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Selena Royle is a Actor American born on 6 november 1904 at New York City (USA)

Selena Royle

Selena Royle
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 november 1904 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 april 1983 (at 78 years) at Guadalajara (Mexique)

Selena Royle (November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983) was an American stage, radio, television and film actress.

Biography

Selena Royle débute au théâtre en 1921, à Broadway (dans Launcelot and Elaine, pièce écrite par le dramaturge Edwin Milton Royle, son père), où elle joue régulièrement jusqu'en 1937, principalement dans des pièces, mais aussi dans une comédie musicale.

Au cinéma, elle apparaît dans un premier film en 1932, puis attendra 1944 (dans l'intervalle, elle se consacre au théâtre et à des shows radiophoniques) pour véritablement revenir au Septième Art. En 1951, elle est victime du maccarthysme et inscrite sur "liste noire", ce qui met un terme quasi-définitif à sa carrière (elle ne tournera plus que quatre films, de 1951 à 1955, dont Menace dans la nuit de John Berry, aux côtés de John Garfield, tous deux également mis sur ladite "liste noire"). Sinon, elle participe à quelques séries pour la télévision, entre 1953 et 1959.

En 1948, elle épouse en secondes noces l'acteur français Georges Renavent, avec lequel elle s'exile au Mexique, à Guadalajara, à la suite de cette mise à l'index. Ils meurent tous deux dans cette ville, lui en 1969, elle en 1983.

Best films

The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
(Actress)

Usually with

Leon Ames
Leon Ames
(6 films)
Tom Drake
Tom Drake
(6 films)
Van Johnson
Van Johnson
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Selena Royle (35 films)

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Actress

That's Entertainment!, 2h15
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.894893.894893.894893.894893.89489
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Murder Is My Beat, 1h17
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne, Selena Royle, Harry Harvey, Sr., Jay Adler
Roles Beatrice Abbott
Rating59% 2.9994852.9994852.9994852.9994852.999485
Businessman Fred Deane is found dead with his face and hands burned beyond recognition. Detectives Patrick (Langton) and Rawley (Shayne) arrest Deane's girlfriend, nightclub-singer Eden Lane (Payton) and she is convicted of the crime. On the way to prison, Eden sees a man through the train window, identifying him as the murderer. Patrick and Eden jump from the train to search for the man. If the murderer isn't found, Eden will head off to jail.
Robot Monster, 1h2
Directed by Phil Tucker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Post-apocalyptic films, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Musical films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors George Nader, George Barrows, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle, John Mylong, John Brown
Roles Mother
Rating30% 1.517091.517091.517091.517091.51709
Evil Moon robot Ro-Man Extension XJ-2 (George Barrows), referred to as just Ro-Man, has seemingly destroyed all human life on Earth with a Calcinator death ray, all except for eight humans that remain alive. The survivors are an older scientist (John Mylong), his wife, two daughters, his young son Johnny (Gregory Moffett), his assistant, and two space pilots that shortly take off in a spaceship for an orbiting space platform. All eight have now developed an immunity to Ro Man's death ray, having received an experimental antibiotic serum developed by the scientist.
He Ran All the Way, 1h17
Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Selena Royle, Wallace Ford, Gladys George, Norman Lloyd
Roles Mrs. Dobbs
Rating69% 3.498623.498623.498623.498623.49862
Petty thief Nick Robey (John Garfield) botches a robbery, leaving his partner Al (Norman Lloyd) severely wounded as Nick escapes with over $10,000. Meeting bakery worker Peg Dobbs (Shelley Winters) in friendly conversation, when Peg takes Nick to her family's apartment, he decides to take the family hostage until he can escape.
Come Fill the Cup, 1h53
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Gangster films
Actors James Cagney, Gig Young, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Sheldon Leonard
Roles Mrs. Dolly Copeland
Rating68% 3.4400253.4400253.4400253.4400253.440025
Lew Marsh is a good newspaper reporter with a bad habit; he drinks too much and is fired. He also loses the woman he loves, colleague Paula Arnold, after passing out drunk one day in the street.
The Damned Don't Cry, 1h43
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Hugh Sanders, Kent Smith, Selena Royle
Roles Patricia Longworth
Rating71% 3.5964753.5964753.5964753.5964753.596475
Ethel Whitehead (Crawford) is a weary housewife living at the edge of the Texas oil fields. When her young son is killed in a bicycle accident, she leaves her laborer husband Roy (Egan) for the big city. She quickly learns to use her physical charms to get ahead. In cahoots with bookkeeper friend Martin Blackford (Smith), Ethel works her way into the entourage of George Castleman (Brian), a mobster who enjoys an elegant lifestyle. With the help of socialite Patricia Longworth (Royle), Castleman grooms Ethel in the arts of cultured living. After making her his mistress, he tries to use her to trap his arch-rival Nick Prenta (Cochran). The trap fails when Ethel falls in love with Prenta. The betrayed Castleman kills Prenta and goes gunning for Ethel but dies in a shootout with Blackford.
The Big Hangover, 1h22
Directed by Norman Krasna
Genres Comedy
Actors Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Leon Ames, Gene Lockhart, Selena Royle, Fay Holden
Roles Kate Mahoney
Rating59% 2.953152.953152.953152.953152.95315
Law school student David Maldon is hired by a prominent law firm. At a birthday party for the senior partner, John Belney, his erratic behavior causes Belney's beautiful daughter, Mary, to accuse David of being drunk.
Branded
Branded (1950)
, 1h35
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith, Joseph Calleia, Peter Hansen
Roles Mrs. Lavery
Rating66% 3.339443.339443.339443.339443.33944
Choya, a gunfighter on the run, is tracked down by cowboys Leffingwell and "Tattoo" in the mountains. They make him a part of a scheme to bilk a rich rancher named Lavery. The plan requires a tattoo on Choya's shoulder, but as soon as "Tattoo" creates one, Leffingwell shoots him in the back.
The Heiress, 1h55
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Mona Freeman, Vanessa Brown
Roles Elizabeth Almond
Rating80% 4.0464254.0464254.0464254.0464254.046425
Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland) is a plain, painfully shy woman whose emotionally detached father (Ralph Richardson) makes no secret of his disappointment in her. When she meets the charming Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she immediately is taken by the attention that he lavishes upon her, attention she so desperately seeks from her father. Catherine falls madly in love with Morris and they plan to marry.
My Dream Is Yours, 1h41
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Friz Freleng
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou, Eve Arden, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Freda Hofer
Rating65% 3.296583.296583.296583.296583.29658
The film opens in Los Angeles, where Doug Blake (Carson) is dumped as a manager by Gary Mitchell (Bowman). He goes to New York City to find a new singer to replace Gary on the Hour of Enchantment radio show. While in New York, he discovers Martha Gibson (Day) turning records in a jukebox factory. He takes her to Los Angeles and tries to introduce her to Felix Hofer (Sakall). His efforts lead to a series of communication failures.
Bad Boy
Bad Boy (1949)
, 1h25
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason, Jimmy Lydon, Martha Vickers
Roles Judge Florence Prentiss
Rating64% 3.244023.244023.244023.244023.24402
Orphan Danny Lester is a delinquent boy of seventeen who is on the run from the law. He has temporarily taken his refuge working as a bellboy in a hotel in Texas, and robs a game of dice taking place at the hotel. He is caught and sentenced to twenty years by Judge Florence Prentiss. It is decided he is to serve in a juvenile reformatory until he is old enough to serve in an actual prison.
You're My Everything, 1h34
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere, Stanley Ridges, Henry O'Neill, Alan Mowbray
Roles Mrs. Adams
Rating59% 2.9974252.9974252.9974252.9974252.997425
Boston, 1924: A starstruck Hannah Adams waits outside in the rain to meet Tim O'Connor, who has just performed in a musical on stage. She invites him home to meet her family, and soon they are in love and getting married.
Moonrise
Moonrise (1948)
, 1h30
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Rex Ingram, Allyn Joslyn, Harry Morgan
Roles Aunt Jessie
Rating69% 3.489443.489443.489443.489443.48944
Dane Clark plays Danny Hawkins, the son of a murderer who was hanged for his crimes. Haunted by his father's past, the young man is tormented by the young people of the small southern town in which he lives. Hawkins' only friend is Gilly Johnson (Russell), a girl who is quickly falling in love with him. When Hawkins kills a bully in self-defense, he fears the same fate as his father. When the dead body is found and Sheriff Clem Otis (Allyn Joslyn) starts closing in, Danny becomes crazed. He jumps off a Ferris wheel and nearly strangles a harmless mute (Morgan) who found Hawkins' pocket knife near the body. While hiding out in the swamps, Hawkins visits his Grandma (Barrymore) who tells him the truth about his father's crime. Hawkins realizes he's not tainted by "bad blood" and turns himself in to the police.
Smart Woman, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Brian Aherne, Michael O'Shea, Constance Bennett, James Gleason, Barry Sullivan, Otto Kruger
Roles Mrs. Wayne
Rating61% 3.0953853.0953853.0953853.0953853.095385
When a grand jury becomes dissatisfied with the efforts of District Attorney Bradley Wayne (Otto Kruger), it requests a special prosecutor, Robert Larrimore (Brian Aherne).