- Lucile Watson
Infobox actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Lucile Watson
imagesize = 250px
caption = from the trailer for "Waterloo Bridge" (1940).
birthdate = birth date|1879|5|27|mf=y
location =Quebec City ,Canada
deathdate = death date and age|1962|6|24|1879|5|27|mf=y
deathplace =New York City , U.S.Lucile Watson (
27 May 1879 –24 June 1962 ) was an Oscar-nominated Canadian actress. Watson was born inQuebec City .Watson's first film role was in the 1916
silent film "The Girl with Green Eyes ", a film version of the play she had performed in on Broadway. Around this time she was briefly married to the silent film starRockcliffe Fellows . She did not appear in another movie until 1930, when she had an uncredited role in "The Royal Family of Broadway ".Watson was primarily a stage actress, starring in such plays as "
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines ", "Heartbreak House ", "Ghosts", "The Importance of Being Earnest "and "Pride and Prejudice ". Her second husband was playwrightLouis E. Shipman whom she married in 1928. She was widowed in 1933.She is perhaps best know for her role as Mrs. Fanny Farrelly in "
Watch on the Rhine ", a role that she first performed on Broadway in 1941. In 1943, she recreated this role for Hollywood, and was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress .Other movies included "
The Garden of Allah ", "The Women", "Waterloo Bridge", "The Thin Man Goes Home ","The Razor's Edge ","Song of the South " and "Little Women".External links
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* [http://www.classicimages.com/1998/october98/watsonlucile.html Lucile Watson biography by Film historian T. R. Bourgeois]
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