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Alexis Smith is a Actor Canadienne born on 8 june 1921 at Penticton (Canada)

Alexis Smith

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Birth name Gladys Smith
Nationality Canada
Birth 8 june 1921 at Penticton (Canada)
Death 9 june 1993 (at 72 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Margaret Alexis Fitzsimmons Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993), known as Alexis Smith, was a Canadian-born stage, film, and television actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972.

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Best films

The Age of Innocence (1993)
(Actress)
San Antonio (1945)
(Actress)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Alexis Smith (49 films)

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Actress

The Age of Innocence, 2h19
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt
Roles Louisa van der Luyden
Rating71% 3.598313.598313.598313.598313.59831
Newland Archer (Daniel Day Lewis) is planning to marry the respectable May Welland (Winona Ryder). May's cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) has returned to New York which causes a shock in society circles. The Countess unwisely married a Polish Count, who took her fortune and mistreated her; she left him to return to New York.
Tough Guys
Tough Guys (1986)
, 1h44
Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Eli Wallach, Darlanne Fluegel, Dana Carvey
Roles Belle
Rating61% 3.0975553.0975553.0975553.0975553.097555
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Long (Douglas) are gangsters who've served a 30-year prison sentence for hijacking a Southern Pacific train called The Gold Coast Flyer, ready to collect Social Security.
The Trout
The Trout (1982)
, 1h43
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Olbrychski, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Spiesser, Isao Yamagata
Roles Gloria, a rich American
Rating59% 2.951942.951942.951942.951942.95194
Traumatisée depuis son enfance, Frédérique (surnommée la Truite) se venge sur les hommes en les aguichant pour les exploiter, sans jamais se donner à eux. Elle épouse Galuchat, un homosexuel, et cohabite pendant un certain temps au Japon avec le riche affairiste Saint-Genis, rencontré en même temps qu'un couple aisé, les Rambert.
Casey's Shadow, 1h57
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses
Actors Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton, Robert Webber, Whit Bissell, Andrew Rubin
Roles Sarah Blue
Rating61% 3.050753.050753.050753.050753.05075
Down on his luck Louisiana horse trainer Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) dreams of winning the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. Lloyd has three sons, Buddy, Randy and Casey. Buddy (Andrew Rubin) helps his father train horses, while Randy (Steve Burns) rides them in races. Lloyd takes Casey (Michael Hershewe) and Randy to a small bush track, to try to make some money by racing Casey's small pony, Gypsy. They find a match race with Mr Marsh (Robert Webber) and his daughter Kelly (Susan Myers), but play a trick on Marsh by tying a live chicken to Gypsy's saddle. Gypsy wins the race, but Marsh doesn't pay up, complaining that Lloyd cheated him by not having a rider on Gypsy. Lloyd laughs and remarks that the chicken is the best live jockey around. The races end and Lloyd takes Randy and Casey home.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, 1h40
Directed by Nicolas Gessner
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby, Hubert Noël
Roles Mrs. Cora Hallet
Rating69% 3.499623.499623.499623.499623.49962
During a Halloween evening in the seaside town of Wells Harbor, Maine, Rynn Jacobs (Jodie Foster) is celebrating her thirteenth birthday alone in her father Lester's house. Lester is a poet and they have recently moved from England. Frank Hallet (Martin Sheen), the adult son of the landlady Cora Hallet (Alexis Smith), drops by and makes advances toward Rynn. He leaves quickly when his stepchildren come to the door trick-or-treating, but the next day he is waiting in his car to offer Rynn a ride. She studiously ignores him.
Once Is Not Enough, 2h1
Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Gary Conway
Roles Deidre Milford Granger
Rating46% 2.3159652.3159652.3159652.3159652.315965
In the film version, Mike Wayne (Kirk Douglas) is a middle-aged motion-picture producer whose career has fallen on hard times. Try as he might, Mike no longer can get a new Hollywood project made.
The Young Philadelphians, 2h16
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Robert Vaughn, Brian Keith, Diane Brewster
Roles Carol Wharton
Rating73% 3.697673.697673.697673.697673.69767
Newlywed Kate Judson Lawrence (Diane Brewster) is distraught to discover on her wedding night that her upper class Philadelphia Main Line husband, William Lawrence III (Adam West), is unable to consummate their marriage for unspecified reasons. After he leaves her on that night, she seeks comfort from longtime working class friend Mike Flanagan (Brian Keith). The next day, Kate learns that William died in a car wreck. She gives birth to a son, Anthony Judson "Tony" Lawrence, and raises him in genteel poverty.
This Happy Feeling, 1h32
Directed by Blake Edwards
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Curd Jürgens, John Saxon, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Estelle Winwood
Roles Nita Hollaway
Rating58% 2.9014452.9014452.9014452.9014452.901445
Nita Holloway, a woman romantically involved with veteran actor Preston "Mitch" Mitchell, tries to persuade him to come out of retirement to appear in a Broadway play as the father of a character played by a new teen idol, Tony Manza.
Beau James
Beau James (1957)
, 1h40
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith, Darren McGavin, Joe Mantell
Roles Allie Walker
Rating66% 3.341563.341563.341563.341563.34156
In 1925, New York's governor, Al Smith, persuades state senator James J. "Jimmy" Walker that the Democratic Party needs him to run for mayor of New York City. A concern on Jimmy's part is his estrangement from wife Allie, but he discovers that she is willing to go along with his political aims.
The Eternal Sea, 1h43
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger, Virginia Grey, Hayden Rorke
Roles Sue Hoskins
Rating61% 3.0983353.0983353.0983353.0983353.098335
Histoire vécue du contre-amiral américain John M. Hoskins, chargé de former les pilotes de l'aéronavale, puis de commander un porte-avions qui sera coulé et lui coûtera une jambe. Au lieu d'arrêter, il repartira dans l'aviation de marine à réaction, en Corée, dans laquelle il accomplira des prouesses....
The Sleeping Tiger, 1h29
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith, Maxine Audley, Glyn Houston
Roles Glenda Esmond
Rating64% 3.2400553.2400553.2400553.2400553.240055
Two criminals are stalking the streets of London one dark night. Frank Clemmons (Dirk Bogarde), a cocky young man, holds psychiatrist Dr. Clive Esmond (Alexander Knox) up at gunpoint, but Dr. Esmond manages to overpower him. Frank has two options; he can go to prison or he can be a guest at Dr. Esmond’s house where he’ll be a human guinea pig subjected to Dr. Esmond’s scrutiny, which aims to cure him of his criminality. Frank agrees upon the latter. Arriving home from a holiday in Paris, Dr. Esmond’s wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) is taken aback when she sees the new household guest. Glenda has her reservations about Frank and behaves in a cold, aloof manner towards him.
Split Second, 1h25
Directed by Dick Powell, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes, Arthur Hunnicutt, Paul Kelly
Roles Kay Garven
Rating67% 3.3945853.3945853.3945853.3945853.394585
Sam Hurley (Stephen McNally) and Bart Moore (Paul Kelly) escape from prison, although Moore is seriously wounded in the breakout. They meet up with a confederate, a mute named "Dummy" (Frank de Kova), and hide out in a ghost town. Along the way, they pick up several hostages, Kay Garven (Alexis Smith) and her lover Arthur Ashton (Robert Paige), reporter Larry Fleming (Keith Andes), dancer "Dottie" Vale (Jan Sterling), and the town's sole resident, Asa Tremaine (Arthur Hunnicutt).
The Turning Point, 1h25
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Danny Dayton
Roles Amanda Waycross
Rating67% 3.392973.392973.392973.392973.39297
John Conroy, a crusading district attorney, is tasked to crack down on a crime syndicate, which proves more dangerous because the mob has many city officials under their control. He is assisted by a newspaper man, Jerry McKibbon, who does not think Conroy is tough enough to handle this almost impossible assignment. McKibbon finds his efforts are also compromised by political corruption. McKibbon is eventually shot down by an out-of-town assassin who was hired to kill him at a boxing match.
Here Comes the Groom, 1h53
Directed by Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, James Barton, Franchot Tone, Ethel Barrymore
Roles Winifred Stanley
Rating62% 3.143673.143673.143673.143673.14367
Newspaper reporter Pete (Bing Crosby) works in a Paris orphanage. His charming way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of the ads Pete ran in his newspaper. Bobby misbehaves, but when Pete discovers that Mr. Godfrey plays for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he quickly produces a young blind opera wunderkind, Theresa (Anna Maria Alberghetti), who sings her way into the Godfreys' hearts.