Cathleen Nesbitt, CBE, born on (November 24, 1888 – and died on August 2, 1982) was an British actress of Welsh and Irish extraction. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Welsh is an adjective that may refer to: Of or relating to Wales The Welsh language The Welsh people Welsh may also refer to several places in the United States: Welsh, Arkansas Welsh, Louisiana Welsh, Ohio The verb to welsh means to swindle by not paying a debt, although some...

Born in Cheshire, England, she was educated in Lisieux, France and attended Queen's University in Belfast, and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Her younger brother, Thomas Nesbitt, Jr., acted in one film in 1925, before his death in South Africa in 1927 from an apparent heart attack. This article is about the English county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Lisieux is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Lower Normandy région, in France. ... For other educational establishments called Queens, see Queens College and Queens University (disambiguation) Queens University, Belfast (QUB) - or officially The Queens University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the largest city in and capital of both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Her debut on the London stage was in the revival of Pinero's The Cabinet Minister (1910). She acted in countless plays after that. St. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... Arthur Wing Pinero (24 May 1855- 23 November 1934) was an English dramatist. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ...

In 1911, Nesbitt joined the Irish Players, went to the America and debuted on Broadway in The Well of the Saints. She also was in the cast of Synge's The Playboy of the Western World with the Players when the whole cast was pelted with fruits and vegetables by the offended Irish American Catholic audience. She became the love of English poet Rupert Brooke in 1912, to whom he wrote great love sonnets. They were engaged when he died during World War I. Nesbitt returned to the U.S. and appeared on Broadway in Quinneys (1915). After five other plays there, she returned to England. 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest English poets ever. ... A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was an English poet best know for his idealistic poems of First World War. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... WWI redirects here. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Her film debut was in the silent A Star Over Night (1919). She then performed in The Faithful Heart (1922). She did not appear in a film again until 1930, when she played the role of Anne Lymes in Canaries Sometimes Sing, which was a talkie. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... 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... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

She had one husband, actor Cecil Ramage (they married in 1920 and remained legally married until Nesbitt's death in 1982), but were separated for many years. They had two children, one being Jennifer Ramage (born September 24, 1928). 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Nesbitt's first Hollywood film was Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), in which she played the character role of La Principessa. This was followed that same year by Black Widow, in which she played a maid named Lucia Colletti. Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 film which tells the story of three American girls looking for romance in Rome. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ...

Her other Broadway productions included Gigi (1951) starring Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina Fair (1953) starring Joseph Cotten and Margaret Sullavan, and Anastasia (1954). In 1956, she played Mrs. Higgins in the hit My Fair Lady starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. Nesbitt, amazingly, played the role again in 1981!! in a Broadway revival of My Fair Lady again starring the now-deceased actor, Sir Rex Harrison. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was a Belgian-born actress, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... Sabrina Fair, (also entitled Sabrina Fair, A Woman Of The World) is an original Broadway stage play. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Joseph Cotten, circa 1956. ... Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1911 - January 1, 1960) was an American actress. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music. ... Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theatre and film actor. ...

She is probably best-remembered for her role as Agatha Morley on the TV series The Farmer's Daughter from 1963 to 1966, playing the mother of the Congressman. She guest starred on such shows as The United States Steel Hour; Wagon Train; Naked City, Dr. Kildare and Upstairs, Downstairs. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Farmers Daughter is a 1947 movie which tells the story of a small-town girl from Minnesota who moves to Washington, DC to work as a housekeeper for her local Congressman. ... See also: 1962 in television, other events of 1963, 1964 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1963-64 American network television schedule. ... See also: 1965 in television, other events of 1966, 1967 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1966-67 American network television schedule. ... The United States Steel Hour was an American television show that aired from 1953 to 1955 on ABC, and from 1955 to 1963 on CBS. Like its radio predecessor of the same name, it was a live dramatic anthology program, airing episodes in a theatrical format. ... Wagon Train was a television series on NBC from 1957 to 1965. ... Naked City was a John Zorn-led avant-garde music group that incorporated recognizable elements of jazz, surf music, metal, punk rock and literally dozens of other music genres. ... Dr. James Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. ... Upstairs, Downstairs was a 1970s British television series set in a grand Edwardian town house in London and depicting the events of the early twentieth century as they affected the servants (downstairs) and masters (upstairs). The series was originally conceived by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins as a comedy, called...

Nesbitt won an Emmy Award for her work in the TV drama The Mask of Love in 1974. An Emmy Award. ... See also: 1973 in television, other events of 1974, 1975 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1974-75 American network television schedule. ...

Nesbitt lived for many years in the United States, and considered taking out U.S. citizenship, but ultimately returned to the U.K., where she was awarded the C.B.E., but many think she should have been knighted as a Dame. Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...

Her autobiography, A Little Love and Good Company, was published in 1973. Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

She played the film role of a drug addict in The French Connection II (1975). Her next film was Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), in which she played Julia Rainbird. She then appeared as the grandmother in Julia (1977). Her final film was Never Never Land (1980), in which she played Edith Forbes. See also: 1974 in film 1975 1976 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KCB, (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the thriller genre. ... Family Plot is a 1976 Universal motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane, with Cathleen Nesbitt. ... See also: 1975 in film 1976 1977 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas Star Wars science fiction film. ... Movie poster for Julia Julia is a 1977 dramatic film based on playwright Lillian Hellmans Pentimento, which tells the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend Julia, who worked as an anti-fascist in the years prior to World War II. It stars Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason... See also: 1976 in film 1977 1978 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... See also: 1979 in film 1980 1981 in film 1970s in film 1980s in film years in film film Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ...

After a career spanning over eighty years, one of the longest in show business history, Cathleen Nesbitt died at age ninety-three in London.

External links

• Cathleen Nesbitt at the Internet Movie Database
• Cathleen Nesbitt at the Internet Broadway Database