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Alison Skipworth is a Actor British born on 23 july 1863 at London (United-kingdom)

Alison Skipworth

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Birth name Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 july 1863 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 5 july 1952 (at 88 years) at New York City (USA)

Alison Skipworth (25 July 1863 – 5 July 1952) was an English stage and screen actress. She was born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom in London.

Biography

Ayant épousé Frank Skipworth en 1882, elle sera connue, tout au long de sa carrière, sous le nom d'Alison Skipworth. Au cinéma, elle participe exclusivement à des films américains, s'étant établie aux États-Unis vers 1900, et débute dans quatre courts métrages muets en 1912. Après deux autres films muets en 1920 (39 East , adaptation de la pièce éponyme de Rachel Crothers, qu'elle avait créée l'année précédente — 1919 — à Broadway) et 1921, elle apparaît surtout durant la période du parlant, dans 48 films, de 1930 à 1938.

Très active au théâtre, Alison Skipworth débute à Londres en 1894, et à Broadway (New York) en 1899. Elle joue régulièrement sur les scènes new-yorkaises jusqu'en 1930, puis après s'être retirée du cinéma, de 1938 à 1942 (année où elle met un terme définitif à sa carrière), dans des pièces principalement, mais aussi dans deux comédies musicales. Parmi ses partenaires à Broadway, citons-en trois : Lionel Atwill (L'Élévation de Henri Bernstein, en 1917), qu'elle retrouvera au cinéma dans deux de ses films les plus connus, Le Cantique des cantiques (1933) et La Femme et le Pantin (1935), tous deux avec également Marlene Dietrich ; Basil Rathbone (trois pièces, entre 1923 et 1926, dont La Grande Duchesse et le garçon d'étage d'Alfred Savoir et Le Cygne de Ferenc Molnár) ; et Miriam Hopkins (The Garden of Eden, en 1927), aux côtés de laquelle elle tournera ensuite dans le film Becky Sharp (1935).

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Dangerous (1935)
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Filmography of Alison Skipworth (48 films)

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Actress

King of the Newsboys, 1h5
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Alison Skipworth, Victor Varconi, Sheila Bromley, Alice White
Roles Nora
Rating56% 2.8202952.8202952.8202952.8202952.820295
This script must be run from the command line
Ladies in Distress, 54minutes
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran, Robert Livingston, Virginia Grey, Max Terhune, Berton Churchill
Roles Josephine Bonney
Rating65% 3.253313.253313.253313.253313.25331
Two Wise Maids, 1h10
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran, Irene Manning, Donald Cook, Lila Lee, Luis Alberni
Roles Agatha Stanton / Old Lady Ironsides
Rating72% 3.6292653.6292653.6292653.6292653.629265
Stolen Holiday, 1h20
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter, Alison Skipworth, Alexander D'Arcy, Betty Lawford
Roles Suzanne
Rating62% 3.148033.148033.148033.148033.14803
In 1931 Paris, Nicole Picot (Kay Francis), a model for a fashionable dress shop, is hired by nearly-penniless Stefan Orloff (Claude Rains) to help persuade a financier to fund his ambitious plans. By 1934, Stefan has established an investment bank; in gratitude, he provides the capital that Nicole needs to set up her own business and become a successful dress designer (though she insists on paying him back).
Satan Met a Lady, 1h14
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher, Marie Wilson, Porter Hall
Roles Madame Barabbas
Rating59% 2.9510452.9510452.9510452.9510452.951045
Private detective Ted Shane returns to work with his former partner Ames, who is not particularly happy about the situation because his wife Astrid dated Ted before they were wed.
The Princess Comes Across, 1h16
Directed by William K. Howard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, George Barbier, Douglass Dumbrille, William Frawley, Alison Skipworth
Roles Lady Gertrude
Rating66% 3.3448153.3448153.3448153.3448153.344815
Wanda Nash (Carole Lombard), an actress from Brooklyn, decides to masquerade as "Princess Olga" from Sweden in order to land a film contract with a big Hollywood studio. On board the liner Mammoth bound for New York, she runs into King Mantell (Fred MacMurray), a concertina-playing band leader with a criminal record in his past. Both are blackmailed by Robert M. Darcy (Porter Hall), and after Darcy is killed, they become two of the prime suspects for the murder, and must find the real killer before the five police detectives traveling on the ship can pin it on them.
The Gorgeous Hussy, 1h43
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Young, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas
Roles Mrs. Beall
Rating56% 2.8014052.8014052.8014052.8014052.801405
In 1823 Washington D.C., Major O'Neal (Gene Lockhart) and his daughter Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal (Joan Crawford) run an inn that is frequented by politicians. Peggy is outspoken for a woman of her time, and when Tennessee senator Andrew Jackson (Lionel Barrymore) visits, she affectionately refers to him as "Uncle Andy."
Two in a Crowd, 1h25
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, Reginald Denny, Henry Armetta, Tyler Brooke, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Lillie Eckleberger aka Lillie the Toad
Rating63% 3.1812653.1812653.1812653.1812653.181265
Larry Stevens is about to be evicted by landlady Lillie for not paying his rent. He happens to be passing by, as does Julia Wayne, when two halves of a ripped $1,000 bill float down to the street.
Becky Sharp, 1h24
Directed by Lowell Sherman, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Films based on plays, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Nigel Bruce, Alison Skipworth
Roles Miss Crawley
Rating59% 2.9507652.9507652.9507652.9507652.950765
Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins), a socially ambitious English young lady manages to survive during the years following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
Dangerous
Dangerous (1935)
, 1h19
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, George Irving, Alison Skipworth, Dick Foran
Roles Mrs. Williams
Rating67% 3.3977653.3977653.3977653.3977653.397765
Don Bellows rencontre son idole Joyce Heath, une ancienne actrice de théâtre, dans un bar. Comme elle est ivre-morte et qu'elle n'a aucun papier sur elle, il la raccompagne chez lui. Malgré les reproches de Mrs Williams, la gouvernante, elle s'installe chez lui et avoue porter malheur à tous ceux qui l'approchent.
Shanghai
Shanghai (1935)
, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Fred Keating, Charley Grapewin
Roles Aunt Jane
Rating60% 3.002673.002673.002673.002673.00267
Dmitri Koslov (Charles Boyer), eurasien prêt-à-tout pour réussir, s'éprend de Barbara Howard (Loretta Young).
The Girl from 10th Avenue, 1h9
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Phillip Reed, John Eldredge, Katharine Alexander
Roles Mrs. Martin
Rating66% 3.3465153.3465153.3465153.3465153.346515
Geoffrey Sherwood, rejected by Valentine French in favor of wealthier suitor John Marland, watches her wedding from outside the church. Inebriated, he becomes increasingly louder, drawing the attention of two policemen as well as Miriam Brady, a shopgirl on her lunch hour, who takes Geoff to a cafe to spare him from arrest. There they encounter Hugh Brown and Tony Hewlitt, two of his society friends, who offer Miriam $100 to keep an eye on Geoffrey and make sure he stays out of trouble.
The Devil Is a Woman, 1h19
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Don Alvarado
Roles Senora Perez
Rating68% 3.444943.444943.444943.444943.44494
Inspiré du roman de Pierre Louÿs, La Femme et le Pantin, le film raconte la rivalité d'un jeune homme, Antonio Galvan, et d'un homme plus âgé, Don Pasqual, dans la tentative d'obtenir les faveurs de la belle et capricieuse Concha Perez.