Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine Fitzgerald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 1.493
Birthday 1913-11-24
Place of Birth Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Also Known As First Lady of the American Theater, Gerry,
Wuthering Heights
1939

Wuthering Heights

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

The Pawnbroker
1965

The Pawnbroker

Ah, Wilderness!
1976

Ah, Wilderness!

Blood Link
1982

Blood Link

The Last American Hero
1973

The Last American Hero

Nobody Lives Forever
1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Dark Victory
1939

Dark Victory

Arthur
1981

Arthur

Three Strangers
1946

Three Strangers

Bye Bye Monkey
1978

Bye Bye Monkey

Harry and Tonto
1974

Harry and Tonto

Rachel, Rachel
1968

Rachel, Rachel

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Watch on the Rhine
1943

Watch on the Rhine

So Evil My Love
1948

So Evil My Love

Easy Money
1983

Easy Money

Wilson
1944

Wilson

The Gay Sisters
1942

The Gay Sisters

O.S.S.
1946

O.S.S.

Beyond the Horizon
1975

Beyond the Horizon

Echoes of a Summer
1976

Echoes of a Summer

Ten North Frederick
1958

Ten North Frederick

Diary of the Dead
1976

Diary of the Dead

Lovespell
1981

Lovespell

The Late Edwina Black
1951

The Late Edwina Black

'Til We Meet Again
1940

'Til We Meet Again

Flight from Destiny
1941

Flight from Destiny

Turn of the Tide
1935

Turn of the Tide

The Ace of Spades
1935

The Ace of Spades

Shining Victory
1941

Shining Victory

Do You Remember Love
1985

Do You Remember Love

A Child Is Born
1939

A Child Is Born

The Lad
1935

The Lad

The Mill on the Floss
1937

The Mill on the Floss

The Quinns
1977

The Quinns

Me
1973

Me

Yesterday's Child
1977

Yesterday's Child

Bump in the Night
1991

Bump in the Night

Ladies Courageous
1944

Ladies Courageous

The Mango Tree
1977

The Mango Tree

The Fiercest Heart
1961

The Fiercest Heart

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
1974

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

Forget-Me-Not Lane
1975

Forget-Me-Not Lane

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

Department Store
1935

Department Store

Open All Night
1934

Open All Night

Tartuffe
1978

Tartuffe

Debt of Honour
1936

Debt of Honour

Cafe Mascot
1936

Cafe Mascot

Three Witnesses
1935

Three Witnesses

Pontius Pilate
1952

Pontius Pilate

Dark Possession
1954

Dark Possession

Dixie: Changing Habits
1983

Dixie: Changing Habits

Night of Courage
1987

Night of Courage

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Blind Justice
1935

Blind Justice

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

The Moon and Sixpence
1959

The Moon and Sixpence