Elizabeth Threatt
Elizabeth Threatt (born April 12, 1926 in Kershaw , USA ; † November 22, 1993 in Concord , USA; also Betty Threatt) was an American model who made a single film as an actress in Hollywood .
life and work
The daughter of an English father (William Coyet Threatt, 1900–1977) and a Cherokee mother (Bessie Pearl Furr, 1900–1993), Threatt grew up in South Carolina. At 19, she moved to New York and began a successful modeling career.
Director Howard Hawks saw her photography and cast Threatt as Blackfoot's chief daughter "Teal Eye" in his western epic The Big Sky (1952).
After this work, Threatt left the film business for unknown reasons and did not make another film. Howard Hawks was critical of his discovery: “We also had trouble with the girl. She was good, but she got a lot of bad advice ”. However, one should not overlook the praise contained in this statement, because Hawks did not use constant superlatives to express himself - even about his "regular actor" John Wayne he (only) said: "... I thought he was good ...".
In the end, Threatt also gave up the modeling business, returned to North Carolina and worked there for a textile factory from then on.
She married Antoine de Contades, from whom she was later divorced. She had two children: Jean Threatt de Contades, born on March 30, 1957, who died on April 15, 1977, and daughter Rona.
Elizabeth Threatt died a few months after her mother's death and was buried with her son in Oakwood Cemetery, Concord.
Web links
- Elizabeth Threatt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Find A Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans C. Blumenberg: The camera at eye level. Encounters with Howard Hawks. DuMont, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1124-9 , p. 96.
- ↑ Hans C. Blumenberg: The camera at eye level. Encounters with Howard Hawks. 1979, p. 90.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Threatt, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Threatened, Betty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kershaw, South Carolina , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1993 |
| Place of death | Concord , North Carolina |