Madge Kennedy
American actress (1891-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 96
Madge Kennedy was a stage, film and television actress whose career began as a stage actress in 1912 and flourished in motion pictures during the silent film era. In 1921, journalist Heywood Broun described her as "the best farce actress in New York".
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1987Died9 June 19871986
W.C. Fields: Straight UpFilm1975
The Day of the LocustFilm, Mrs. Johnson1970
The Odd CoupleSeries, Mimi
The Baby MakerFilm, 1970Tish's Grandmother1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightFilm, Mrs. Flagler1966CBS PlayhouseSeries, Mrs Flagler1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Mrs. MacFarlane1960
The Tall ManSeries
Let's Make LoveFilm, 1960Miss Manners (uncredited)1959
The Twilight ZoneSeries1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedFilm, Grace Havens1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Laura Crabtree
The Rains of RanchipurFilm, 1955Mrs. Smiley1954
Studio 57Series1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Henrietta Mallory
Main Street to BroadwayFilm, 1953Mrs. Cope in Fantasy Sequence1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Clara Matheson1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Ma Glover1926
Oh, Baby!Film1924
Three Miles OutFilm, Molly Townsend1923
The Purple HighwayFilm, April Blair1920
Dollars and SenseFilm, Hazel Farron1919
Day DreamsFilm, Primrose1917
Baby MineFilm, Zoie1891Born19 April 1891
W.C. Fields: Straight UpFilm1975The Day of the LocustFilm, Mrs. Johnson1970The Odd CoupleSeries, MimiThe Baby MakerFilm, 1970Tish's Grandmother1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightFilm, Mrs. Flagler1966CBS PlayhouseSeries, Mrs Flagler1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Mrs. MacFarlane1960The Tall ManSeriesLet's Make LoveFilm, 1960Miss Manners (uncredited)1959The Twilight ZoneSeries1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedFilm, Grace Havens1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Laura CrabtreeThe Rains of RanchipurFilm, 1955Mrs. Smiley1954Studio 57Series1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Henrietta MalloryMain Street to BroadwayFilm, 1953Mrs. Cope in Fantasy Sequence1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Clara Matheson1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Ma Glover1926Oh, Baby!Film1924Three Miles OutFilm, Molly Townsend1923The Purple HighwayFilm, April Blair1920Dollars and SenseFilm, Hazel Farron1919Day DreamsFilm, Primrose1917Baby MineFilm, Zoie1891Born19 April 1891People around Madge
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Samuel Goldwyn Produced Nearly Married and The Blooming Angel
George Cukor Directed Lust for Life and The Marrying Kind
Clarence G. Badger Directed Friend Husband (1918)- John Schlesinger Directed The Day of the Locust (1980)
John Bowers Also in Day Dreams and Strictly Confidential
Hugo Ballin Directed Baby Mine (1917)
Lawrence Clement Windom Directed The Girl with the Jazz Heart (1921)
Sydney Pollack Directed They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
John Houseman Produced Lust for Life (1957)
Richard Brooks Directed The Catered Affair (1955)
Jean Negulesco Directed The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Irwin Winkler Produced They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Victor Schertzinger Directed The Blooming Angel (1920)
Harry A. Pollard Directed The Danger Game (1918)
Marguerite Marsh Also in Our Little Wife and Oh Mary Be Careful
Sam Zimbalist Produced The Catered Affair (1956)
John S. Robertson Directed Baby Mine (1917)
Hugo Friedhofer Wrote The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Marcia Harris Also in Day Dreams and Oh Mary Be Careful
Edward H. Griffith Directed Bad Company (1925)- Frank Ross Produced The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Kate Lester Also in Through the Wrong Door (1919)
Charles Miller Directed The Service Star (1918)
Herbert Standing Also in Strictly Confidential (1919)
Known for
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North by Northwest 1959
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
Marathon Man 1976
Lust for Life 1956
The Catered Affair 1956
Filmography 40
61 credits on file
Television 13
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1987 · aged 96
