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Rita Quigley is a Actor American born on 31 march 1923 at Bell (USA)

Rita Quigley

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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1923 at Bell (USA)
Death 25 august 2008 (at 85 years) at Arroyo Grande (USA)

Rita Quigley was born Rita Allene Quigley on March 31, 1923, in Bell, California, and died on August 25, 2008, in Arroyo Grande, California. Quigley was an actress who later became the Corporate Secretary, and the first woman on the board of directors, of the Petroleum Club of Los Angeles. She was the elder sister of Juanita Quigley, who was also an actress, beginning in films at the age of three in 1934.

Quigley made her film debut in 1940 in Susan and God, and appeared in more than a dozen other movies, including "Five Little Peppers in Trouble," The Howards of Virginia and The Human Comedy.

She is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Filmography of Rita Quigley (32 films)

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Mystery Street, 1h33
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling
Roles Harkley's Daughter (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.594613.594613.594613.594613.59461
Blonde B-girl Vivian (played by Jan Sterling), is pregnant and tries to contact the father to seek help financially. He refuses to meet and stops taking her calls. She goes to "The Grass Skirt" bar in Boston where she works and picks up a drunk (Marshall Thompson) so she can use his car to drive to Cape Cod, where she can confront the father face to face.
The Trap
The Trap (1946)
, 1h2
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Larry J. Blake, Kirk Alyn, Rita Quigley
Rating60% 3.0037753.0037753.0037753.0037753.003775
Calamity ensues at the beach villa in Malibu, California, where Cole King's theatre ensemble resides, when one of the showgirls, Adelaide, is challenging Marcia, who is Cole's girl and the star of the show.
National Velvet, 2h3
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen
Roles Malvolia 'Mally' Brown
Rating72% 3.648543.648543.648543.648543.64854
National Velvet is the story of a 12-year-old girl, Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), who lives in the small town of Sewels in Sussex, England, who wins a spirited gelding in a raffle and decides to train him for the Grand National steeplechase. She is aided by a penniless young drifter named Mi (or Michael) Taylor (Mickey Rooney), who found Mrs. Brown's name and address among his late father's effects, but is unaware of what it was doing there. Hoping to gain some money from the association, Mi stays at the Browns' home, but Mrs. Brown is unwilling to allow Mi to trade on his father's good name and remains vague about how she knew him. Nevertheless she convinces her husband (Donald Crisp) to hire Mi over his better judgment, and Mi is brought into the home as a hired hand. It is revealed that Mi had been a jockey in Manchester, but his career ended in a collision which resulted in the death of another jockey. Since then Mi has not held a job, and he has come to hate horses. Velvet's horse is named "The Pie," short for "Pirate," the epithet given him by his owner due to the horse jumping clear of his paddock and wrecking things in the village. The man decides to be rid of the Pie, and offers him up in a raffle. Velvet wins The Pie, and on realizing the extent of the horses natural talent, she pleads with Mi to train the horse for the Grand National. He believes it a fools errand, not because of the horse, but because they have no real way to support the effort. He makes his case to Mrs. Brown, but she consents to Velvet's desire to train the horse. Velvet and Mi train the horse and enter him into the race. An experienced jockey is hired to ride him. The night before the race Velvet senses that the jockey hired to ride The Pie has no faith in him, and doesn't believe the horse can win. Velvet convinces Mi to fire the jockey, leaving them without a rider. That night Mi determines to overcome his fears and ride The Pie himself. Instead, he discovers that Velvet has slipped on the jockey's colors, and intends to ride the horse in the race herself. Aware of the dangers of such a race, Mi pleads with Velvet but is unable to dissuade her. As the race unfolds Velvet and The Pie avoid a number of falls, clear all the hurdles and win the race. Elated by their win, Velvet faints and falls off her mount at the finish. As she is revived the race doctor realizes she is not a young man, but a young woman. As such she and The Pie are disqualified, but Velvet knows The Pie proved himself. Velvet becomes a media sensation, declining an offer of £5,000 to travel to Hollywood with The Pie to be filmed. She ran the Pie at the Grand National because he deserved to have a chance. He wasn't an oddity to be stared at. In refusing the offer she states simply: "He wouldn't like being looked at." At the close of the film Mi takes his leave, and Mrs. Brown gives Velvet permission to reveal to him the nature of her relationship with his father. Velvet rides off to catch up with Mi and tell him that his father had been Mrs. Brown's coach when she won the prize as the first woman to swim the English Channel, many years before.
The Lady and the Monster, 1h26
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stroheim, Helen Vinson, Sidney Blackmer, Mary Nash
Roles Mary Lou
Rating56% 2.8117652.8117652.8117652.8117652.811765
The film is about the attempts to keep alive the brain of a multimillionaire after his death, only to create a telepathic monster. The man then takes over the medical assistant's mind, and the "lady" of the title has to fight it.
Happy Land
Happy Land (1943)
, 1h15
Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Ann Rutherford, Cara Williams, Harry Morgan
Roles Sally Pierce (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3394153.3394153.3394153.3394153.339415
While at a luncheon with his wife, Lew Marsh receives a message that his only beloved son Rusty has been killed in action. Lew, a third generation pharmacist in the small town of Hartfield, Iowa, is beside himself with grief, and beyond consolation from reverend Wood and his wife, Agnes. Because of the grief he neglects his duties at the pharmacy and isolates himself.
Whispering Footsteps, 54minutes
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Hubbard, Charles Halton, Cy Kendall, Juanita Quigley, Mary Gordon, Rita Quigley
Roles Rose Murphy
Rating58% 2.9052552.9052552.9052552.9052552.905255
A bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare because he fits the description of a maniac killer.
Assignment in Brittany, 1h36
Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Susan Peters, Margaret Wycherly, Signe Hasso, Richard Whorf, George Coulouris
Roles Jeannine
Rating65% 3.2885153.2885153.2885153.2885153.288515
Free French Captain Pierre Matard (Jean-Pierre Aumont) is assigned the task of locating a concealed U-boat pen in occupied France due to his striking resemblance to Bertrand Corlay, a suspected Nazi collaborator being held prisoner by the British.
Isle of Forgotten Sins, 1h18
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton (Moran), Veda Ann Borg, Rita Quigley
Rating46% 2.3274552.3274552.3274552.3274552.327455
Somewhere on one of the English-speaking South Sea Islands, at an indefinite present time, with no mention of the fact that it is the middle of World War II, Marge (Gale Sondergaard) is the proprietress of a nightclub/restaurant/gambling hall/brothel called "Isle of Forgotten Sins". In the morning, she knocks on the doors of the individual rooms of her sleeping hostesses, Olga (Betty Amann), Bobbie (Patti McCarty), Mimi (Marian Colby) and Christine (Tala Birell) announcing, "get up, the Southern Queen is here". Riding in a launch from the ship is an inspector from the "Criminal Investigation Bureau" who compares a fingerprint card with a photograph of "Betty Nelson" to one with a photo of a somewhat older "Marge Williams", shows it to the commissioner (unbilled C. Montague Shaw) and tells him, "we'll go there tonight". Marge, surrounded by eight hostesses, is asked by one, "what can we do to please him?" and answers, "he doesn't want to be pleased, he's looking for an excuse to close us up". As the sarong-clad girls leave, one of them, Diane (Rita Quigley) tells Marge, "oh, I suppose it's silly of me but I feel so self-conscious in this costume" and Marge responds, "I know how it is when your modesty's taking a beating, don't let it get you down".
The Vanishing Virginian, 1h35
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Rita Quigley, Elizabeth Patterson, Juanita Quigley
Roles Caroline Yancey
Rating67% 3.387673.387673.387673.387673.38767
Based on the true story of turn-of-the-century Robert Yancey, lawyer and ever-popular politician in Virginia. The film starts with the statement, "This is the story of a vanishing era when simple men so loved their country, their families and their friends that America became a better place in which to live. Such a man was Cap'n Bob Yancey."
Going to Press
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Juanita Quigley, Darryl Hickman
Roles Sally
Rating64% 3.217143.217143.217143.217143.21714
Determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious leader of a juvenile extortion racket, the gang sets up a crusading newspaper called The Greenpoint Press. The kids gratefully accept the help of a pleasant, well-spoken youngster named Frank, little suspecting that he is the duplicitous boss of the dreaded Gas House Gang. Only after Frank's henchmen have taken Froggy for a "ride" (a harmless but painful one) are the kids able to expose the villain and save the day.
A Yank at Eton, 1h28
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mickey Rooney, Ian Hunter, Peter Lawford, Edmund Gwenn, Freddie Bartholomew, Juanita Quigley
Roles Jane 'The Runt' Dennis
Rating60% 3.0498353.0498353.0498353.0498353.049835
This script must be run from the command line
Gangs Inc.
Gangs Inc. (1941)
, 1h12
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Joan Woodbury, Alan Ladd, Jack La Rue, Gavin Gordon, Bryant Washburn, John Archer
Roles Rita as a Child (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.7130652.7130652.7130652.7130652.713065
This script must be run from the command line
Ride, Kelly, Ride, 59minutes
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Eugene Pallette, Marvin Stephens, Rita Quigley, Mary Healy, Richard Lane, Chick Chandler
Roles Ellen Martin
Rating52% 2.6055352.6055352.6055352.6055352.605535
En lutte contre des joueurs, Corn Cob Kelly est un jeune jockey dont l'ambition est éclipsée que par son ego. Avec l'aide de son entraîneur et de sa fille Ellen, il fait tout pour monter dans sa première grande course. Mais Kelly est remplacé à la dernière minute par un jockey plus expérimenté.