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Lynne Carver is a Actor American born on 13 september 1916 at Birmingham (USA)

Lynne Carver

Lynne Carver
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Birth name Virginia Reid Sampson
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1916 at Birmingham (USA)
Death 12 august 1955 (at 38 years) at New York City (USA)

Lynne Carver (September 13, 1916 – August 12, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1934 and 1953.

Carver was born Virginia Reid Sampson on September 13, 1916, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her father, Reid Johnson Sampson, was a mining engineer in Arizona and New Mexico for several years preceding the World War I, and he and his family were briefly detained by Pancho Villa during one of the Mexican general's raids across the border into the Southwestern US, when Virginia was an infant.

Virginia went to Hollywood at a young age to pursue a career in acting after winning a beauty pageant. Some members of her family maintained that she took a stage name because she felt that her given name was too “old–fashioned” and that she was reaching for her paternal grandmother’s maiden name, Cravens, but could not quite recall it properly.

Early on she was billed as Virginia Reid with RKO Pictures and can be seen in several musicals as one of the "Goldwyn Girls". She dated Howard Hughes, briefly, in the 1930s, before moving on to MGM as Lynne Carver where she became a regular in their stable of actresses. Her older sister, Marjorie Lee Sampson, followed Virginia to Hollywood and landed a few small parts, but never achieved the status of her sister, and soon moved on.

First playing minor bit parts, Lynne Carver eventually moved up to the level of ingénue in a few of her later roles, probably because of her striking looks and Southern charm. The Sampson family were prominent Kentuckians for several generations, where her grandfather, William Sampson, had served as Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court during the American Civil War.

As her career advanced, she appeared in several films with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and was probably best known for her role as Alice Raymond in the early Dr. Kildare films. She was "Barbara" in the magical musical production Maytime in 1937 along with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald and also appeared with them in Bitter Sweet, a 1940 attempt to recapture the success of Maytime. Two of her better known M-G-M performances are as Sylvia Bellaire in the 1938 musical comedy film, Everybody Sing starring Allan Jones and Judy Garland, and as Bess, Scrooge's nephew's fiancee, in A Christmas Carol starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge. Both films were released in 1938. Her last film for MGM was Tennessee Johnson which starred Van Heflin as the 17th President of the United States. Carver played Martha, the daughter of Andrew Johnson.

She married Nicholas Nayfack in 1937 and they divorced in 1942. The slowdown of work in Hollywood due to World War II caused her career to stall. During and after the war, she played mostly in Republic westerns with Roy Rogers and Johnny Mack Brown and other more obscure films, but never achieved the level of success she had known earlier.

Biography

Virginia Reid (son nom de scène à ses débuts) entame sa carrière d'actrice au cinéma avec des petits rôles non crédités dans deux films sortis en 1934. Puis elle contribue à trente-six autres films américains (adoptant au passage le pseudonyme de Lynne Carver), le dernier sorti en 1948. Elle se retire alors pour raison de santé et meurt prématurément d'un cancer en 1955.

Au sein de sa filmographie (productions RKO et MGM, entre autres), comprenant notamment des comédies musicales et des westerns, citons L'Inconnue du palace de Dorothy Arzner (1937, avec Joan Crawford et Franchot Tone), Le Chant du printemps de Robert Z. Leonard (1937, avec Jeanette MacDonald et Nelson Eddy), On demande le Docteur Kildare d'Harold S. Bucquet (1939, avec Lew Ayres et Lionel Barrymore), Broadway qui danse de Norman Taurog (1940, avec Fred Astaire et Eleanor Powell), ainsi que Tennessee Johnson de William Dieterle (1942, avec Van Heflin dans le rôle-titre et Ruth Hussey).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lynne Carver (26 films)

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Actress

Presenting Lily Mars, 1h44
Directed by Norman Taurog, Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Bob Crosby, Spring Byington
Roles Bonnie - Showgirl
Rating67% 3.3946353.3946353.3946353.3946353.394635
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments the best she can manage is an understudy job.
The Human Comedy, 1h58
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins
Roles La fille Beaufrere
Rating69% 3.4942553.4942553.4942553.4942553.494255
Tennessee Johnson, 1h43
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Regis Toomey, J. Edward Bromberg
Roles Martha Lincoln
Rating64% 3.2449853.2449853.2449853.2449853.244985
Runaway tailor's apprentice Andrew Johnson (Van Heflin) wanders into the Tennessee town of Greeneville. He is persuaded to settle there. He barters his services to the librarian, Eliza McCardle (Ruth Hussey), in return for her teaching him to read and write and eventually marries her.
In Old California, 1h28
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Edgar Kennedy, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly
Roles Undetermined Minor Role
Rating62% 3.143023.143023.143023.143023.14302
À la fin des années 1840, Tom Craig, un pharmacien originaire de Boston, décide de tenter sa chance en Californie. Il est confronté à Britt Dawson, qui veut l'empêcher de s'installer à Sacramento, mais il reçoit l'aide de la propre fiancée de Dawson, la chanteuse Lacey Miller. Après qu'un filon est découvert dans la région, la ville se vide. Mais le camp des mineurs est frappé par la typhoïde, Tom organise le transport des médicaments nécessaires. Dawson va tenter de voler le chargement.
Broadway Melody of 1940, 1h41
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice
Roles Emmy Lou Lee
Rating72% 3.6427653.6427653.6427653.6427653.642765
Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, while it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny sticks around to help out Shaw, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, and not Shaw, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells Shaw the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers Shaw drunk and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
Bitter Sweet, 1h34
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Dolly
Rating58% 2.9033152.9033152.9033152.9033152.903315
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
Dulcy
Dulcy (1940)
, 1h13
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Hans Conried, Roland Young, Reginald Gardiner, Billie Burke
Roles Angela Forbes
Rating60% 3.0008953.0008953.0008953.0008953.000895
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1h31
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram, Lynne Carver, Minor Watson
Roles Mary Jane
Rating67% 3.3948553.3948553.3948553.3948553.394855
Au milieu du XIX siècle, au bord du Mississippi, le jeune Huckleberry Finn vit chez la veuve Douglas et sa sœur, Miss Watson. Il a du mal à se tenir comme un gentleman, préférant l'école buissonnière et marcher pieds nus. Une nuit, Pap Finn, le père de Huck, se rend chez M Douglas et lui demande 800 dollars pour qu'elle puisse garder son fils. Entendant cela, Huck décide de partir pour qu'elle n'ait pas à payer, mais il est rattrapé par son père qui l'enferme dans une cabane. Le garçon réussit à s'enfuir, et laisse des indices suggérant qu'il aurait été tué et jeté dans le fleuve. Il remonte le fleuve et, quelque temps après, rencontre son ami Jim, un esclave de M Douglas qui s'est enfui car elle avait prévu de le vendre pour avoir assez d'argent pour garder Huck. À leur insu, les indices laissés par Huck et la disparition de Jim font croire aux autorités que c'est Jim le coupable du meurtre. Jim essaye de gagner un État non esclavagiste et de rejoindre sa femme, et Huck décide de l'aider. Plus en amont ils rencontrent le "King" et le "Duke", qui ont été débarqués d'un bateau pour avoir escroqués des passagers.
Young Dr. Kildare, 1h22
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Alice Raymond
Rating67% 3.3919253.3919253.3919253.3919253.391925
After graduating from medical school, Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) returns to his small home town, where his proud parents Stephen (Samuel S. Hinds) and Martha Kildare (Emma Dunn) and childhood friend Alice Raymond (Lynne Carver) expect him to join his father in his medical practice. However, he is more ambitious, though he is unsure what he wants to do. He has accepted a job as an intern at a large New York City hospital.
A Christmas Carol, 1h9
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver
Roles Fred's Fiancee Bess
Rating74% 3.7454253.7454253.7454253.7454253.745425
The film opens on Christmas Eve in early Victorian London where Fred (Barry Mackay) arrives at the counting-house of his maternal uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen). Despite being invited to dine with his nephew the next day, Scrooge refuses. He then turns away two men who are collecting money for the poor, instead supporting the prisons and workhouses. That night Scrooge allows his clerk Bob Cratchit (Gene Lockhart) the next day off with pay but orders him back all the earlier the day after. After Bob accidentally knocks Scrooge's hat off with a snowball Scrooge sacks him on the spot, and deducts him a shilling. Bob spends the last of his wages on food for his family's Christmas dinner.