Geraldine Fitzgerald
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1913-11-24
- Died
- 2005-07-17
- Place of birth
- Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
- Also known as
- First Lady of the American Theater · Gerry
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Amy Bisley / Grandmother / Mrs.Atkins / Essie Miller
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Elizabeth
Climax!
1954
as Miriam Lambert
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Agatha Tomlin
The Golden Girls
1985
as Anna / Martha
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Margaret Ryan
Naked City
1958
as Brigid Delito / Lillian Clinton
Studio One
1948
as Claudia Procula / Charlotte Bell Wheeler / Marian McNeill / Duchess
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Performer
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
as Bag lady
The Defenders
1961
as Lila Windell
Suspense
1949
as Anna
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Elizabeth Burton
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Nurse
1981
as Helen McCall
A Year in the Life
1987
as Mrs. Wilbourne
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Mary Todd Lincoln
The Best Of Everything
1970
Chalk
1997
as Janet Slatt
Kennedy
1983
as Rose Kennedy
Movies (61)
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Isabella Linton
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
as Gramma-Jess
Arthur
1981
as Martha Bach
Wilson
1944
as Edith Bolling Galt
Easy Money
1983
as Mrs. Monahan
Harry and Tonto
1974
as Jessie Stone
Blood Link
1982
as Mrs. Thomason
Dark Victory
1939
as Ann King
The Pawnbroker
1965
as Marilyn Birchfield
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
as Martha Bach
Dark Possession
1954
as Charlotte Bell Wheeler
Rachel, Rachel
1968
as Rev. Wood
Lovespell
1981
as Bronwyn
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
as Charlotte Kessling
The Last American Hero
1973
as Frau Jackson
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as Marte Brankovic
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
as Lettie Quincey
Three Strangers
1946
as Crystal Shackleford
O.S.S.
1946
as Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
Bye Bye Monkey
1978
as Mrs. Toland
Ah, Wilderness!
1976
as Essie Miller
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Mary Murray
Tartuffe
1978
as Madame Pernelle
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Betty Farroway
Me
1973
as Ma
So Evil My Love
1948
as Susan Courtney
Diary of the Dead
1976
as Maud Kennaway
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Evelyn Gaylord
Bump in the Night
1991
as Mrs. Beauchamps
Echoes of a Summer
1976
as Sara
Ten North Frederick
1958
as Edith Chapin
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Amy Strickland
Beyond the Horizon
1975
as Mrs. Atkins
The Lad
1935
as Joan Fandon
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1989
as Mrs. O'Rourke
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Bonny Coburn
The Mill on the Floss
1937
as Maggie Tulliver
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Gladys Halvorsen
Night of Courage
1987
as Abby Abelsen
Three Witnesses
1935
as Diane Morton
A Child is Born
1939
as Grace Sutton
Open All Night
1934
as Jill
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Sister Agnes
The Quinns
1977
as Peggy Quinn
The Late Edwina Black
1951
as Elizabeth Grahame
The Fiercest Heart
1961
as Tante Marie
Do You Remember Love
1985
as Lorraine Wyatt
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
as Granny Weatherall
The Mango Tree
1977
as Grandma Carr
Forget-Me-Not Lane
1975
as Amy Bisley
Department Store
1935
as Jane Grey
Pontius Pilate
1952
as Claudia Procula
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
as Self
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
1974
as Grandmother
Yesterday's Child
1977
as Emma Talbot
Ladies Courageous
1944
as Virgie Alford
Cafe Mascot
1936
as Moira O'Flynn
Turn of the Tide
1935
as Ruth Fosdyck
The Ace of Spades
1935
as Evelyn Daventry
Blind Justice
1935
as Peggy Summers
Debt of Honour
1936
as Peggy Mayhew
About 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. Sh… With 83 credits spanning from 1934 to 1997, Geraldine Fitzgerald has appeared in 61 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Wuthering Heights (1939) — as Isabella Linton
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) — as Gramma-Jess
- Arthur (1981) — as Martha Bach
- Wilson (1944) — as Edith Bolling Galt
- Easy Money (1983) — as Mrs. Monahan
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