Georgia Backus

Personal Info

Birthday

October 12, 1900

Day of Death

1983-09-07

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Georgia Belden Backus

Georgia Backus

Biography

Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play.

Known For

Citizen Kane

Lucky Jordan

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Moon Is Down

I Married a Witch

No Man of Her Own

Cause for Alarm!

Copper Canyon

Filmography

1951
The Mark of the Renegade
as Duenna Concepcion
Apache Drums
as Mrs. Keon
Cause for Alarm!
as Mrs. Warren
1950
Copper Canyon
as Martha Bassett
Force of Evil
as Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
Too Late for Tears
as Woman (uncredited)
1948
Dream Girl
as Edna
1947
Suddenly It's Spring
as WAC Maj. Cheever
1943
The Moon Is Down
as Villager (uncredited)
1942
Lucky Jordan
as Toy Shop Clerk
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Miss Peel
I Married a Witch
as Older Woman (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Matron (uncredited)
Not a Ladies' Man
as Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth
as Townswoman
The Lady Is Willing
as Nurse (uncredited)
1941
They Dare Not Love
as German Secretary
Citizen Kane
as Bertha Anderson
Repent at Leisure
as Nurse
So Ends Our Night
as Mrs. Kern (uncredited)