Tempe Pigott
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)
- 1921: The Great Impersonation
- 1923: Vanity Fair
- 1924: Greed (Greed)
- 1926: The Black Pirate (The Black Pirate)
- 1927: Silk Stockings
- 1930: Seven Days Leave
- 1931: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- 1932: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Murders in the Rue Morgue)
- 1932: The Day the Bank Was Stormed (American Madness)
- 1932: If I Had a Million (If I Had a Million)
- 1933 Kavalkade (Cavalcade)
- 1933: Oliver Twist
- 1933: Doctor Bull
- 1933: A Study in Scarlet
- 1934: Of Human Bondage
- 1935: Escape from Paris (A Tale of Two Cities)
- 1935: Werewolf of London (Werewolf of London)
- 1935: The Devil Is a Woman (The Devil Is a Woman)
- 1935: Becky Sharp
- 1935: The Bride of Frankenstein (Bride of Frankenstein)
- 1936: Louis Pasteur (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
- 1936: Suzy
- 1936: The Little Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris (The Rage of Paris)
- 1938: Madame rang the bell? (Fools for Scandal)
- 1939: I Was a Nazi Spy (Confessions of a Nazi Spy)
- 1939: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- 1940: her first husband (Waterloo Bridge)
- 1941: With one foot in heaven (One Foot in Heaven)
- 1942: Journey from the Past (Now, Voyager)
- 1943: The Orphan of Lowood (Jane Eyre)
- 1945: A Lady with a Past (Kitty)
- 1947: Amber, the great courtesan (Forever Amber)
- 1951: Sister Maria Bonaventura (Thunder on the Hill)
Web links
- Tempe Pigott in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Broadway League: Tempe Pigott - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tempe Piggott. Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. All Movie Guide , accessed October 20, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pigott, Tempe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1962 |
Place of death | Woodland Hills , California , USA |