Biography
Among England’s more unusual rock and roll outfits from the 1970s, Amazing Blondel were a trio whose users played devices internet dating from medieval to Elizabethan moments, and tracks styled to people intervals. The group contains three music artists from Scunthorpe, Britain: John David Gladwin (lute, oboe, cittern, dual bass), Terry Wincott (tube body organ, harmonium, cittern, recorders, flute, crumhorn, tabor tube, ocarina, electric guitar), and Edward Baird (electric guitar, guitern, percussion). Gladwin and Wincott have been delivered in Scunthorpe and went to school jointly, where they crossed pathways with Hampshire-born, Scunthorpe-raised Baird. Gladwin and Wincott have been in several rock and roll & roll rings in school jointly, and afterward shaped a group known as the Dimples. In 1966, they shaped Gospel Backyard, with Craig Austin, Steve Cox, and Jeff Tindall, who were able to keep behind several demo paths that reveal them being a pop-psychedelic clothing, and Gospel Backyard progressed into Methuselah. This is a hard-rocking music group with both a intensifying bent along with a folk bent, the second option attributes embodied within an acoustic interlude that Gladwin and Wincott utilized to play in the center of the band’s arranged. Methuselah experienced managed the nice trick to getting authorized to a U.S. label (Elektra Information) with out a saving contract within their indigenous England, however they didn’t last at night second of the three-album offer (which second LP had not been only by no means released, but disappeared with out a trace, based on Wincott). Gladwin and Wincott wearied of Methuselah’s high-wattage audio, and of playing displays where the devices had been so noisy that it had been impossible to listen to themselves performing or what these were playing; they favored the acoustic area of the group’s units, where they’d briefly used middle stage, and since those acoustic shows had opted over well with viewers, the duo relocated in that path. At that time, there was the start of a rebirth appealing in middle ages and Renaissance music occurring in neuro-scientific serious music, beneath the assistance of figures such as for example Roger Norrington and David Munrow — folk music artists such as for example Bert Jansch and works like the Pentangle had been also exploring a few of this music within their very own way, and also groups just like the Moving Stones got used the plunge into Renaissance-inspired noises on songs such as for example “Female Jane.” Gladwin and Wincott paid attention to a number of the materials emerging through the significant scholarly field and their folk and rock and roll equivalents, however they also reached out towards the faux middle ages balladry recalled from tv shows from the 1950s. They exercised a fresh repertory of tracks that sounded a couple of hundred years outdated, and find the name Blondel, on the suggestion of 1 listener, produced from the renowned courtroom musician of Ruler Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted), and afterwards extended it to Amazing Blondel. In 1970, with help from many musicians, including famous English guitarist Big Jim Sullivan and drummer Clem Cattini, they documented a self-titled recording acknowledged to “The Amazing Blondel,” that was released around the recently created U.K. department of Bell Information (which later on managed to drop the grasp tapes towards the recording). That recording was nearer to a mainstream rock and roll documenting than other things the group ever released, with components of psychedelia lurking about and also a blues impact evident in a few from the materials, although three archaic-sounding amounts, “Saxon Female,” “Period of the entire year,” and “Shepherd’s Tune,” pointed the best way to their following work. Baird became a member of Gladwin and Wincott to produce a trio immediately after the documenting was completed, and their audio filled out very well — being a trio, that they had a fuller musical palette, and Gladwin quickly surfaced as the utmost prolific songwriter from the three. After starting for the music group Free in a concert, the users of this group organized for Amazing Blondel to meet up and audition for Chris Blackwell of Isle Information. Although Isle experienced started out like a ska and reggae label, the business experienced lately relocated into progressive rock and roll in a significant method, with licensing offers involving the 1st releases of Ruler Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Amazing Blondel arrived at just the proper time to obtain the offer of the agreement from Blackwell, having a good-sized progress as well. Right now they go about honing their audio on-stage in addition to in the studio room. The trio became known for playing up to 40 devices on-stage, though without backup music artists — each track was simply prepared for only three devices at anybody period. Although Gladwin and firm had been the first ever to acknowledge that these were no virtuosos on the chosen musical instruments, their function sounded reliable to contemporary ears, and their displays had been fun regardless of the delicacy from the array of musical instruments, which required just as much as five hours to find yourself in tune — and unlike most rock and roll acts from the period, if indeed they couldn’t have them into tune, the group didn’t perform. Their Isle debut, Evensong (1970), made by Paul Samwell-Smith, demonstrated them still acquiring their method amid a repertory of decidedly medieval-sounding balladry and madrigals, but received stimulating reviews and discovered a cult market amid the coalescing market for United kingdom folk music and intensifying rock and roll, more than enough to justify another record. Despite its reliance on acoustic musical instruments, the trio wasn’t averse to composing expanded suites that went as much as 25 minutes, occasionally (frequently, in fact) in Latin. The band’s second Isle LP, Fantasia Lindum, packed its entire 1st side with this type of composition. Even though a number of the music experienced a repeated quality, the very best from it played from achingly gorgeous melodies. Additionally, Fantasia Lindum brought in to the Blondel collapse Adrian Hopkins, the pianist/harpsichordist who, as an arranger and conductor, would play a significant role in assisting the group understand its very best successes. Britain, released in 1972, was the high stage for the trio, an recording depicting a wealthy musical canvas across which Gladwin, Wincott, and Baird decorated lush and mixed tone paintings, mainly “scenery” in character, filled with wealthy detail and appealing, hauntingly gorgeous hooks and choruses. The record got them their heaviest airplay ever in the us, on progressive-oriented channels such as for example WNEW-FM in NY, and on many university stations from the period, though only moderate product sales; still, the recording, written by Capitol Information within the U.S.A., actually managed to allow it to be into some division shop record racks. By this time around, the trio was well known in the Continent in addition to in Britain, and played being a support action on expenses with such best rock and roll rings as Procol Harum and Genesis. Gladwin still left soon after the discharge of England, nevertheless, as well as the Amazing Blondel had been reduced to some duo for his or her follow-up, Blondel (1973). That recording also marked the final of the “period” materials — a lot of the music onto it still sported an old-fashioned character, however, many from it demonstrated the definite impact of modern intensifying rock and roll, with Paul Rodgers of Totally free and Steve Winwood offering a number of the vocals and instrumental accompaniment, respectively. On following albums, you start with Mulgrave Road, the group — backed by various rock and roll music artists, including Winwood, Rodgers, and Mick Ralphs — would shoot for a harder, more sophisticated audio vaguely resembling Steeleye Period. Their agreement with Isle finished after Blondel, as well as the duo following agreed upon with DJM, an archive label offshoot of Dick Adam Music. They eventually released four albums on DJM and maintained a pursuing in European countries and Japan, but disappeared in the radar screen in america, where DJM was basically invisible being a label — their record Mulgrave Road got not a lot of exposure in the us as an transfer. Reside in Tokyo (that was in fact recorded in European countries) marked the finish of the documenting background in 1977. Even while Baird and Wincott continuing to record and perform, Gladwin held his submit the field using what he later on known as a Blondel clone, known as British Musicke, a trio that included Adrian Hopkins and Paul Empson. Enough time wasn’t befitting such a project to succeed, nevertheless — this is age disco and punk, and neither this group, nor the many solo recordings created by Baird and Wincott through the past due ’70s, ever appreciated the publicity that Blondel acquired enjoyed early within the 10 years. In 1997, twenty years after their last appearance being a duo and almost a quarter-century pursuing Gladwin’s departure, the Amazing Blondel trio re-formed and documented its first record since 1972, entitled Recovery. It was as if they’d hardly ever been apart, as well as the ensuing record was an ideal follow-up to Britain, a quarter-century eliminated. This event adopted the reissue of the Isle and Bell recordings for the HTD and Edsel brands, and coincided using the first of many raids for the vaults. The to begin the Blondel archival problems was a completely unexpected live recording, A Foreign Field THAT’S Forever England, created from tapes through the early-’70s shows. Two more choices of archival paths, Going Where in fact the Music Will take Me (2006) and On using the Display (2007), followed on the following 10 years, plus a refreshing reissue of the initial two Isle albums by Defeat CONTINUES ON, for another go-around on Compact disc.
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Full Name Amazing Blondel
Music Songs Cantus Firmus to Counterpoint, Saxon Lady, Safety in God Alone, Shepherd's Song, Celestial Light, Fantasia Lindum, Seascape, A Spring Air, To Ye, Bethel Town Mission, Sinfonia for Guitar and Strings, Mulgrave Street, Lady Marion's Galliard, Dolor dulcis, The Leaving of the Country Lover, Siege of Yaddlethorpe, Young Man's Fancy, Minstrel's Song, Lesson One, Lament to the Earl of Bottesford Beck, Evensong, Bastard Love, Benedictus Es Domine, Old Moot Hall, Love Sonnet, See 'em shining, Season Of The Year, Spring Season, St. Crispin's Day, Aubaird, Weaver's Market, Cawdor
Albums Blondel, Fantasia Lindum, Evensong, Mulgrave Street, A Foreign Field That Is Forever England: Live Abroad, England, Bad Dreams, THE AMAZING ELSIE EMERALD, The Amazing Blondel & A Few Faces, Dead / Live in Transylvania, Restoration, Inspiration, Live in Tokyo, The Amazing Blondel, Englishe Musicke
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Became pregnant by 1st husband George Barnes out of wedlock in the summer of 1932 and then again in the summer of 1933. On both occasions she had abortions. |
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Aunt of makeup artist Kathryn Blondell. |
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Felt that her best performance was as Aunt Sissy in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). |
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Like her second husband Dick Powell and acquaintance June Allyson, she was a lifelong staunch supporter of the Republican party. |
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Her son Norman Scott was born in the breech position, with the cord wrapped around his neck. Her labor was complicated, because of a fractured coccyx, and lasted twenty hours. |
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Her son Norman Scott was named after Claudette Colbert's first husband, actor-director Norman Foster. |
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In 1927, while closing the library she worked at, she was raped by a police officer. He told her he would kill her if she told anyone. She kept her silence for decades, until finally telling her grown daughter. She went public with this in her memoirs. |
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Her granddaughter Stephanie Powell is married to Sean Murphy, owner of a surf travel company. |
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Her grandson Scott Powell has a stepson, David, and two grandchildren, Zander and Dakota. |
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Had three grandchildren: Joan Ellen Powell, Scott Powell and Stephanie Powell. |
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Her daughter Ellen Powell had a long battle with cocaine that she overcame in 1984. |
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Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. |
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
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Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004). |
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June Allyson was the stepmother of her daughter Ellen Powell after Allyson married Blondell's ex-husband Dick Powell. |
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She playfully called her friend Bette Davis's four ex-husbands "The Four Skins" since they were all gentiles. |
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Her marriage to theatrical impresario Michael Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. Todd was a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. While continuing to live the high-life on a huge estate in New York's Westchester County, the irresponsible Todd ran through Blondell's savings. |
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On the British sitcom Dad's Army (1968), Private Pike has a crush on her and has dozens of pictures of her on his bedroom walls. |
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Attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. |
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According to the July 24, 1944, issue of Time magazine, Blondell divorced Dick Powell on the grounds of cruelty alleging that "when she objected to the incessant coming and going of guests, Powell crooned: 'If you don't like it, you can get the hell out.'". |
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as best supporting or featured actress (dramatic) for "The Rope Dancers". |
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Made six movies with James Cagney at Warner Brothers - more than any other individual actress. Cagney said that the only woman he loved other than his wife was Blondell. |
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Mother of Norman S. Powell from her marriage to George Barnes. He was adopted by Dick Powell in February 1938. Mother of Ellen Powell from her marriage to Dick Powell. |
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Older sister of actress Gloria Blondell. |
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Woman Inside |
1981 |
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Aunt Coll |
The Glove |
1979 |
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Mrs. Fitzgerald |
The Rebels |
1979 |
TV Movie |
Mrs. Brumple |
Fantasy Island |
1979 |
TV Series |
Naomi Gittings |
The Champ |
1979 |
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Dolly Kenyon |
$weepstake$ |
1979 |
TV Series |
Mme. Grimaldi |
The Love Boat |
1978 |
TV Series |
Ramona Bevans |
Battered |
1978 |
TV Movie |
Edna Thompson |
Grease |
1978 |
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Vi |
Opening Night |
1977 |
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Sarah Goode |
The Baron |
1977 |
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Starsky and Hutch |
1976 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Pruitt |
Death at Love House |
1976 |
TV Movie |
Marcella Geffenhart |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood |
1976 |
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Landlady |
Switch |
1976 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Lear |
Police Story |
1975 |
TV Series |
Doreen |
Winner Take All |
1975 |
TV Movie |
Beverly Craig |
The Dead Don't Die |
1975 |
TV Movie |
Levenia |
Bobby Parker and Company |
1974 |
TV Movie |
His Mother |
The Snoop Sisters |
1974 |
TV Series |
Madame Mimi |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show |
1973 |
TV Series |
Aunt Louise |
Medical Center |
1973 |
TV Series |
Doris |
The Rookies |
1973 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Darrin |
Love, American Style |
1971-1973 |
TV Series segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon" / segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor" - Love and the Footlight Fiancee/Love and the Plane Fantasy/Love and the Swinging Surgeon/Love and the Teller's Tale 1973 ... segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon" |
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Banyon |
1972 |
TV Series |
Peggy Revere |
McCloud |
1971 |
TV Series |
Ernestine White |
Support Your Local Gunfighter |
1971 |
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Jenny |
The Name of the Game |
1970 |
TV Series |
Miss Wall |
The Phynx |
1970 |
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Ruby |
Here Come the Brides |
1968-1970 |
TV Series |
Lottie Hatfield |
Big Daddy |
1969 |
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The Outsider |
1968 |
TV Series |
Sadie Burch |
Kona Coast |
1968 |
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Kittibelle Lightfoot |
That Girl |
1968 |
TV Series |
Marjorie Hobart |
Stay Away, Joe |
1968 |
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Glenda Callahan |
Petticoat Junction |
1968 |
TV Series |
Florabelle Campbell |
Mrs. Thursday |
1967 |
TV Movie |
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The Guns of Will Sonnett |
1967 |
TV Series |
Miss Lottie |
Family Affair |
1967 |
TV Series |
Laura London |
Waterhole #3 |
1967 |
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Lavinia |
Winchester 73 |
1967 |
TV Movie |
Larouge |
The Spy in the Green Hat |
1967 |
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Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto |
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. |
1967 |
TV Series |
Madame |
Ace of the Mounties |
1966 |
TV Movie |
His girlfriend |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. |
1966 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre |
1966 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Melvin Freebie |
And Baby Makes Three |
1966 |
TV Movie |
Joan Terry |
Ride Beyond Vengeance |
1966 |
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Mrs. Lavender |
Slattery's People |
1965 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Lewis |
My Three Sons |
1965 |
TV Series |
Harriet Blanchard |
The Lucy Show |
1965 |
TV Series |
Joan Brenner |
The Cincinnati Kid |
1965 |
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Lady Fingers |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color |
1965 |
TV Series |
Rose Kelsey |
Vacation Playhouse |
1964 |
TV Series |
Miss Zilke |
Advance to the Rear |
1964 |
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Easy Jenny |
Dr. Kildare |
1964 |
TV Series |
Dolly Marlowe |
Bonanza |
1964 |
TV Series |
Lillian Manfred |
Burke's Law |
1963-1964 |
TV Series |
Candy Sturdevant / Ethel Kronkeit |
The Greatest Show on Earth |
1964 |
TV Series |
T.T. Hill |
The Twilight Zone |
1964 |
TV Series |
Phyllis Britt |
Wagon Train |
1963 |
TV Series |
Ma Bleecker |
The Virginian |
1963 |
TV Series |
Rosanna Dobie |
The Real McCoys |
1963 |
TV Series |
Aunt Win |
Death Valley Days |
1963 |
TV Series |
Lucy Tutaine |
The Dick Powell Theatre |
1962 |
TV Series |
Emily Komack |
Angel Baby |
1961 |
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Mollie Hays |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show |
1961 |
TV Series |
Helene Terry |
The Untouchables |
1961 |
TV Series |
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall |
The Witness |
1961 |
TV Series |
Ma Barker |
Adventures in Paradise |
1960 |
TV Series |
Millicent Brass |
Lux Playhouse |
1959 |
TV Series |
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Playhouse 90 |
1957-1959 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Patrick / Helen Green |
Studio One in Hollywood |
1958 |
TV Series |
Ruth Breen |
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? |
1957 |
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Violet |
Desk Set |
1957 |
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Peg Costello |
This Could Be the Night |
1957 |
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Crystal St. Clair |
Lizzie |
1957 |
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Aunt Morgan James |
The Opposite Sex |
1956 |
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Edith Potter |
The United States Steel Hour |
1955 |
TV Series |
Ellen |
Playwrights '56 |
1955 |
TV Series |
Mother |
General Electric Theater |
1955 |
TV Series |
Joan Preston |
Shower of Stars |
1955 |
TV Series |
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Fireside Theatre |
1955 |
TV Series |
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Lux Video Theatre |
1953 |
TV Series |
May |
Suspense |
1953 |
TV Series |
Clara |
Schlitz Playhouse |
1952 |
TV Series |
Calamity Jane |
The Blue Veil |
1951 |
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Annie Rawlins |
Nash Airflyte Theatre |
1951 |
TV Series |
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For Heaven's Sake |
1950 |
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Daphne Peters |
Christmas Eve |
1947 |
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Ann Nelson |
Nightmare Alley |
1947 |
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Zeena Krumbein |
The Corpse Came C.O.D. |
1947 |
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Rosemary Durant |
Adventure |
1945 |
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Helen Melohn |
Don Juan Quilligan |
1945 |
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Marjorie Mossrock |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
1945 |
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Aunt Sissy |
Cry 'Havoc' |
1943 |
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Grace |
Lady for a Night |
1942 |
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Jenny Blake |
Three Girls About Town |
1941 |
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Hope Banner |
Model Wife |
1941 |
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Joan Keating Chambers |
Topper Returns |
1941 |
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Gail Richards |
I Want a Divorce |
1940 |
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Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw |
Two Girls on Broadway |
1940 |
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Molly Mahoney |
The Amazing Mr. Williams |
1939 |
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Maxine Carroll |
Good Girls Go to Paris |
1939 |
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Jenny Swanson |
The Kid from Kokomo |
1939 |
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Doris Harvey |
East Side of Heaven |
1939 |
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Mary Wilson |
Off the Record |
1939 |
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Jane Morgan |
There's Always a Woman |
1938 |
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Sally Reardon |
Stand-In |
1937 |
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Lester Plum |
The Perfect Specimen |
1937 |
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Mona Carter |
Back in Circulation |
1937 |
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'Timmy' Blake |
The King and the Chorus Girl |
1937 |
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Miss Dorothy Ellis |
Gold Diggers of 1937 |
1936 |
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Norma Perry |
Three Men on a Horse |
1936 |
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Mabel |
Stage Struck |
1936 |
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Peggy Revere |
Bullets or Ballots |
1936 |
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Lee Morgan |
Sons o' Guns |
1936 |
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Yvonne |
Colleen |
1936 |
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Minnie Hawkins |
Miss Pacific Fleet |
1935 |
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Gloria Fay |
We're in the Money |
1935 |
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Ginger Stewart |
Broadway Gondolier |
1935 |
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Alice Hughes |
Traveling Saleslady |
1935 |
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Angela Twitchell |
Kansas City Princess |
1934 |
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Rosie Sturges |
Dames |
1934 |
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Mabel |
Smarty |
1934 |
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Vicki |
He Was Her Man |
1934 |
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Rose Lawrence |
I've Got Your Number |
1934 |
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Marie Lawson |
Convention City |
1933 |
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Nancy Lorraine |
Havana Widows |
1933 |
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Mae Knight |
Footlight Parade |
1933 |
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Nan Prescott |
Goodbye Again |
1933 |
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Anne Rogers |
Gold Diggers of 1933 |
1933 |
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Carol King |
Blondie Johnson |
1933 |
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Blondie Johnson |
Broadway Bad |
1933 |
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Tony Landers |
Just Around the Corner |
1933 |
Short |
Mrs. Graham |
Lawyer Man |
1932 |
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Olga Michaels |
Central Park |
1932 |
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Dot |
Three on a Match |
1932 |
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Mary Keaton |
Big City Blues |
1932 |
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Vida Fleet |
Miss Pinkerton |
1932 |
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Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton |
Make Me a Star |
1932 |
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'Flips' Montague |
The Famous Ferguson Case |
1932 |
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Maizie Dickson |
The Crowd Roars |
1932 |
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Anne Scott |
The Greeks Had a Word for Them |
1932 |
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Schatzi Sutro |
Union Depot |
1932 |
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Ruth Collins |
Blonde Crazy |
1931 |
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Anne Roberts |
The Reckless Hour |
1931 |
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Myrtle Nichols |
Night Nurse |
1931 |
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Maloney |
Big Business Girl |
1931 |
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Pearl |
My Past |
1931 |
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Marion Moore |
The Public Enemy |
1931 |
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Mamie |
God's Gift to Women |
1931 |
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Fifi |
Illicit |
1931 |
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Helen 'Duckie' Childers |
Millie |
1931 |
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Angie Wickerstaff |
Other Men's Women |
1931 |
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Marie |
Sinners' Holiday |
1930 |
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Myrtle |
The Office Wife |
1930 |
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Katherine Murdock |
The Heart Breaker |
1930 |
Short |
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The Devil's Parade |
1930 |
Short |
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Broadway's Like That |
1930 |
Short |
Ruth's Pal |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Feud |
2017 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime |
1975 |
Documentary performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933 |
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Petticoat Junction |
1968 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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The Blue Veil |
1951 |
performer: "Daddy" |
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Cry 'Havoc' |
1943 |
performer: "Where Do We Go From Here?" 1917 - uncredited |
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Lady for a Night |
1942 |
performer: "Up in a Balloon" - uncredited |
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Two Girls on Broadway |
1940 |
performer: "Broadway's Still Broadway' 1940 |
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East Side of Heaven |
1939 |
"Here Comes the Bride" a.k.a. "The Bridal Chorus", uncredited |
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Stand-In |
1937 |
performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited |
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Gold Diggers of 1937 |
1936 |
performer: "Speaking of the Weather" 1936, "All's Fair in Love and War" 1936 |
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Sons o' Guns |
1936 |
performer: "For a Buck and a Quarter a Day" 1936 - uncredited |
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Colleen |
1936 |
lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" 1936, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited |
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We're in the Money |
1935 |
performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited |
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Broadway Gondolier |
1935 |
"Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" 1935, "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935, uncredited / performer: "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited |
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Dames |
1934 |
"Try to See It My Way" 1934, uncredited / performer: "The Girl at the Ironing Board" 1934 - uncredited |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 |
1933 |
performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933 - uncredited |
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Illicit |
1931 |
"Yankee Doodle", uncredited |
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Thanks
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre |
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special thanks filming |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney |
1974 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself (table bow) (uncredited) |
The Mike Douglas Show |
1972 |
TV Series |
Herself - Actress |
Tribute to Bogart |
1972 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Interviewee |
The David Frost Show |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Movie Crazy Years |
1971 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards |
1971 |
TV Special |
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Song Score |
The Joey Bishop Show |
1968 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Bogart |
1967 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The 39th Annual Academy Awards |
1967 |
TV Special |
Herself - Audience Member |
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle |
1965 |
Short documentary |
Herself |
About Faces |
1960 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Person to Person |
1959 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Texaco Star Theatre |
1953-1955 |
TV Series |
Herself - Actress |
All Star Revue |
1951-1953 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest Actress / Comedic Dancer |
The Frank Sinatra Show |
1951 |
TV Series |
Herself - Sketch Actor |
TV Club |
1951 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The Arthur Murray Party |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself - Actress |
Penthouse Party |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself |
20 Questions |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself |
College of Musical Knowledge |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Faye Emerson Show |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself |
What's My Line? |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself - Mystery Guest |
The Colgate Comedy Hour |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself - Comic Actress |
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet |
1950 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars |
1941 |
Documentary short |
Herself |
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 |
1935 |
Documentary short |
Herself |
Things You Never See on the Screen |
1935 |
Short |
Herself |
Hollywood Newsreel |
1934 |
Short |
Herself (uncredited) |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 |
1933 |
Short |
Herself |
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' |
1931 |
Short |
Herself - Gallery Member (uncredited) |
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee |
1930 |
Short |
Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1966 |
NBR Award |
National Board of Review, USA |
Best Supporting Actress |
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) |
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1960 |
Star on the Walk of Fame |
Walk of Fame |
Motion Picture |
On 8 February 1960. At 6311 Hollywood Blvd. |
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Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1978 |
Golden Globe |
Golden Globes, USA |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture |
Opening Night (1977) |
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1970 |
Primetime Emmy |
Primetime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series |
Here Come the Brides (1968) |
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1969 |
Primetime Emmy |
Primetime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series |
Here Come the Brides (1968) |
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1966 |
Golden Globe |
Golden Globes, USA |
Best Supporting Actress |
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) |
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1952 |
Oscar |
Academy Awards, USA |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
The Blue Veil (1951) |
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1 |
[on her husbands] [George] Barnes provided my first real home, [Dick] Powell was my security man, and [Michael] Todd was my passion. But I loved them all. |
2 |
[on Bette Davis] When Bette's good, she's real good. When she's bad, she's awful. But at least, she's not afraid to bat an eyelash. |
3 |
[on Clark Gable] It was the joy of your life to know Clark Gable. He was everything good you could think of. He had delicious humor, he had great compassion, he was always a fine old teddy bear. In no way was he conscious of his good looks, as were most other men in pictures at that time. Clark was very unactorly. |
4 |
[on director Edmund Goulding] He did something that drove actors crazy. He'd get out there and act out everybody's role for them -- even the women! And we were supposed to imitate him. We wanted to give our own interpretations. |
5 |
[on Jean Harlow] You know, she never wore underclothes and she was walking past the guys on The Public Enemy (1931) one day and James Cagney said, "How do you hold those things up?" and she said, "I ice them." And she was very serious. |
6 |
[on Leslie Howard] Leslie Howard was a darling flirt. He'd be caressing your eyes and have his hand on someone else's leg at the same time. He was adorable. He was a little devil and just wanted his hands on every woman around. He just loved ladies. |
7 |
[on Al Jolson] The screen didn't give him enough space to project in. I remember as a kid seeing him on stage and I think to this day there have been two great performers in the world: one is Jolson and the other is Judy Garland. They had some kind of magic in front of people that no one could surpass -- they were sheer, magnificent talent beyond belief. |
8 |
In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the '30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. Jimmy Cagney and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they played. You knew what you were getting even before you paid for the ticket. |
9 |
There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away wit it. I'd hate to see them on stage with a dog act. |
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