Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy (born April 19, 1891 in Chicago , Illinois , † June 9, 1987 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .
Life
Madge Kenndy was born in Chicago and grew up in California . She and her mother came to New York City at the age of 18 , where she studied art and became a member of the Art Students League of New York . She began acting in 1910 and made her Broadway debut in 1912 with the play Little Miss Brown . After she had two more successful Broadway shows with Twin Beds and Fair and Warmer , she made her debut as a silent film actress with the two comedies Baby Mine and Nearly Married in 1917 . After seeing the drama Oh, baby! When she turned off in 1926, she decided to turn her back on film and was only to be found on the theater stage for the next 25 years. She only returned as judge Anne B. Carroll for the love comedy Happy End , published in 1952 and directed by George Cukor ... and what comes next? returned to film and made other films like Vincent van Gogh - A Life in Passion , The Invisible Third and The Day of the Grasshopper until her last film in 1976 with The Marathon Man .
In parallel to acting, Kennedy also appeared on the radio. So she had the radio series Red Davis together with Burgess Meredith , which was broadcast in 1934 on both NBC Radio and WJZ .
Kennedy was married to the banker and businessman Harold Bolster from 1918 to 1927. To be closer to him, she asked Samuel Goldwyn in 1921 to be able to get out of her film contract in order to move back to New York City. Her husband was a World War I war veteran and worked for New York bank Bennett, Bolster & Coghill . During a business trip to South America, he contracted an illness from which he died in 1927. He inherited her a fortune of 500,000 US dollars . On August 13, 1934, Kennedy married actor and radio host William B. Hanley, Jr.
On June 9, 1987, Kenndy died in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital . It has its star on the Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street .
Filmography (selection)
- 1917: Baby Mine
- 1917: Nearly Married
- 1919: Leave it to Susan
- 1926: Oh, baby!
- 1952: happy ending ... and what comes next? ( The Marrying Kind )
- 1955: The big rain ( The Rains of Ranchipur )
- 1956: Girls without a dowry ( The Catered Affair )
- 1956: Vincent van Gogh - A life in passion ( Lust for Life )
- 1957–1963: One should be an adult ( Leave It to Beaver ; TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1958: One would have to rob a small bank ( A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed )
- 1958: Houseboat ( Houseboat )
- 1959: The Invisible Third ( North by Northwest )
- 1959: Killer von Dakota ( Plunderers of Painted Flats )
- 1960: Let's Make Love ( Let's Make Love )
- 1969: Only horses are given the coup de grace ( They Shoot Horses, Don't They? )
- 1970: $ 100 more if it's a boy ( The Baby Maker )
- 1975: The Day of the Locust ( The Day of the Locust )
- 1976: Marathon Man ( Marathon Man )
Web links
- Madge Kennedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Madge Kennedy in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Madge Kennedy in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Madge Kennedy Dies; A Film and Stage Star , nytimes.com
- ^ Film Actress Madge Kennedy Is Dead at 96 , latimes.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kennedy, Madge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1987 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California , United States |