Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981) was an Oscar-nominated American actress, born Beulah Bondy in Chicago, Illinois. Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...

Career

Of slight stature, with a gaunt, pale face, dark hair and deep-set, penetrating eyes, she was a veteran actress who worked well into her 80s. She was one of the more recognizable faces in films and is probably best remembered for her role as Mrs. Bailey, the mother of George Bailey, in It's A Wonderful Life (1946). She was one of first five women to be nominated for an Academy Award in the newly-created categoy of "Best Supporting Actress" for he work in "The Gorgeous Hussy," though she lost the award to Gale Sondergaard. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, produced by his own Liberty Films, and released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ...

Bondi began her acting career on the stage at age 7, moving to film in the 1930s. Her debut movie role was as "Emma Jones" in Elmer Rice's Street Scene (1931), which starred Sylvia Sidney, and in which Bondi reprised her stage role, followed by "Mrs. Davidson" in Rain (1932), which starred Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. She would most often be seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of her career. Acting is the work of an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... Elmer Rice photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Elmer Rice (1892 - 1967) was an early 20th century Jewish-American playwright. ... Street Scene is a play by Elmer Rice, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City on January 10, 1929, and ran for a total of 601 performances. ... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights staring Charles Chaplin Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor... Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. ... Rain DVD cover Rain is a 1932 Pre-Code film directed by Lewis Milestone. ... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... Joan Crawford, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1948 Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed Academy Award winning American actress. ... Actor Walter Huston in The Shanghai Gesture Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born actor. ...

Her greatest role is considered to be her role in 1937's Make Way for Tomorrow as the abandoned Depression-era 'Ma' Cooper, and her own personal favorite performance was as the bigoted "Ma Bridges" in 1957's Track of the Cat, no doubt because it was so different from her own personal character and any role she had played on film. See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... Make Way for Tomrrow is a 1937 melodrama directed by Leo McCarey. ... // Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ... Track of the Cat is a 1949 adventure novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, which was adapted into the 1954 William A. Wellman film starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright. ...

She often played mature roles in her early film career even though she was only in her early 40s. Bondi played Jimmy Stewart’s mother in four films: It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Of Human Hearts, and Vivacious Lady. She made her final appearance at the age of 86, as "Aunt Martha Corinne Walton" on the TV series The Waltons, in the episode(s) "The Conflict (9/73) & The Pony Cart(12/76)." Despite the fact that she was known for playing mother figures, Bondi never married in real life. Jimmy Stewart, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own personality. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, produced by his own Liberty Films, and released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Mr. ... Of Human Hearts is a 1938 film with Beulah Bondi. ... Vivacious Lady is a 1938 (see 1938 in film) US comedy film starring James Stewart, Ginger Rogers and directed by George Stevens. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Was also a rock band from the Isle Of Wight, see The Waltons (IOW) The Waltons was an American television series about a family living at Waltons Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the state of Virginia. ...

She died at the age of 92, from pulmonary complications due to broken ribs she suffered when she fell over her cat on January 11, 1981 (not January 1, 1981 as reported on IMDB) at her home in Los Angeles, California. {Source: Great Character Actors; What-A-Character; see below} The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ...

External links

• Beulah Bondi at The Internet Movie Database
• Great Character Actors
• What-A-Character
• Early Photo