Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham.
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| Born | 24 May 1860 |
| Died | 3 March 1954 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Film and theatre actress |
| Years active | 1913–1944 |
She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut in sound films came in Show Boat (1929).[1] She retired in 1944. Her last film was The White Cliffs of Dover (1944).[1]
Her Broadway credits include What the Public Wants (1922), I.O.U. (1918), Rich Man, Poor Man (1916), Lady Patricia (1912), and Just to Get Married (1912).[2]
Selected filmography
- Sins of Men (1916) - Minor Role
- East Lynne (1916) - Cornelia
- The Return of Eve (1916) - Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy
- A Broadway Saint (1919) - Martha Galt
- The Climbers (1919) - Mrs. Hunter
- Deadline at Eleven (1920) - Mrs. Martha Stevens
- The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) - Richester's Aunt
- Way Down East (1920) - Maria Poole - Landlady
- The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920) - Mrs. Chardley
- The New York Idea (1920) - Grace Phillimore
- Out of the Chorus (1921) - Mrs. Van Beekman
- Straight Is the Way (1921) - Mrs. Crabtree
- Wife Against Wife (1921) - Mrs. Dole
- Jane Eyre (1921) - Grace Poole (a servant)
- The Splendid Lie (1922) - Mrs. Wolcott Delafield
- Find the Woman (1922) - Mrs. Napoli
- Fascination (1922) - The Marquesa de Lisa (her aunt)
- No Trespassing (1922) - Mrs. James Colton
- Fury (1923) - Matilda Brent
- Driven (1923) - Mrs. Tolliver
- The Purple Highway (1923) - Mrs. Carney
- Strangers of the Night (1923) - Mrs. Pengard
- Jealous Husbands (1923) - Amaryllis
- The Whispered Name (1924) - Amanda Stone
- Secrets (1924) - Mrs. Marlowe
- A Girl of the Limberlost (1924) - Kate Comstock
- Untamed Youth (1924) - Emily Ardis
- The Man Who Came Back (1924) - Aunt Isabel
- The Red Lily (1924) - Mama Bouchard
- His Hour (1924) - Princess Ardacheff
- Her Night of Romance (1924) - Nurse (scenes deleted)
- Love's Wilderness (1924) - Matilda Heath
- The Hooded Falcon (1924)
- The Spaniard (1925) - Maria
- The Golden Bed (1925) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Learning to Love (1925) - Aunt Virginia
- The Lady (1925) - Madame Blanche
- Outwitted (1925) - Meg
- The Denial (1925) - Rena - Mother in Flashback
- Zander the Great (1925) - The Matron
- Are Parents People? (1925) - Margaret
- Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) - Mrs. Pippy
- Thunder Mountain (1925) - Ma MacBirney
- The Winding Stair (1925) - Madame Muller
- Bobbed Hair (1925) - Aunt Celimena Moore
- Lazybones (1925) - Mrs. Fanning
- The Red Kimono (1925) - The Housekeeper
- What Happened to Jones (1926) - Mrs. Goodly
- The Bat (1926) - Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
- High Steppers (1926) - Mrs. Iffield
- Hard Boiled (1926) - Abigail Gregg
- No Babies Wanted (1926) - Landlady, 'Old Ironsides'
- Don Juan (1926) - The Dowager (uncredited)
- Marriage License? (1926) - Lady Heriot
- Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) - Vicomtesse de Lavedan
- The Cheerful Fraud (1926) - Mrs. Bytheway
- One Increasing Purpose (1927) - Mrs. Andiron
- The Sea Tiger (1927) - Mrs. Enos
- Orchids and Ermine (1927) - Mrs. Blom
- Married Alive (1927) - Mrs. Maggs Duxbury
- Mockery (1927) - Mrs. Gaidaroff
- Foreign Devils (1927) - Mrs. Conger
- Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927) - The Porter's Wife
- Once and Forever (1927) - Katherine
- Love (1927) - Grand Duchess
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) - Lady Beekman
- The Trail of '98 (1928) - Mrs. Bulkey
- The Case of Lena Smith (1929) - Frau Hofrat
- Show Boat (1929) - Parthenia Ann Hawks
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) - Marquesa
- The Man from Blankley's (1930) - Mrs. Tidmarsh
- Dumbbells in Ermine (1930) - Gossiper (uncredited)
- The Flirting Widow (1930) - Aunt Ida
- Song o' My Heart (1930) - Aunt Elizabeth
- She's My Weakness (1930) - Mrs. Oberlander
- New Moon (1930) - Countess Anastasia Strogoff
- Unfaithful (1931) - Auntie Janie
- It's a Wise Child (1931) - Jane Appleby
- Misbehaving Ladies (1931) - Meta Oliver
- Detective Lloyd (1932, Serial) - The Manor Ghost
- Aren't We All? (1932) - Angela
- Lucky Ladies (1932) - Cleo Honeycutt
- High Society (1932) - Mrs. Strangeways
- Timbuctoo (1933) - Aunt Augusta
- Don Quixote (1933) - Sancho Panza's wife
- Her Imaginary Lover (1933) - Aunt Lydia Raleigh
- Dick Turpin (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Man with Two Faces (1934) - Hattie
- Two Heads on a Pillow (1934) - Mrs. Van Suydam
- The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Mrs. Victoria Griswold
- China Seas (1935) - Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- She Couldn't Take It (1935) - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Border Flight (1936) - Old Maid (uncredited)
- The Bold Caballero (1936) - Lady Isabella's Chaperone
- Nothing Sacred (1937) - Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
- The Frontiersmen (1938) - School Teacher aka Snooksie
- Vigil in the Night (1940) - Sister Gilson
- The Flame of New Orleans (1941) - Cousin
- Two-Faced Woman (1941) - Rhumba Dancer (uncredited)
- Forever and a Day (1943) - Ms. Fulcher
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - Spinster in Boardinghouse (uncredited) (final film role)
References
- Nissen, Axel (2007). Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties. McFarland. pp. 184–185. ISBN 9780786427468. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- "Emily Fitzroy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emily Fitzroy. |
- Works by or about Emily Fitzroy at Internet Archive
- Emily Fitzroy at IMDb
- Emily Fitzroy at the Internet Broadway Database
- Emily Fitzroy at Find a Grave
- Fitzroy as a young woman at age 30 on the November 15, 1890 cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News magazine
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