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Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Irish-American actress (1913–2005)
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Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005) was an Irish and American singer, stage actor, film actor, and television actor. Born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, she began her professional career in 1934. Her acting work included the production *Juno and the paycock*. Fitzgerald held citizenship in both the United States and the Republic of Ireland.
During her career, she was employed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. She received a Daytime Emmy Award and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Additionally, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
Fitzgerald died of Alzheimer's disease in 2005 on the Upper East Side. She is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Her child was Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Juno and the paycock
- Juno and the paycock
- Juno and the paycock
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald. She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, and began her acting career in at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where…
Known for
- Chalk — Janet Slatt1997
- Bump in the Night — Mrs. Beauchamps1991
- Dick Francis: Twice Shy — Mrs. O'Rourke1989
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks — Martha Bach1988
- Night of Courage — Abby Abelsen1987
- A Year in the Life — Mrs. Wilbourne1987
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side — Gramma-Jess1986
- Circle of Violence: A Family Drama — Charlotte Kessling1986
- Do You Remember Love — Lorraine Wyatt1985
- The Golden Girls — Anna1985
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1913
- Active to
- 2005
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 77
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Geraldine+Fitzgerald">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- From FastQ Data to High‐Confidence Variant Calls: The Genome Analysis Toolkit Best Practices Pipeline
· 2013 · cited 4,394x
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
· 2019 · cited 4,144x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald , ( 1913-11-24 ) November 24, 1913, Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- July 17, 2005 (2005-07-17) (aged 91), Upper East Side , Manhattan , New York , U.S.
- Resting place
- Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx , New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1932–1991
- Spouses
- Edward Lindsay-Hogg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1946 ) Stuart Straus Scheftel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 ; died 1994 )
- Children
- 2, including Michael Lindsay-Hogg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geraldine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Greystones
- Place of death
- Upper East Side
- Child
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Geraldine Fitzgerald 1955.JPG
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Commons category
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- date of birth
- 1913-11-24
- date of death
- 2005-07-17
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- name in native language
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Encyclopedic overview
Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish American actress. She received the Daytime Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She was a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2020 she was listed at number 30 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
She made her film debut in the British thriller Blind Justice (1934). She went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Isabella Linton in the William Wyler-directed romantic drama Wuthering Heights (1939). She acted in classic Hollywood films such as Dark Victory (1939), Watch on the Rhine (1943), and Wilson (1944). Her later films included The Pawnbroker (1964), Rachel, Rachel (1968), Harry and Tonto (1974), Arthur (1981), Easy Money (1983), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).
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