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Madge Kennedy was a stage, film and TV 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".
Born
Sunday, 19 April 1891
Died
Tuesday, 09 June 1987
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Self - Stage Co-Star | 1986 |
Marathon Man | Lady in Bank | 1976 |
The Day of the Locust | Mrs. Johnson | 1975 |
The Baby Maker | Tish's Grandmother | 1970 |
The Odd Couple | Mimi | 1970 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Mrs. Laydon | 1969 |
Julia | Lady Employer | 1968 |
CBS Playhouse | Mrs. Flagler | 1967 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. MacFarlane | 1962 |
The Best of the Post | Mrs. Bedenbaugh | 1960 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Self - Stage Co-Star | 1986 |
Marathon Man | Lady in Bank | 1976 |
The Day of the Locust | Mrs. Johnson | 1975 |
The Baby Maker | Tish's Grandmother | 1970 |
The Odd Couple | Mimi | 1970 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Mrs. Laydon | 1969 |
Julia | Lady Employer | 1968 |
CBS Playhouse | Mrs. Flagler | 1967 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. MacFarlane | 1962 |
The Best of the Post | Mrs. Bedenbaugh | 1960 |
My Three Sons | Mrs. Lindsay | 1960 |
Checkmate | Mrs. Cameron | 1960 |
The Tall Man | Elizabeth Van Doren | 1960 |
Let's Make Love | Miss Manners | 1960 |
The Twilight Zone | Colonist | 1959 |
North by Northwest | Mrs. Finlay | 1959 |
Plunderers of Painted Flats | Mary East | 1959 |
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Grace Havens | 1958 |
Houseboat | Mrs. Farnsworth | 1958 |
This Is Alice | Miss Trimble | 1958 |
Goodyear Theatre | Birdie | 1957 |
Leave It to Beaver | Aunt Martha Bronson / Aunt Martha | 1957 |
Official Detective | Miss Greenville | 1957 |
Lust for Life | Anna Cornelia Van Gogh | 1956 |
The Catered Affair | Mrs. Joe Halloran | 1956 |
Three Bad Sisters | Martha Craig | 1956 |
The Rains of Ranchipur | Mrs. Smiley | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Laura Crabtree / Mary Hughes / Mrs. Baldwin / Mrs. Barnes / Mrs. Carter | 1955 |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mary Rowland | 1955 |
Science Fiction Theatre | Mrs. Canby | 1955 |
The Lineup | Victim's Mother | 1954 |
Studio 57 | Grandmother | 1954 |
Main Street to Broadway | Mrs. Cope in Fantasy Sequence | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Henrietta Mallory | 1953 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Helen Quade | 1952 |
The Marrying Kind | Judge Anne B. Carroll | 1952 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Clara Matheson | 1951 |
Lux Video Theatre | Ma Glover | 1950 |
Bad Company | Gloria Waring | 1925 |
Three Miles Out | Molly Townsend | 1924 |
The Purple Highway | April Blair | 1923 |
Oh Mary Be Careful | Mary Meacham | 1921 |
The Truth | Becky Warder | 1920 |
The Blooming Angel | Floss | 1920 |
Strictly Confidential | Fanny O'Gorman | 1919 |
Through the Wrong Door | Isabel Carter | 1919 |
Leave It to Susan | Susan Burbridge | 1919 |
A Perfect Lady | Lucille Le Jambon / Lucy Higgins / Lucille Le Jambon, aka Lucy Higgins | 1918 |
The Kingdom of Youth | Ruth Betts | 1918 |
Friend Husband | Dorothy Dean | 1918 |
The Service Star | Marilyn March | 1918 |
The Fair Pretender | Sylvia Maynard | 1918 |
The Danger Game | Clytie Rogers | 1918 |
Our Little Wife | Dodo Warren | 1918 |