Marjorie Steele
Marjorie Steele (born August 27, 1930 in Reno , Nevada , † January 20, 2018 in Dublin ) was an Irish actress and sculptor.
Life
Steele took acting classes in Hollywood as a teenager and made a living selling cigarettes at Ciro's nightclub on Sunset Boulevard . There she met the multimillionaire Huntington Hartford , the co-owner of A&P . Hartford, who also owned a film company, married Steele in 1949 and got her an acting contract. She played in a total of four B-Movies between 1949 and 1953 and had two guest appearances in television series. In 1954 she appeared in London as the leading actress in a production of Sabrina Fair , in 1956 she made her Broadway debut in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , where she played the lead role of Barbara Bel Geddes . The performing theater belonged to her husband.
She had two children with Hartford and the marriage broke up in 1961. Two years later she married the British actor Dudley Sutton , and this marriage, which lasted only two years, also had a child. In 1967 she married the Irish writer Constantine Fitzgibbon . The marriage lasted until his death in 1983, and she also has a child from this marriage. She also took Irish citizenship.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1949: Cowboy gangster
- 1949: Hello Out There
- 1952: Face to Face
- 1953: No Escape
watch TV
- 1951: Fireside Theater
- 1952: Martin Kane, Private Eye
Broadway
Web links
- Marjorie Steele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marjorie Steele in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Marjorie Steele in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Marjorie Steele in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/film-star-and-sculptor-who-became-an-irish-citizen-1.3445652
- ↑ Sarasota Journal, April 11 1957 , Google News (English)
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SURNAME | Steele, Marjorie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish actress and sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reno , Nevada , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 2018 |
Place of death | Dublin , Ireland |