Laura Hope Crews
Laura Hope Crews (born December 12, 1879 in San Francisco , † November 12, 1942 in New York City ) was an American actress .
Life
Laura Hope Crews was born in San Francisco to an actress and a carpenter. Crews started their stage career at the age of four. One of her biggest stage hits was Sidney Howard's The Silver Cord , a drama in which Crews played a dominant mother. In the film adaptation of the play , she repeated her portrayal alongside Irene Dunne and Joel McCrea . In the following years Crews worked alongside Greta Garbo in Die Kameliendame and Marlene Dietrich in Ernst Lubitsch's Engel . Her best-known role was Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind in 1939 . She made 39 films in total. In the last few months before her death in 1942, she starred in arsenic and lace on Broadway .
Her grave is in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma , California. Laura Hope Crews has a star on the Walk of Fame .
Filmography (selection)
- 1915: The Fighting Hope
- 1915: Blackbirds
- 1932: New Morals for Old
- 1933: The Silver Cord
- 1934: The Age of Innocence
- 1935: Escapade
- 1936: The Lady of the Camellias (Camille)
- 1937: Angel (Angel)
- 1937: Confession
- 1938: Three Sisters from Montana (The Sisters)
- 1939: Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
- 1939: Remember?
- 1939: Idiot's Delight
- 1939: Night Over India (The Rains Come)
- 1940: The Blue Bird
- 1941: With one foot in heaven (One Foot in Heaven)
- 1941: The Adventurer (The Flame of New Orleans)
Web links
- Laura Hope Crews in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Laura Hope Crews in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Laura Hope Crews in the German dubbing file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crews, Laura Hope |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crews, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1942 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |