Geraldine Fitzgerald

Personal Info

Birthday

November 24, 1913

Day of Death

2005-07-17

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland

Also Known As

First Lady of the American Theater

Gerry

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Biography

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald.

She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, and began her acting career in at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where she found success in films The Mill on the Floss, The Turn of the Tide, and Cafe Mascot.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

Great Performances

Climax!

The Golden Girls

Studio One

The Defenders

Trapper John, M.D.

Naked City

Filmography

1991
Bump in the Night
as Mrs. Beauchamps
1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
as Mrs. O'Rourke
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Martha Bach
1987
Night of Courage
as Abby Abelsen
1986
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
as Charlotte Kessling
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Gramma-Jess
1985
Do You Remember Love
as Lorraine Wyatt
1983
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
as Self
Easy Money
as Mrs. Monahan
Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Agnes
1982
Blood Link
as Mrs. Thomason
1981
Lovespell
as Bronwyn
Arthur
as Martha Bach
1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
as Granny Weatherall
1978
Tartuffe
as Madame Pernelle
Bye Bye Monkey
as Mrs. Toland
1977
The Mango Tree
as Grandma Carr
The Quinns
as Peggy Quinn
Yesterday's Child
as Emma Talbot
1976
Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
Echoes of a Summer
as Sara
Diary of the Dead
as Maud Kennaway
1975
Beyond the Horizon
as Mrs. Atkins
Forget-Me-Not Lane
as Amy Bisley
1974
Harry and Tonto
as Jessie Stone
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
as Grandmother
1973
Me
as Ma
The Last American Hero
as Frau Jackson
1968
Rachel, Rachel
as Rev. Wood
1965
The Pawnbroker
as Marilyn Birchfield
1961
The Fiercest Heart
as Tante Marie
1959
The Moon and Sixpence
as Amy Strickland
1958
Ten North Frederick
as Edith Chapin
1954
Dark Possession
as Charlotte Bell Wheeler
1952
Pontius Pilate
as Claudia Procula
1951
The Late Edwina Black
as Elizabeth Grahame
1948
So Evil My Love
as Susan Courtney
1946
Nobody Lives Forever
as Gladys Halvorsen
O.S.S.
as Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
Three Strangers
as Crystal Shackleford
1945
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Lettie Quincey
1944
Wilson
as Edith Bolling Galt
Ladies Courageous
as Virgie Alford
1943
Watch on the Rhine
as Marte Brankovic
1942
The Gay Sisters
as Evelyn Gaylord
1941
Shining Victory
as Dr. Mary Murray
Flight from Destiny
as Betty Farroway
1940
'Til We Meet Again
as Bonny Coburn
1939
A Child Is Born
as Grace Sutton
Dark Victory
as Ann King
Wuthering Heights
as Isabella Linton
1937
The Mill on the Floss
as Maggie Tulliver
1936
Debt of Honour
as Peggy Mayhew
Cafe Mascot
as Moira O'Flynn
1935
Department Store
as Jane Grey
Turn of the Tide
as Ruth Fosdyck
Blind Justice
as Peggy Summers
Three Witnesses
as Diane Morton
The Lad
as Joan Fandon
The Ace of Spades
as Evelyn Daventry
1934
Open All Night
as Jill