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Beulah Bondi

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Also known as Beulah Bondy

American actress (1888/1889–1981)

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Acting · Valparaiso, Indiana, USA

Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 - January 11, 1981) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She was twice nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. For a guest appearance on the television series The Waltons she won an Emmy Award.

Known for

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
  • Lincoln — Sara Bush1974
  • She Waits — Mrs. Medina1972
  • The Waltons1972
  • The Waltons — Martha Corinne1972
  • Tammy and the Doctor — Annie Rook Call1963
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm — The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")1962
  • Tammy Tell Me True — Mrs. Annie Call1961
  • Route 661960
  • Harrigan and Son — Tilly Cortland1960

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1888
Active to
1981

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Key facts

Born
Beulah Bondy , ( 1888-05-03 ) May 3, 1888 , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
Died
January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) (aged 92), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Alma mater
Valparaiso University
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1895–1976

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Encyclopedic overview

Beulah Bondi (/bɒndaɪ/) (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981) was an American character actress; she often played eccentric mothers and later grandmothers and wives, although she was known for numerous other roles. She began her acting career as a young child in theater in the late 19th Century, and after establishing herself as a Broadway stage actress in 1925, she reprised her role in Street Scene for the 1931 film version.

She played supporting roles in several films during the 1930s, and was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played the mother of James Stewart in four films: Of Human Hearts, Vivacious Lady, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Although at her height in Hollywood from the 1930s until the 1950s, Bondi never retired, and she continued acting well into her later years, at the age of 87 winning an Emmy Award for her guest-star role on The Waltons in 1976.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beulah Bondi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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