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Gertrude W. Hoffmann is a Actor Allemande born on 17 may 1871 at Heidelberg (German)

Gertrude W. Hoffmann

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Birth name Eliza Gertrude Wesselhoeft
Nationality German
Birth 17 may 1871 at Heidelberg (German)
Death 13 february 1968 (at 96 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Note: Often confused with Gertrude H. Hoffman, the American-born dancer.
Gertrude W. Hoffmann (May 17, 1871 – February 13, 1968) was a German-born American character actress who began her Hollywood career as she was entering her sunset years.

Usually with

Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel
(4 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(4 films)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
(2 films)
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
(4 films)
Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell
(3 films)
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Filmography of Gertrude W. Hoffmann (25 films)

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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (1953)
, 1h21
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Cedric Hardwicke, Sandro Giglio, Robert O. Cornthwaite
Roles Elderly News Vendor (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4983653.4983653.4983653.4983653.498365
In early 1950s southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project, is fishing with colleagues when a large object crashes near the town of Linda Rosa. At the impact site, he meets Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson) and her uncle, Pastor Matthew Collins (Lewis Martin). Van Buren was told that the meteorite came down at a low angle, while Forrester observes it appears far lighter than normal for its massive size. His Geiger counter also detects it is slightly radioactive, but the object is still too hot to examine closely. Unable to account for these anomalies, Forrester is intrigued and decides to wait in town overnight for the object to cool down.
Caged
Caged (1950)
, 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde, Jan Sterling
Roles Millie Lewis (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7939753.7939753.7939753.7939753.793975
A married 19-year-old, Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker), is sent to prison after a botched armed robbery attempt with her equally young husband, Tom, who is killed. While receiving her initial prison physical, she finds out that she is two months pregnant.
The File on Thelma Jordon
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
, 1h40
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Aunt Vera Edwards
Rating68% 3.4443253.4443253.4443253.4443253.444325
Thelma Jordon shows up late one night in the office of married assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall with a story about prowlers and burglars. Before Cleve can stop himself, he and Thelma are involved in a love affair. But Thelma is a mysterious woman, and Cleve can't help wondering if she is hiding something.
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
, 1h25
Directed by Irving Pichel, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Robert Benchley, Natalie Wood, Peggy Wood
Roles Mrs. Harvey (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0006553.0006553.0006553.0006553.000655
Sally Warren runs a horse farm, but husband Jeff has a dislike and fear of horses. He is a Civil War historian and lecturer, which bores Sally but is very popular with local ladies who call themselves the Mason-Dixon Dames.
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
, 2h2
Directed by Victor Fleming, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore
Roles Old Woman (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4448053.4448053.4448053.4448053.444805
Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy) is the reckless pilot of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber flying out of England during World War II. He is in love with Women Airforce Service Pilot Dorinda Durston (Irene Dunne), a civilian pilot ferrying aircraft across the Atlantic. "Nails" Kilpatrick (James Gleason), Pete's commanding officer, first transfers Pete and his crew to a base in Scotland and then offers him a transfer back to America to be a flying instructor. Dorinda has a feeling that Pete's "number is up" and begs him to accept. Pete agrees, but goes out on one last mission with his best friend Al Yackey (Ward Bond) to check out a German aircraft carrier. Wounded after an attack by an enemy fighter, Pete has his crew bail out before bombing the ship and crashing into the sea.
What a Woman
What a Woman (1943)

Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Willard Parker, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Ann Savage, Edward Fielding
Roles Night Maid (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2430953.2430953.2430953.2430953.243095
Henry Pepper (Brian Aherne), top writer for Knickerbocker magazine, is assigned to write a profile on Carol Ainsley (Rosalind Russell), who has been named the outstanding career woman of the year. Carol, a super agent and star-maker, has just scooped her competition by selling the movie rights to the romance novel Whirlwind and is spending a fortune to find the perfect actor to play the male lead. When Carol learns that the book's author, Anthony Street, may be the man to play his own hero, she searches him out and discovers that he is actually Professor Michael Cobb (Willard Parker) of Buxton College.
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
, 1h38
Directed by John Farrow, Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Coote, Ray Collins
Rating65% 3.28673.28673.28673.28673.2867
Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.
Lydia
Lydia (1941)
, 1h44
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Edna May Oliver, Alan Marshal, Joseph Cotten, Hans Jaray, George Reeves
Roles Mrs. Fairfield
Rating62% 3.148353.148353.148353.148353.14835
An elderly woman named Lydia Macmillan (Merle Oberon), who is running a children's home, gets an unexpected visit from a long lost acquaintance, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick (Joseph Cotten). They haven't met for forty years, when they were young and in love. The story of their lives unfold as they remember the past with great fondness.
Suspicion
Suspicion (1941)
, 1h39
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Isabel Jeans
Roles Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.647963.647963.647963.647963.64796
Handsome, irresponsible playboy Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) meets dowdy Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) on a train, and charms her into running away and marrying him, despite the strong disapproval of her wealthy father, General McLaidlaw (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). After a lavish honeymoon and returning to an extravagant house, Lina discovers that Johnnie has no job, no income, habitually lives on borrowed money, and was intending to try to sponge off her father. She talks him into getting a job, and he goes to work for his cousin, estate agent Captain Melbeck (Leo G. Carroll).
One Foot in Heaven
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
, 1h48
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart, Elisabeth Fraser, Laura Hope Crews
Roles Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3462753.3462753.3462753.3462753.346275
In Stratford, Ontario in 1904, William Spence (Fredric March), a medical student on the verge of becoming a doctor, receives "The Call" while passing a Methodist church one Sunday. His bride-to-be, Hope Morris (Martha Scott), accepts his decision to enter the ministry with a whole heart despite the disappointment of her prominent and affluent parents. Will "dives right in," but with no vacancies in Canada, is posted as a circuit minister to a small town in rural Iowa, beginning a life for them of frequent moves around the district, dingy parsonages, and scraping a living from poor boxes and performing weddings. Hope yearns for a decent parsonage and a sense of permanence for their children, but uncomplainingly provides them a good life and a supportive home for Will. For his part, Will understands his own nature and laughs at his own foibles, bending where he can in good conscience. He often enters situations in anger or to instruct but leaves humbled and renewed in spirit. While Will sincerely lives by and teaches by example (which includes his family) the tenets of the Methodist Discipline, he also learns from his congregations to be flexible and change with the times.
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
, 1h59
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley
Roles Mrs. Benson
Rating73% 3.696463.696463.696463.696463.69646
The editor of the New York Globe, Mr. Powers (Harry Davenport), is concerned about the "crisis" in Europe, the growing power of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and the inability of celebrated foreign correspondents to get answers about whether or not war will ensue. After searching for a good, tough crime reporter for a fresh viewpoint, he appoints Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) as a foreign correspondent, under the pen name Huntley Haverstock.
The Ape
The Ape (1940)
, 1h12
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Ray Corrigan, Gertrude W. Hoffmann, Pauline Drake, George Cleveland
Roles Jane the Housekeeper
Rating46% 2.3079552.3079552.3079552.3079552.307955
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. All he needs is spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople.