Rosalind Fuller

Rosalind Fuller , actually Ivy Rosalinde Fuller , MBE , (born February 16, 1892 in Portsmouth , England , by his own account also February 16, 1901, † September 15, 1982 in London ) was a British theater and film actress. She was mainly active in film from the late 1920s to the late 1930s.

Live and act

Like many an actress, Rosalind Fuller made herself younger than she was. Born in Portsmouth in 1892, she often pretended to be around nine years younger. In 1919 she came to the United States with her two younger sisters, where she began a theater tour that even took her to the White House , where she performed for President Woodrow Wilson .

This was followed by a career on Broadway , which she showed in plays in the production of David Belasco and alongside Walter Huston , among others . Well-known writers she played on Broadway included Arthur Schnitzler , Eugene O'Neill . She also played in many revues .

Like many mature theater actors, she was skeptical of the medium of film and therefore only made around eight films in which she was seen alongside such important stars as Gloria Swanson , Elisabeth Bergner , Laurence Olivier and C. Aubrey Smith .

She had an affair with the famous writer from the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald , as evidenced by letters found in her estate . She inspired a character in his novel "Head and Shoulders". She was also the muse and friend of the famous American star photographer Francis Bruguière , who often portrayed her. This is how the unfinished experimental film “The Way” was created in 1926, directed by Bruguiere, with Fuller and the German dancer Sebastian Droste in the lead roles.

She worked as an actress well into old age and later played in plays by Nadine Gordimer , Charles Dickens , Guy de Maupassant and Anton Chekhov .

In 1966 she was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her theater work . She died in London on September 15, 1982 at the age of 90. She is buried in Middleton Cheney Cemetery, Northampton , Great Britain.

Filmography

• The Way (1926), directed by Francis Bruguiere, (with Sebastian Droste), unfinished.
• The unwritten law, 1929.
• The message, 1930.
• Contraband love, 1931.
• Song of the plow, 1933.
• Perfect understanding, 1933.
• Immortal gentleman, 1935.
• Escape me never, 1935.
• Rehearsal for a Drama, 1939.

Web links

• Rosalind Fuller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• findagrave.com
• Edwin McDowell: Fitzgerald-Fuller Affair Recounted , in: New York Times, November 9, 1984