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Lucile Watson (27 May 1879 - 24 June 1962) was an Oscar-nominated Canadian actress.Early lifeWatson was born in Quebec City.CareerWatson's 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.Watson was primarily a stage actress, starring in such plays as Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, Heartbreak House, Ghosts, The Importance of Being Earnestand Pride and Prejudice. She is perhaps best know for her role as Mrs. Fanny Farrelly in Watch on the Rhine, a role that she first performed on Broadway in 1941. In 1943, she recreated this role for Hollywood, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other movies included The Garden of Allah, The Women, Waterloo Bridge, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the South and Little Women. In 1943, Watson was the first Canadian nominee for an acting Oscar. SourcesTheatre Research in Canada - Fall, 1999 Vol 20 no.2 http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/bin/get.cgi?directory=Vol20_2/&filename=Sperdakos.html#22[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Lucile Watson ] Some related entries: Yoshiko Otaka | Kin-yan Lee | John Hensley | Jimmy Shergill | Robert Preston | Stefan Brogren | Louis Jourdan | Laurence Fox | Ben Willbond | Rafer Johnson | Mark Famiglietti This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Lucile Watson; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay |
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