in White The Woman in White (1948 film) The Woman in White is a 1948 film adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel of the same name. It stars Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet, and Gig Young... |
Marian Halcombe | ||
| The Decision of Christopher Blake | Evelyn Blake | ||
| 1949 | One Last Fling | Olivia Pearce | |
| South of St. Louis | Rouge de Lisle | ||
| Any Number Can Play Any Number Can Play Any Number Can Play is a 1949 drama film starring Clark Gable and Alexis Smith. It is based on the novel of the same name by Edward Harris Heth.-Cast:*Clark Gable as Charley Enley Kyng*Alexis Smith as Lon Kyng*Wendell Corey as Robbin Elcott... |
Lon Kyng | With Clark Gable | |
| 1950 | Undercover Girl | Christine Miller | |
| Montana | Maria Singleton | 4 of 4 with Errol Flynn | |
| Wyoming Mail | Mary Williams | ||
| 1951 | Cave of Outlaws | Elizabeth Trent | |
| Here Comes the Groom | Winifred Stanley | With Bing Crosby | |
| 1952 | The Turning Point The Turning Point (1952 film) The Turning Point is a 1952 crime syndicate drama starring Edmond O'Brien. It's based on Horace McCoy's novel "Storm in the City" and inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings.-Plot:... |
Amanda Waycross | |
| 1953 | Split Second Split Second (1953 film) Split Second is a 1953 thriller film about escaped convicts and their hostages holed up in a ghost town, unaware of the grave danger they are in. It starred Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, and Keith Andes.-Plot:... |
Kay Garven | |
| 1954 | The Sleeping Tiger The Sleeping Tiger The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 film noir starring Dirk Bogarde and Alexis Smith. It was Joseph Losey's first British feature, which he directed under the pseudonym of Victor Hanbury due to being blacklisted in the McCarthy Era.- Plot :... |
Glenda Esmond | |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | Sue Hoskins | |
| 1957 | Beau James Beau James Beau James is a 1957 film based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler.The movie stars Bob Hope as Jimmy Walker, the colourful but controversial Mayor of New York City from 1926-32. American prints of this film are narrated by Walter Winchell; in Britain, the film was narrated by... |
Allie Walker | With Bob Hope |
| 1958 | This Happy Feeling This Happy Feeling This Happy Feeling is a 1958 film by Blake Edwards adapted from the F. Hugh Herbert play For Love or Money. Edwards regretted Universal's eleventh hour decision of a name change, but the studio was hoping to trade off another pop hit by Debbie Reynolds as they had with Tammy and the Bachelor.... |
Nita Hollaway | |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians The Young Philadelphians The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 drama film starring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush and Alexis Smith, and directed by Vincent Sherman. Robert Vaughn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film is based on the novel The Philadelphian by Richard P... |
Carol Wharton | With Paul Newman |
| 1975 | Once Is Not Enough Once Is Not Enough Once Is Not Enough is a 1973 novel by Jacqueline Susann. It was the #2 best-selling novel of 1973 in the United States. It was made into a 1975 film Once Is Not Enough, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, directed by Guy Green and starring Kirk Douglas, Deborah Raffin, David Janssen and Brenda... |
Deidre Milford Granger | |
| 1976 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 Canadian-French film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. It was written by Laird Koenig, based on Koenig's 1974 novel of the same title; Koenig also wrote a stage play based on his book... |
Mrs. Hallet | |
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow | Sarah Blue | |
| 1982 | The Trout The Trout (film) The Trout is a 1982 French drama film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Frédérique* Jean-Pierre Cassel - Rambert* Jeanne Moreau - Lou* Daniel Olbrychski - Saint-Genis* Jacques Spiesser - Galuchat... (aka La Truite) |
Gloria | |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Belle | with Burt Lancaster |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence The Age of Innocence (film) The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American film adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel of the same name. The film was released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.... |
Luisa van der Luyden | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1955 | Stage 7 | Caroline Taylor | 1 episode |
| 1956 | The 20th Century Fox Hour The 20th Century Fox Hour The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars... |
Emily Hefferan | 1 episode |
| The Joseph Cotten Show The Joseph Cotten Show The Joseph Cotten Show is an American anthology series series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten. The series, which first aired on NBC, aired 31 episodes from September 14, 1956, to September 13, 1957... |
Libby Wilson | 1 episode, "We Who Love Her" | |
| 1958 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, is a weekly CBS anthology television series, was telecast on Friday nights from 1951 until 1959. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by Schlitz beer... |
Vivian Braxton | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise Adventures in Paradise Adventures in Paradise is an American television series which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962. It starred Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. The show was created by James Michener... |
Loraine Lucas | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne | Nora Carroll | 1 episode |
| 1965 | The Defenders | Carol Defoe | 1 episode |
| 1970 | The Governor & J.J. The Governor & J.J. The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from 1969 to 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions... |
Leslie Carroll | 1 episode |
| 1971 | Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell... |
Evie Craig | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Nightside | Smitty | Television movie Alternative title: A Very Special Place |
| 1985 | A Death in California | Honey Niven | Television mini-series |
| 1986 | Dress Gray | Mrs. Iris Rylander | Television movie |
| 1988 | Hothouse | Lily Garrison Shannon | 7 episodes |
| 1988 | "Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair" | Tessa Menard | Television movie |
| 1990 | Lola | Phoebe | Television movie |
| 1990 | Cheers | Professor Alice Anne Volkman | 1 episode, nominated for an Emmy |