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Geraldine Fitzgerald

Acting

Born November 24, 1913 · Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland

Died July 17, 2005

Also known as First Lady of the American Theater · Gerry

Biography

Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Tony AwardBest Direction of a Play · 1982 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1940 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Agatha Tomlin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Elizabeth Burton

The Golden Girls

1985as Anna

Wuthering Heights

1939as Isabella Linton

The Pawnbroker

1964as Marilyn Birchfield

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Moon and Sixpence

1959as Amy Strickland

O.S.S.

1946as Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez

Watch on the Rhine

1943as Marte Brankovic

Dark Victory

1939as Ann King

Rachel, Rachel

1968as Rev. Wood

Arthur

1981as Martha Bach

The Ace of Spades

1935as Evelyn Daventry

Nobody Lives Forever

1946as Gladys Halvorsen

Three Strangers

1946as Crystal Shackleford

'Til We Meet Again

1940as Bonny Coburn

Kennedy

1983as Rose Kennedy

Open All Night

1934as Jill

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945as Lettie Quincey

Great Performances

1971as Amy Bisley

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986as Gramma-Jess

Easy Money

1983as Mrs. Monahan

Bump in the Night

1991as Mrs. Beauchamps

St. Elsewhere

1982as Margaret Ryan

The Last American Hero

1973as Frau Jackson

Naked City

1958as Brigid Delito

Wilson

1944as Edith Bolling Galt

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988as Martha Bach

Suspense

1949as Anna