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Rosella Towne is a Actor American born on 20 january 1918

Rosella Towne

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Birth name Rosella Townsend
Nationality USA
Birth 20 january 1918
Death 29 august 2014 (at 96 years)

Rosella Towne (January 20, 1918 – August 29, 2014) was an American film actress. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Her film career began in 1937, after making a screen test for Warner Bros. and signing a contract for the studio. At first she made minor appearances in motion pictures such as Varsity Show, It's Love I'm After and Submarine D-1. In 1939, she got her first leading role when she was chosen to play the part of comic strip character Jane Arden in a film adaption. While touted by critics as a future star, Towne retired from showbusiness after marrying Harry Kronman, in 1942. She died on August 29, 2014, aged 96.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rosella Towne (25 films)

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Actress

No, No, Nanette, 1h36
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature, Roland Young, Helen Broderick, Zasu Pitts
Roles Stewardess
Rating52% 2.624622.624622.624622.624622.62462
La jeune Nanette, guillerette, tente de sauver le mariage de son oncle et de sa tante en démêlant Oncle Jimmy de plusieurs flirts innocents mais captivants. Tentant un tel désenchevêtrement, Nanette fait appel au producteur de théâtre Bill Trainor, qui tombe rapidement amoureux d'elle. La même chose se produit lorsque l'artiste Tom Gillespie est sollicité. Mais bientôt les flirts de l'oncle Jimmy deviennent trop nombreux et les romances de Nanette avec Tom et Bill se heurtent à des problèmes. Le mariage de l'oncle Jimmy survivra-t-il et Nanette trouvera-t-elle le bonheur avec Tom, Bill ou quelqu'un d'autre?
Dark Victory, 1h44
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Henry Travers, Ronald Reagan
Roles Girl in Box (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.697033.697033.697033.697033.69703
Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding, and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald) insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, 1h46
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price
Roles Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4941953.4941953.4941953.4941953.494195
The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) returns in triumph to London after having dealt the Spanish a crushing naval defeat at Cadiz. In London, an aging Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) awaits him with love, but also with fear, because of his popularity with the commoners and his consuming ambition. His envious rivals include Sir Robert Cecil (Henry Daniell), Lord Burghley (Henry Stephenson), and Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price). His only friend at court is Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp).
Code of the Secret Service, 58minutes
Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Eddie Foy, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Moroni Olsen, Rosella Towne, Jack Mower, John Gallaudet
Roles Elaine
Rating52% 2.612392.612392.612392.612392.61239
United States Secret Service Lieutenant Brass Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) and his partner, Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy, Jr., producer Bryan Foy's brother), seek engraving plates stolen from the U.S. Treasury Department, and the investigation leads Bancroft and Watters to pursue a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. Along the way, Bancroft is falsely blamed for the death of a fellow Secret Service agent, escapes from jail, captures the leader of the counterfeiting ring, and wins the heart of his love interest, Elaine (Rosella Towne).
Secret Service of the Air, 1h1
Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Litel, Ronald Reagan, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy, Jr., Rosella Towne, John Ridgely
Roles Zelma Warren
Rating57% 2.858052.858052.858052.858052.85805
An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring transporting people from Mexico into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudden climb, causing the agent to tumble back into the cabin; the pilot then pulls a lever which opens the cabin floor, sending the agent and six illegal immigrants plummeting to their deaths.
Yes, My Darling Daughter, 1h26
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Roland Young, Fay Bainter, May Robson, Genevieve Tobin
Roles Edith Colby (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1436053.1436053.1436053.1436053.143605
This script must be run from the command line
Women in the Wind, 1h5
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory, Eddie Foy, Jr., Sheila Bromley, Eve Arden
Roles Phyllis
Rating60% 3.0029653.0029653.0029653.0029653.002965
The women's air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland means a lot to young aviator Janet Steele (Kay Francis), who uses every trick in the book to try to persuade record-setting pilot Ace Boreman (William Gargan) to lend her his very fast aircraft. Ace is reluctant, but Janet steals his craft to demonstrate her skill. He also learns that she is the sister of Bill Steele (Charles Anthony Hughes), a pilot friend of his who crashed and is bedridden. When Ace discovers that Janet needs the money to pay for an operation for Bill, he has no further objections to Janet flying his airplane.
Boy Meets Girl, 1h26
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors James Cagney, Dennie Moore, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh
Roles Hospital Nurse Wheeling Larry
Rating60% 3.000753.000753.000753.000753.00075
Two screenwriters, Law and Benson (James Cagney and Pat O'Brien), are in need of a story for cowboy star Larry Toms (Dick Foran). When studio waitress Susie Seabrook (Marie Wilson) faints in the office of producer C.F. Friday (Ralph Bellamy) because she is pregnant, the writers get an idea for a story about a cowboy and a baby, and cast Susie's unborn baby Happy in the part. The story will be the classic Hollywood tale: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. When they all leave to sell the idea to their boss, Susie meets and is intrigued by, Rodney Bevan (Bruce Lester), a good-looking young Englishman who is an extra on one of the studio's films.
Cowboy from Brooklyn, 1h17
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Western
Themes Sports films, Musical films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Dick Foran
Roles Panthea Landis
Rating57% 2.855572.855572.855572.855572.85557
Singer Elly Jordan, a Brooklyn man who is terrified of animals, ends up broke along with his two musical partners at Hardy's Dude Ranch in Two Bits, Wyoming. The Hardys, Ma and Pop, daughter Jane and son Jeff, hire the men to play for the dudes. Sam Thorne, Jane's self-appointed boyfriend, ranch cowhand and amateur crooner, is jealous of Jane's interest in Elly. Elly is so successful as a cowboy singer, that when theatrical agent Ray Chadwick arrives at the ranch on a vacation and hears him, he signs Elly immediately. Chadwick thinks that Elly is a real cowboy and Jane coaches him to talk like one. In spite of his fear of animals, he gets away with the deception. He makes a successful screen test as a cowboy, using the name Wyoming Steve Gibson, but he and Chadwick, who now knows the truth, fear that the deception will be revealed when the movie people arrive in New York from Hollywood with Elly's contract.
The Patient in Room 18, 59minutes
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Patric Knowles, Ann Sheridan, John Ridgely, Rosella Towne, Charles Trowbridge, Edward Raquello
Roles Maida Day
Rating59% 2.9505652.9505652.9505652.9505652.950565
Private investigator Lance O'Leary (Patric Knowles) suffers a nervous breakdown from being unable to solve a case and his doctor has him hospitalized for rest. It just happens to be the same place where his lady friend, Sara Keate (Ann Sheridan), is the head nurse. The first night there a murder takes place as wealthy Mr. Warren is killed in his room and $100,000 worth of medicinal radium on his chest is stolen. Also, head doctor Dr. Lethany is murdered as well. Everyone on the staff seems to have a motive and O'Leary must work with combative Inspector Foley (Cliff Clark) to solve the crime.