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Kathryn Givney is a Actor American born on 25 october 1896

Kathryn Givney

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Nationality USA
Birth 25 october 1896
Death 16 march 1978 (at 81 years)

Kathryn Givney, née le 27 octobre 1896 à Rhinelander (Wisconsin) et morte le 16 mars 1978 à Los Angeles (quartier d'Hollywood, Californie), est une actrice américaine.

Biography

Kathryn Givney entame sa carrière au théâtre et joue notamment dans des pièces à Broadway (New York) entre 1927 et 1946, dont The Behavior of Mrs. Crane d'Harry Segall (1928, avec Walter Connolly et Isobel Elsom) et Pamplemousse d'André Birabeau (1941, avec Rolfe Sedan et Walter Slezak).

Au cinéma, en raison de ses activités sur les planches, elle contribue à seulement quatre films avant 1946 (deux en 1930 — dont un court métrage —, le troisième en 1931, le quatrième — à nouveau un court métrage — en 1943). Après sa dernière prestation à Broadway, elle apparaît régulièrement au grand écran entre 1948 et 1969 (Histoire d'un meurtre de Robert Sparr).

Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons Ma bonne amie Irma de George Marshall (1949, avec Don DeFore et Diana Lynn), Une place au soleil de George Stevens (1951, avec Montgomery Clift et Elizabeth Taylor), Blanches colombes et vilains messieurs de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1955, avec Marlon Brando et Jean Simmons), ou encore Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse de Vincente Minnelli (1962, avec Glenn Ford et Ingrid Thulin).

À la télévision américaine, Kathryn Givrey contribue surtout à des séries entre 1952 et 1972, dont Alfred Hitchcock présente (deux épisodes, 1956-1961), Perry Mason (trois épisodes, 1959-1962) et Adèle (quatre épisodes, 1962-1966).

Usually with

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(6 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kathryn Givney (25 films)

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Once You Kiss a Stranger..., 1h46
Directed by Robert Sparr
Genres Thriller
Actors Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally, Whit Bissell
Roles Margaret Granger, Diana's Aunt
Rating54% 2.7082052.7082052.7082052.7082052.708205
Once You Kiss a Stranger..., 1h46
Directed by Robert Sparr
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally
Roles Margaret Granger, Diana's Aunt
Rating54% 2.7082052.7082052.7082052.7082052.708205
Jerry is a professional golfer. When a woman named Diana recognizes how much Jerry hates a rival player, Mike, she offers to commit murder if Jerry will do likewise for her.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 2h33
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Glenn Ford, Paul Henreid, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas
Roles Elena von Hartrott
Rating65% 3.292873.292873.292873.292873.29287
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le conflit entre les deux branches, l'une française et l'autre allemande, dont est issue une famille argentine, sur fond de nazisme et d'occupation de Paris.
That Touch of Mink, 1h39
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young, John Astin, Alan Hewitt, Dick Sargent
Roles Mrs. Haskell
Rating65% 3.2988553.2988553.2988553.2988553.298855
Cathy Timberlake, a New York City career woman, meets Philip Shayne. His Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview.
From the Terrace, 2h29
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Barbara Eden, Ina Balin, Leon Ames
Roles Mrs. St. John
Rating66% 3.348213.348213.348213.348213.34821
In 1946, David Alfred Eaton returns home from the war to Philadelphia. He finds his mother Martha driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband Samuel Eaton, owner of a prestigious iron and steel company. Having withdrawn from his family after the death of his firstborn son thirteen years earlier, Samuel's resentment drove Alfred to turn his back on the family business and strike out on his own with his closest friend, Lex.
The Man in the Net, 1h38
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, John Rollin Lupton, Diane Brewster, Charles McGraw, Tom Helmore
Roles Mrs. Carey
Rating61% 3.092483.092483.092483.092483.09248
Commercial artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) and wife Linda (Carolyn Jones) leave New York and move to Stoneville, Connecticut, in the New England countryside, to escape the bustle of the city and because of John's growing concern about Linda's alcoholism.
A Certain Smile, 1h44
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Christine Carrère, Bradford Dillman, Eduard Franz, Katherine Locke
Roles Madame Griot
Rating57% 2.8573452.8573452.8573452.8573452.857345
In Paris, beautiful Dominique Vallon is involved with a young man, Bertrand Griot, until suddenly entering into an unwise week-long romance with his wealthy and married uncle, Luc Ferrand.
The Wayward Bus, 1h27
Directed by Victor Vicas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason, Betty Lou Keim, Dolores Michaels
Roles Bernice Pritchard
Rating64% 3.2423553.2423553.2423553.2423553.242355
Alice Chicoy (Collins) is the wife of driver Johnny (Jason). He owns a small and rundown little bus that makes side trips. Alice is the owner of a little restaurant and likes liquor a bit too much.
Daddy Long Legs, 2h6
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Terry Moore, Fred Clark
Roles Gertrude Pendleton
Rating66% 3.345183.345183.345183.345183.34518
Wealthy American Jervis Pendleton III (Fred Astaire) has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, Julie Andre (Leslie Caron). He anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Her nickname for him, "Daddy Long Legs", is taken from the description of him given to Andre by some of her fellow orphans who see his shadow as he leaves their building.
Guys and Dolls, 2h23
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
Roles General Cartwright
Rating70% 3.5464553.5464553.5464553.5464553.546455
Although there are detail differences between the stage and movie versions, the plot is essentially based on the activities of New York petty criminals and professional gamblers in the late 1940s.
Lady Godiva of Coventry, 1h29
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Maureen O'Hara, George Nader, Victor McLaglen, Rex Reason, Grant Withers, Torin Thatcher
Roles Abbess
Rating55% 2.756682.756682.756682.756682.75668
The film is set in 11th century England. King Edward the Confessor (Eduard Franz) wants Saxon Lord Leofric (George Nader), who rules Coventry, to marry a Norman woman, Yolanda. When he refuses, he is sentenced to jail, where he meets Godiva (Maureen O'Hara), the sheriff's sister. The two fall in love and soon they are wed. The times are turbulent and Godiva proves a militant bride; unhistorically, unrest between the Anglo-Saxon populace and the increasingly influential Norman French led to her famous ride.
Three Coins in the Fountain, 1h42
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi, Maggie McNamara
Roles Mrs. Burgoyne
Rating61% 3.098023.098023.098023.098023.09802
A young American secretary, Maria Williams (Maggie McNamara), arrives in Rome and is greeted by Anita Hutchins (Jean Peters), the woman she is replacing at the United States Distribution Agency. They drive to the "Villa Eden" Anita shares with Miss Frances (Dorothy McGuire), the longtime secretary of the American author John Frederick Shadwell (Clifton Webb), an expatriate living in Rome for the past fifteen years. On their way into town, the three women stop at the famous Trevi Fountain. Frances and Anita tell Maria that according to legend, if she throws a coin in the fountain and makes a wish to return to Rome, she will. Maria and Francis throw in their coins, but Anita, who is returning to the United States to marry, declines.
Let's Do It Again, 1h35
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, Leon Ames, Valerie Bettis, Tom Helmore
Roles Mrs. Randolph
Rating57% 2.8540852.8540852.8540852.8540852.854085
Broadway philandering composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) discovers to his outrage that while he was taking a brief holiday from his marriage to Constance Stuart (Jane Wyman), she spent an evening in a "country inn" with rival composer Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). Connie points out the impropriety of Gary's own behavior with dancer Lilly Adair (Valerie Bettis), yet when he agrees with her suggestion to consult a lawyer, she is regretful, and the couple get a divorce.
A Place in the Sun, 2h2
Directed by George Stevens, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark
Roles Louise Eastman
Rating76% 3.846553.846553.846553.846553.84655
George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), arrives in town following a chance encounter with his uncle while working as a bellhop in a Chicago hotel. The elder Eastman invites George to visit him if and when he ever comes to town, and the ambitious young man takes advantage of the offer. Despite George's family relationship to the Eastmans, they regard him as something of an outsider, but his uncle nevertheless offers him an entry-level job at his factory. George, uncomplaining, hopes to impress his uncle (whom he addresses as "Mr. Eastman") with his hard work and earn his way up. While working in the factory, George starts dating fellow factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), in defiance of the workplace rules. Alice is a poor and inexperienced girl who is dazzled by George and slow to believe that his Eastman name brings him no advantages.