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Josephine Whittell is a Actor American born on 29 november 1883 at San Francisco (USA)
Josephine Whittell (November 30, 1883 – June 1, 1967) was an American character actress of the silent and sound film eras. Born on November 30, 1883 in San Francisco, California, she began her film career during the silent era, appearing in a featured role in 1917's Alimony. She would only appear in four silent films, between 1917 and 1921, before taking a hiatus from the film industry. In 1931 Whittell would return to films, with supporting roles in two Wheeler and Woolsey comedies, Caught Plastered and Peach O'Reno. During her 43 year career, she would appear in over 70 films. In the early 1930s, she would appear frequently as the older seductress in films, prior to the enactment of the film code in the mid-1930s.
Over her career she would appear in many notable films, either in supporting or small roles. Some of those films include: Stage Door (1938), starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Adolphe Menjou; 1939's The Women, with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell; the 1945 version of State Fair, starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews; King Vidor's The Fountainhead, the film version of the Ayn Rand novel of the same name, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal; the musical, In the Good Old Summertime, with Judy Garland and Van Johnson; George Stevens' A Place in the Sun, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters; the Cecil B. De Mille epic, The Greatest Show on Earth; and the classic 1954 version of A Star is Born, directed by George Cukor, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason.
She remained active in films till very late in life, making her last appearance in 1959's The Buccaneer, directed by Anthony Quinn (his only directing credit), and starring Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, and Inger Stevens. She would die less than three years after working on The Buccaneer, on June 1, 1961. She was cremated and interred in Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 november 1883 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 1 june 1961 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 29 november 1883 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 1 june 1961 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Over her career she would appear in many notable films, either in supporting or small roles. Some of those films include: Stage Door (1938), starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Adolphe Menjou; 1939's The Women, with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell; the 1945 version of State Fair, starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews; King Vidor's The Fountainhead, the film version of the Ayn Rand novel of the same name, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal; the musical, In the Good Old Summertime, with Judy Garland and Van Johnson; George Stevens' A Place in the Sun, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters; the Cecil B. De Mille epic, The Greatest Show on Earth; and the classic 1954 version of A Star is Born, directed by George Cukor, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason.
She remained active in films till very late in life, making her last appearance in 1959's The Buccaneer, directed by Anthony Quinn (his only directing credit), and starring Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, and Inger Stevens. She would die less than three years after working on The Buccaneer, on June 1, 1961. She was cremated and interred in Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
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The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Directed by Noel Langley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, Nancy Gates, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Anderson, Walter Kingsford
Roles Mrs. Shayne (Uncredited)
Rating60%
A Star Is Born (1954)
, 3h1Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Amanda Blake
Roles Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Rating74%
Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist attempts to keep him away from reporters. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause.
A Place in the Sun (1951)
, 2h2Directed by George Stevens, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark
Roles Eastman's Secretary Margaret (uncredited)
Rating76%
George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), arrives in town following a chance encounter with his uncle while working as a bellhop in a Chicago hotel. The elder Eastman invites George to visit him if and when he ever comes to town, and the ambitious young man takes advantage of the offer. Despite George's family relationship to the Eastmans, they regard him as something of an outsider, but his uncle nevertheless offers him an entry-level job at his factory. George, uncomplaining, hopes to impress his uncle (whom he addresses as "Mr. Eastman") with his hard work and earn his way up. While working in the factory, George starts dating fellow factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), in defiance of the workplace rules. Alice is a poor and inexperienced girl who is dazzled by George and slow to believe that his Eastman name brings him no advantages.
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young, Rita Corday, Kathryn Givney, Larry Keating
Roles Mrs. Fullerton (uncredited)
Rating60%
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist, but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
Shakedown (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Chester Conklin, Brian Donlevy, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett
Roles Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Rating70%
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early (Duff) is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy), who doesn't like to be captured on celluloid. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchmen Colton (Tierney). Duff double-crosses Palmer and informes Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Duff becomes famous for taking a picture of the event. Eventually Duff is himself killed by Colton but he manages to snap a picture of his murderer in the act.
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
, 1h42Directed by Buster Keaton, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Buster Keaton
Roles Woman at Window (uncredited)
Rating70%
Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) enters Oberkugen's music shop, looking for work. Although Otto Oberkugen (S. Z. Sakall) is reluctant to take on more staff, she wins a job by persuading a wealthy matron, through her singing and musical expertise, to buy a harp at almost $25 over Oberkugen's list price. Neither she nor Andrew Larkin (Van Johnson), the shop's senior salesman, suspects that they are each other's anonymous pen pal. They bicker constantly at work although becoming increasingly attracted to each other.
The Fountainhead (1949)
, 1h54Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull
Roles Hostess (uncredited)
Rating69%
Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is an individualistic architect who follows a new artistic path in the face of conformity and vulgar mediocrity.
The Accused (1949)
, 1h41Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe, Douglas Dick, Sara Allgood
Roles Dean's Secretary (uncredited)
Rating67%
Wilma Tuttle (Young) is a college professor who arouses the sexual interest of her student Bill Perry (Douglas Dick). When Perry tries to rape Tuttle, she beats him to death with a tire iron. She covers up her crime by making it seem as though Perry was killed while diving into the sea from a precipitous cliff. As she follows the police investigation of Perry's death, Wilma realizes that she'll never be able to escape her conscience, especially when she falls in love with Warren Ford (Cummings), the dead boy's guardian.
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Wallace, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe, Josephine Hutchinson, Charles Kemper
Roles Mrs. Eckert
Rating60%
In 1905, Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple), an enthusiastic art student, is expelled from Miss Ingram's Seminary for wearing two petticoats instead of five, attending political rallies and insisting that she be allowed to study nudes. When she is sent home to Baltimore, Dinah's understanding father, Dr. Andrew Sheldon (Robert Young), an Episcopalian pastor, easily forgives his headstrong daughter this latest calamity, but her mother Lily (Josephine Hutchinson) encourages her to be more conventionally feminine. Dinah's childhood sweetheart, Tom Wade (John Agar), also believes that she should settle down and confesses that, since her absence, he has begun dating the more "continental" Bernice Eckert (Carol Brannon).
Chinatown at Midnight (1949)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers, Ray Walker, Charles Russell, Jacqueline deWit
Roles Mrs. Emily Dryden
Rating58%
The SF Police Department pursues a serial killer on the loose in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Sitting Pretty (1948)
, 1h23Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn, Ed Begley, Randy Stuart
Roles Martha Hammond (uncredited)
Rating73%
Lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and his wife Tacey King (Maureen O'Hara) have trouble retaining a nanny for their three young rambunctious boys. When the latest in a string of servants quits, Tacey advertises and hires Lynn Belvedere sight unseen, only to find out that Lynn is a dapper older man (Clifton Webb), one with many skills and achievements. Despite their misgivings (and Belvedere's declaration that he detests children), the Kings reluctantly agree to a trial period. Belvedere quickly wins over the kids, although his superior attitude annoys Harry.
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
, 1h2Directed by Felix E. Feist
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Lawrence Tierney, Betty Lawford, Nanette June "Nan" Leslie, Andrew Tombes, Harry Shannon, William Gould
Roles Diane's mother
Rating67%
Steve Morgan (Tierney) is a charming sociopath who has just robbed and killed a cinema cashier. Seeking to escape, he hitches a ride to Los Angeles with unsuspecting Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson (North). Part way the pair stops at a gas station and picks up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one Morgan begins killing the threesome.
Easy to Wed (1946)
, 1h46Directed by Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Ben Blue
Roles Mrs. Burns Norvell
Rating61%
Financier J.B. Allenbury (Cecil Kellaway) is determined to file a $2 million libel suit against The Morning Star when the newspaper prints a story claiming his daughter Connie (Esther Williams) was responsible for the breakup of a marriage. Anxious to save his paper from financial ruin, editor Curtis Farwood (Paul Harvey) enlists the help of business manager Warren Haggerty (Keenan Wynn), who postpones his marriage to Gladys Benton (Lucille Ball) in order to assist his employer.
That Brennan Girl (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Roles Mrs. Van Derwin (uncredited)
Rating63%
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
The Virginian (1946)
, 1h27Directed by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Minor Watson, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter
Rating63%
In 1885, Molly Wood (Barbara Britton) leaves the security (and dullness) of Vermont to be a schoolteacher in frontier Wyoming. On arrival, she becomes frightened by a spooked steer, and is "rescued" by the Virginian (Joel McCrea), only to discover the animal is so mild, it is a little girl's pet. As a result, she takes a strong dislike to the cowboy. He, on the other hand, is smitten with her. When Trampas (Brian Donlevy) voices his scurrilous speculation as to why she came west, the Virginian confronts him and forces him, at gunpoint, to take it back.