Queenie Smith
American actress (1898-1978) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Queenie Smith was an American stage, television, and film actress. In later life she became a talent agent.
Queenie Smith is read about 50 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1978Died5 August 19781977
FishSeries1976
All's FairSeries
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayFilm, 1976Old Woman1975
Barney MillerSeries, Mrs. Fuller
HustleFilm, 1975Customer1973
The Girls of Huntington HouseFilm, Agnes Swenton1972
The WaltonsSeries1971The Funny SideSeries, Elderly Wife1970
The Odd CoupleSeries, Mrs. Grapney1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Little Old Lady1968
The Legend of Lylah ClareFilm, Hairdresser1967
He & SheSeries, Mrs. Gruber1966
That GirlSeries1962
The Lucy ShowSeries, Mrs. Collins1956
Fighting TroubleFilm, Miss Kate Kelly1955
My Sister EileenFilm, Alice (uncredited)1950
CagedFilm, Marie's Mother (uncredited)1949
Massacre RiverFilm, Mrs. Johanssen1947
The Long NightFilm, Mrs. Tully1946
From This Day ForwardFilm, Mrs. Beesley1936
Show BoatFilm, Ellie May Chipley1935
MississippiFilm, Alabam1915John Halifax, GentlemanFilm, Undetermined Role (uncredited)1898Born8 September 1898
FishSeries1976All's FairSeriesDawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayFilm, 1976Old Woman1975Barney MillerSeries, Mrs. FullerHustleFilm, 1975Customer1973The Girls of Huntington HouseFilm, Agnes Swenton1972The WaltonsSeries1971The Funny SideSeries, Elderly Wife1970The Odd CoupleSeries, Mrs. Grapney1969Hawaii Five-OSeries, Little Old Lady1968The Legend of Lylah ClareFilm, Hairdresser1967He & SheSeries, Mrs. Gruber1966That GirlSeries1962The Lucy ShowSeries, Mrs. Collins1956Fighting TroubleFilm, Miss Kate Kelly1955My Sister EileenFilm, Alice (uncredited)1950CagedFilm, Marie's Mother (uncredited)1949Massacre RiverFilm, Mrs. Johanssen1947The Long NightFilm, Mrs. Tully1946From This Day ForwardFilm, Mrs. Beesley1936Show BoatFilm, Ellie May Chipley1935MississippiFilm, Alabam1915John Halifax, GentlemanFilm, Undetermined Role (uncredited)1898Born8 September 1898People around Queenie
Close ties
Robert Aldrich Directed Hustle and The Legend of Lylah Clare
Anatole Litvak Directed The Snake Pit and The Long Night
George Pal Produced When Worlds Collide (1951)
Douglas Sirk Directed Sleep, My Love (1948)
Ellen Corby Also in Caged and The Waltons
Alf Kjellin Directed The Waltons
Howard Freeman Also in The Snake Pit and The Killers
Jerry Wald Produced Caged (1950), wrote On Your Toes (1939)
Lawrence Dobkin Directed The Waltons
Stanley Clements Also in Fighting Trouble and Hot Shots- Rudolph Maté Directed When Worlds Collide (1951)
Don Beddoe Also in Belle Le Grand and The Great Rupert
Mary Pickford Produced Sleep, My Love (1948)
Burt Lancaster Also in Sweet Smell of Success and The Killers
Jack Lemmon Also in My Sister Eileen (1955)
Ernest Borgnine Also in The Legend of Lylah Clare and Hustle
Eddie Albert Also in On Your Toes and Hustle
Richard Thomas Directed The Waltons
Billy Barty Also in The Day of the Locust and Foul Play
Wesley Ruggles Directed Mississippi (1935)
Vincent Sherman Directed The Waltons
Mary Treen Also in The Snake Pit and From This Day Forward
William Challee Also in Nocturne and From This Day Forward
John Rawlins Directed Massacre River (1950)
Known for
View all 33 titles
Sweet Smell of Success 1957
The Killers 1946
Caged 1950
The Snake Pit 1948
Show Boat 1936
Filmography 33
55 credits on file
Television 20
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Today's audiences may know her best 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).
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1978 · aged 79
