Tempe Pigott

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Tempe Pigott (born February 2, 1884 in London , England , † October 6, 1962 in Woodland Hills , California ) was a British actress .

life and career

The London native Tempe Pigott came from October to November 1918 in New York in Broadway -Stück Perkins on. She made her film debut in 1921 in the silent film The Great Impersonation alongside James Kirkwood . In total, she was to play in over 75 films between 1921 and 1951. While she mostly received substantial supporting roles in the silent film and early sound film era, her roles from the mid-1930s were mostly of minor nature and were not mentioned in the credits.

Her best-known roles in film history include her mother McTeague in Erich von Stroheim's classic silent film Gier (1924) and the landlady of Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's literary adaptation Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) based on a model by Robert Louis Stevenson . Tempe Pigott was seen particularly often as a chatty, often drunk or primitive-looking Cockney woman. In 1933 she played Sherlock Holmes ' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson in A Study in Scarlet and Mrs. Corney in the Charles Dickens film adaptation, Oliver Twist . In the 1930s she was also seen in smaller roles in several universal horror films, although her appearance as Dwight Frye's hateful aunt was unfortunately largely cut from the horror classic Frankenstein's Bride (1935).

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The Broadway League: Tempe Pigott - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  2. a b Tempe Piggott. Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. All Movie Guide , accessed October 20, 2017 .