Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald.
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald.
She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, and began her acting career in at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where she found success in films The Mill on the Floss, The Turn of the Tide, and Cafe Mascot.
Fitzgerald's success led her to the Broadway stage in 1938. She made her American debut in the Mercury Theatre production of Heartbreak House. Producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in this production and subsequently signed her to a contract with Warner Bros, where she starred in Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights.
Afterwards, appeared in Shining Victory, The Gay Sisters, and Watch on the Rhine, but her career was hampered by her frequent clashes with studio management. Although she continued to work throughout the 1940s, the quality of her roles began to diminish and her career lost momentum.
In 1946, shortly after completing work on Three Strangers, she left Hollywood to return to New York City, where she married her second husband, Stuart Scheftel, a grandson of Isidor Straus. She returned to Britain to film So Evil My Love, receiving strong reviews, and The Late Edwina Black, before returning to the United States. She became a naturalized United States citizen on April 18, 1955.
The 1950s provided her with few opportunities in film, but during the 1960s she asserted herself as a character actor and her career enjoyed a revival. Among her successful films of this period were Ten North Frederick, The Pawnbroker, and Rachel, Rachel. Her later films included The Mango Tree, for which she received an Australian Film Institute Best Actress nomination, and Harry and Tonto, in a scene opposite Art Carney. She also starred in Arthur 1 and 2, miniseries Kennedy, Do You Remember Love, Easy Money, Poltergeist 2, as in Circle of Violence, a television film about elder abuse.
Fitzgerald returned to stage acting, and won acclaim for her performance in the 1971 revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1976, she performed as a cabaret singer with the show Streetsongs, recorded an album of the show for Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles label. She also achieved success as a theatre director; becoming one of the first women to receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play. While in New York, Fitzgerald collaborated with playwright and Franciscan brother Jonathan Ringkamp to found the Everyman Theater of Brooklyn, a street theater company, that performed throughout the city.
She appeared on television, in such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Robert Montgomery Presents, Naked City, St. Elsewhere, The Golden Girls, and Cagney and Lacey. As well, she starred in Our Private World, and Mabel and Max. She won a Daytime Emmy Award as best actress for her appearance in the NBC Special Treat episode "Rodeo Red and the Runaways".
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Filmography (Movies)
Bump in the Night
Character:Mrs. Beauchamps
Release Date:06/01/1991
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
Character:Mrs. O'Rourke
Release Date:14/12/1989
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Character:Martha Bach
Release Date:08/07/1988
Night of Courage
Character:Abby Abelsen
Release Date:12/01/1987
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Character:Charlotte Kessling
Release Date:12/10/1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Character:Gramma-Jess
Release Date:23/05/1986
Do You Remember Love
Character:Lorraine Wyatt
Release Date:21/05/1985
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/1983
Easy Money
Character:Mrs. Monahan
Release Date:19/08/1983
Dixie: Changing Habits
Character:Sister Agnes
Release Date:16/02/1983
Blood Link
Character:Mrs. Thomason
Release Date:15/10/1982
Lovespell
Character:Bronwyn
Release Date:31/12/1981
Arthur
Character:Martha Bach
Release Date:17/07/1981
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Character:Granny Weatherall
Release Date:03/03/1980
Tartuffe
Character:Madame Pernelle
Release Date:31/05/1978
Bye Bye Monkey
Character:Mrs. Toland
Release Date:24/02/1978
The Mango Tree
Character:Grandma Carr
Release Date:13/12/1977
The Quinns
Character:Peggy Quinn
Release Date:01/07/1977
Yesterday's Child
Character:Emma Talbot
Release Date:03/02/1977
Ah, Wilderness!
Character:Essie Miller
Release Date:13/10/1976
Echoes of a Summer
Character:Sara
Release Date:06/02/1976
Diary of the Dead
Character:Maud Kennaway
Release Date:01/01/1976
Beyond the Horizon
Character:Mrs. Atkins
Release Date:17/07/1975
Forget-Me-Not Lane
Character:Amy Bisley
Release Date:12/03/1975
Harry and Tonto
Character:Jessie Stone
Release Date:12/08/1974
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:08/05/1974
Me
Character:Ma
Release Date:28/11/1973
The Last American Hero
Character:Frau Jackson
Release Date:27/07/1973
Rachel, Rachel
Character:Rev. Wood
Release Date:26/08/1968
The Pawnbroker
Character:Marilyn Birchfield
Release Date:20/04/1965
The Fiercest Heart
Character:Tante Marie
Release Date:30/04/1961
The Moon and Sixpence
Character:Amy Strickland
Release Date:30/10/1959
Ten North Frederick
Character:Edith Chapin
Release Date:22/05/1958
Dark Possession
Character:Charlotte Bell Wheeler
Release Date:15/02/1954
Pontius Pilate
Character:Claudia Procula
Release Date:07/04/1952
The Late Edwina Black
Character:Elizabeth Grahame
Release Date:31/03/1951
So Evil My Love
Character:Susan Courtney
Release Date:02/08/1948
Nobody Lives Forever
Character:Gladys Halvorsen
Release Date:01/11/1946
O.S.S.
Character:Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
Release Date:26/05/1946
Three Strangers
Character:Crystal Shackleford
Release Date:28/01/1946
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Character:Lettie Quincey
Release Date:17/08/1945
Wilson
Character:Edith Bolling Galt
Release Date:01/08/1944
Ladies Courageous
Character:Virgie Alford
Release Date:02/02/1944
Watch on the Rhine
Character:Marte Brankovic
Release Date:27/08/1943
The Gay Sisters
Character:Evelyn Gaylord
Release Date:01/08/1942
Shining Victory
Character:Dr. Mary Murray
Release Date:30/05/1941
Flight from Destiny
Character:Betty Farroway
Release Date:08/02/1941
'Til We Meet Again
Character:Bonny Coburn
Release Date:20/04/1940
A Child Is Born
Character:Grace Sutton
Release Date:07/12/1939
Dark Victory
Character:Ann King
Release Date:20/04/1939
Wuthering Heights
Character:Isabella Linton
Release Date:07/04/1939
The Mill on the Floss
Character:Maggie Tulliver
Release Date:09/01/1937
Debt of Honour
Character:Peggy Mayhew
Release Date:02/11/1936
Cafe Mascot
Character:Moira O'Flynn
Release Date:01/07/1936
Department Store
Character:Jane Grey
Release Date:06/10/1935
Turn of the Tide
Character:Ruth Fosdyck
Release Date:08/06/1935
Blind Justice
Character:Peggy Summers
Release Date:04/03/1935
Three Witnesses
Character:Diane Morton
Release Date:01/03/1935
The Lad
Character:Joan Fandon
Release Date:27/02/1935
The Ace of Spades
Character:Evelyn Daventry
Release Date:09/02/1935
Open All Night
Character:Jill
Release Date:01/01/1934
Television Appearances
Chalk
Character:Janet Slatt
A Year in the Life
Character:Mrs. Wilbourne
The Golden Girls
Character:Anna
The Golden Girls
Character:Martha
Kennedy
Character:Rose Kennedy
St. Elsewhere
Character:Margaret Ryan
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
Nurse
Character:Helen McCall
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:Bag lady
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Grandmother
Great Performances
Character:Amy Bisley
Great Performances
Character:Mrs.Atkins
Great Performances
Character:Essie Miller
The Best Of Everything
Character:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Agatha Tomlin
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Defenders
Character:Lila Windell
Naked City
Character:Brigid Delito
Naked City
Character:Lillian Clinton
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Elizabeth Burton
Climax!
Character:Miriam Lambert
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Mary Todd Lincoln
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Elizabeth
Suspense
Character:Anna
Suspense
Character:
Studio One
Character:Claudia Procula
Studio One
Character:Charlotte Bell Wheeler
Studio One
Character:Marian McNeill
Studio One
Character:Duchess
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