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Encyclopedia > Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson (27 May 1879 - 24 June 1962) was a Canadian actress. Born in Quebec City, her first film role was in the 1916 silent film The Girl with Green Eyes, a film version of the play she had performed in on Broadway. She did not appear in another movie unil 1930, when she had an uncredited role in The Royal Family of Broadway. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 comedy film which tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. ...


Watson was primarily a stage actress, starring in such plays as Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, Heartbreak House, Ghosts, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice and Watch on the Rhine. In 1943, she recreated her role in the last play for Hollywood, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. ... Ghosts (in Norwegian, Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1881 and first staged in 1883. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic Comedy-of-Manners by Oscar Wilde. ... Pride and Prejudice book cover Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austens novels. ... Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 film which tells the story of a man who, in attempting to return to the United States during World War II, is blackmailed by a Nazi sympathiser. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...


Other movies included The Garden of Allah, The Women, Waterloo Bridge, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the South and Little Women. DVD Cover for the 1939 film, showing (left to right) Crawford, Shearer and Russell The Women is a play by Clare Boothe Luce which opened on Broadway in 1936 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre with an all-female cast that included Arlene Francis, Marjorie Main, and Doris Day. ... View of the old Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall stairs, John Constable, 18. ... In The Thin Man Goes Home, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles (with their dog Asta) leave their kindergartner son at home in new York while they go visit Nicks parents in Sycamore Springs, the town where he grew up, and of course a murder mystery crops... Successful 1972 Song of the South reissue Song of the South is a feature film by Walt Disney, first released on November 12, 1946 and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris. ... Little Women (1949) directed by Mervyn LeRoy was based on Louisa May Alcotts novel of the same name. ...


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VH1.com : Movies : Person : Lucile Watson : Biography (178 words)
Canadian-born, convent-educated Lucille Watson studied acting in the waning years of the 19th century at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Watson was seen in such roles as Louisa Bradley in The Razor's Edge (1946) and Aunt March in the 1949 version of Little Women.
In 1943, Lucille Watson earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of blinkered Washington D.C. matriarch Fanny Fannelly in Watch on the Rhine.
The Lynching of Leo Frank by Denise Noe (5307 words)
Lucile Frank sat close behind her husband each day of the trial.
Watson won by a wide margin and died in office in 1922.
Among her affects were the wedding ring a doomed Leo had asked to be returned to her and letters Lucile had written to her husband – several of them penned after his death.
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