Florence Eldridge

Actress

September 5, 1901 (86 years)

† August 1, 1988

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Florence Eldridge (September 5, 1901 – August 1, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1957 for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Florence Eldridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

Nanine

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

6.2

Mary of Scotland

Elizabeth Tudor

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

7.7

Inherit the Wind

Sarah Brady

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

7.1

Les Misérables

Fantine

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

6.5

The Story of Temple Drake

Ruby Lemarr

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

N/A

First, You Cry

Mrs. Rollin

The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her philosophy and her entire life.

10.0

Six Cylinder Love

Marilyn Sterling

After buying a car, Richard Burton finds that his wife and daughter have become unreasonably extravagant, and is surrounded by sponging friends.

6.4

Thirteen Women

Grace Coombs

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.

6.0

The Greene Murder Case

Sibella Greene

Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.

6.9

An Act of Murder

Catherine Cooke

A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.

6.2

The Divorcee

Helen

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.

6.4

The Matrimonial Bed

Juliet Corton

Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.

7.8

Another Part of the Forest

Lavinia Hubbard

This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.

7.0

Dangerously Yours

Jo Horton

A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.

8.0

The Great Jasper

Jenny Horn

Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son.

5.8

Christopher Columbus

Queen Isabella

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

7.0

The Winslow Boy

Grace Winslow

In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

7.5

Charming Sinners

Helen Carr

Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he falls in love with Anne-Marie Whitley (Mary Nolan), the best friend of his own wife Kathryn (Ruth Chatterton). In retaliation, Kathryn begins a flirtation with her former boyfriend Karl Kraley (William Powell). After reels and reels of verbal fencing, the status quo is re-established, and Robert and Kathryn are reunited.

7.0

A Modern Hero

Leah Ernst

A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.