Lucile Watson

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Lucile Watson (1920s)

Lucile Watson (born May 27, 1879 in Quebec City , Quebec , † June 24, 1962 in New York City , New York , USA ) was a Canadian film and stage actress .

Life

Lucile Watson - her first name is even incorrectly given as Lucille in some film credits - grew up in New York, where she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts as a young woman . She received her first stage engagement in 1902 in the play The Wisdom of the Wise . In 1909, she made the leap to Broadway in The City . Watson was one of the sought-after theater actors until the early 1940s. She has appeared in performances of The Importance of Being Earnest and Pride and Prejudice, among others .

After a small extra role in the silent film The Girl with the Green Eyes from 1916, and another small role in The Royal Family of Broadway - produced in 1930 - she only appeared again in 1934 in The Inventors . In her 45 film roles, Watson mostly played supporting roles, often as the heroine's mother or mother-in-law. Her best-known film was Watch on the Rhine , for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards in 1944 . Watson had already played her role in 378 performances of the play of the same name by Lillian Hellman on Broadway in 1941 . Lillian Hellman's play won the New York Drama Critics's Circle Award . Watson's other film appearances include the wise mother of Norma Shearer in the classic comedy Die Frauen (1939) and the nasty Aunt March in the literary film adaptation of Kleine brave Jo (1949) based on the novel Little Women

Lucile Watson was in front of the camera until 1954, and then retired into private life. She was married twice. Her first marriage to Canadian actor Rockliffe Fellowes , whom she married around 1910, was short-lived and divorced soon after. In her second marriage, she was married to Louis Evan Shipman from 1926 to 1933. Lucile Watson had no children and died in 1962 at the age of 83 after a heart attack

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SURNAME Watson, Lucile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Québec City , Québec , Canada
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1962
Place of death New York City , New York , USA