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Queenie Smith

Acting

Born September 7, 1898 · New York City, New York, USA

Died August 5, 1978

Biography

Anna Miriam "Queenie" Smith was an American ballet dancer, and a stage, television, and film actress. In later life she became a talent agent. She is best known for her Southern-belle character roles in the W. C. Fields-Bing Crosby film Mississippi (1935) and the Irene Dunne-Allan Jones musical Show Boat (1936); her role as Jimmy Durante's wife in the Christmas perennial The Great Rupert (1950); and for her appearances as The Bowery Boys' Irish landlady (1956–57).

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Filmography29 titles

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Amanda Whipple

The Odd Couple

1970as Mrs. Grapney

Sweet Smell of Success

1957as Mildred Tam (uncredited)

Barney Miller

1975as Wilson the Maid

The Killers

1946as Mary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Little Old Lady

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

The Waltons

1972

The Lucy Show

1962as Mrs. Collins

Caged

1950as Marie's Mother (uncredited)

The Snake Pit

1948as Lola (uncredited)

Mississippi

1935as Alabam

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self (uncredited)

Here's Lucy

1968as Helen

Fish

1977

My Sister Eileen

1955as Alice (uncredited)

The Monkees

1966as Mrs. Filchok

Union Station

1950as Landlady (uncredited)

The Day of the Locust

1975as Palsied Lady

Foul Play

1978as Elsie

Sleep, My Love

1948as Grace Vernay

The Love Boat

1977as Helen Lindsay

Chico and the Man

1974

That Girl

1966

Nocturne

1946as Queenie

The Great Rupert

1950as Mrs. Amendola

The Long Night

1947as Mrs. Tully

Hustle

1975as Customer

The End

1978as Old Lady in Driving School Car