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American actress (1910–2005)
Constance Cummings
Cummings in 1934
Born
Constance Cummings Halverstadt[1]
(1910-05-15 ) May 15, 1910
Died November 23, 2005(2005-11-23) (aged 95 )
Occupation Actress Years active 1928–1999 Spouse
(m. 1933; died 1973)
Children 2
Constance Cummings CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.
Early life [ edit ]
Cummings was born in Seattle, Washington, the only daughter and younger child[2] of Kate Logan (née Cummings), a concert soprano, and Dallas Vernon Halverstadt, a lawyer.[2] [3]
Cummings' parents separated when she was 10 years old, and she never saw her father again. She attended St. Nicholas Girls' School in Seattle.[2]
The San Diego Stock Company gave Cummings her initial acting opportunity in a "walk-on part" playing a prostitute in a 1926 production of Seventh Heaven. [2] She debuted on Broadway as a chorus girl,[4] a member of the ensemble[5] in Treasure Girl (1928) by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Samuel Goldwyn , who brought her to Hollywood in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in more than 20 films, including Movie Crazy opposite Harold Lloyd , and American Madness , directed by Frank Capra .[6]
Cummings was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy from July 3, 1933 until his death in 1973.[2] [7] As Levy was from the UK, Cummings moved there and continued acting in films and on the stage. Few of her films were hits in the U.S., but Blithe Spirit , adapted from the Noël Coward play, was popular. Levy wrote and directed films for Cummings, such as The Jealous God (1939); he also served in the UK Parliament from 1945 to 1950 as the Labour MP for Eton and Slough . They had a son and a daughter.[citation needed ] She played Mary Tyrone in the Royal National Theatre 's production of Eugene O'Neill 's Long Day's Journey into Night opposite Laurence Olivier and later recreated the role for television. She took over the role of Martha in Edward Albee 's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in its first London run.[8]
Recognition [ edit ]
In 1979, Cummings won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Emily Stilson in the drama Wings (1978–1979) (written by Arthur Kopit ), a play about a former aviator (Stilson) who has suffered a stroke, from which she struggles to recover.[6] This role also brought her Obie and Drama Desk awards and an Olivier nomination.[9] In 1982, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her work in The Chalk Garden .[10]
She received an Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night .[11]
On January 1, 1974, Cummings, who resided in Britain for many decades until her death, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her contributions to the British entertainment industry.[citation needed ]
She was a committee member of the Royal Court Theatre and the Arts Council . She has a star in the Motion Pictures section on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960.[12]
Constance Cummings Levy died in Wardington, Oxfordshire, England on November 23, 2005, aged 95,[7] from natural causes.
Filmography [ edit ]
The Last Parade (1931) as Molly Pearson
Lover Come Back (1931) as Connie Lee
Traveling Husbands (1931) as Ellen Wilson
The Guilty Generation (1931) as Maria Palmero
Behind the Mask (1932) as Julie Arnold
The Big Timer (1932) as Honey Baldwin
Attorney for the Defense (1932) as Ruth Barry
American Madness (1932) as Helen
Movie Crazy (1932) as Mary Sears
The Last Man (1932) as Marian
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) as Alice
Night After Night (1932) as Miss Jerry Healy
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933) as Doris Masterson
The Mind Reader (1933) as Sylvia
Heads We Go (1933) as Betty Smith / Dorothy Kay
Channel Crossing (1933) as Marion Slade
Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933) as Joan Whelan
Looking for Trouble (1934) as Ethel Greenwood
Glamour (1934) as Linda Fayne
This Man Is Mine (1934) as Francesca Harper
Remember Last Night? (1935) as Carlotta Milburn
Seven Sinners (1936) as Caryl Fenton
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) as October
Cyrano de Bergerac (1938, TV movie) as Roxane
Busman's Honeymoon (1940) as Harriet Vane
This England (1941) as Ann
The Foreman Went to France (1942) as Anne Stafford, the American girl
Blithe Spirit (1945) as Ruth Condomine
Into the Blue (1950) as Mrs. Kate Fergusson
Trial and Error (1953, TV movie) as Andrea
John and Julie (1955) as Mrs. Davidson
The Intimate Stranger (1956) as Kay Wallace
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1957, TV movie) as Mary Dugan, known as Mona Tree
Craig's Wife (1957, TV movie) as Harriet Craig
The Battle of the Sexes (1960) as Angela Barrows
Sammy Going South (1963) as Gloria van Imhoff
In the Cool of the Day (1963) as Mrs. Nina Gellert
Love Song (1985, TV movie) as Dame Philippa Hatchard
Dead Man's Folly (1986, TV movie) as Amy Folliat
The Understanding (1986, TV movie) as Acton (final film role)
Theatre [ edit ]
Year
Play
Character
Type
Comments
1926
Seventh Heaven
prostitute
Stage debut in Seattle, Washington
1928
Treasure Girl
chorus ensemble
Musical comedy
Broadway debut
1930
June Moon
Miss Rixey
Tin Pan Alley comedy
[11]
1930
This Man's Town
Carrie
Drama
1934
Sour Grapes
first appearance on London stage
1934
Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
Comedy
1936
Young Madame Conti
Nella Conti
Melodrama
1937
Madame Bovary Revival
Emma Bovary
Restoration Comedy
1938
If I Were You
Nellie Blunt
Farce
1938
Goodbye, Mr Chips
Katherine
Drama
1939
The Jealous God
1939–1940
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Tragedy
1939–1940
Old Vic Theatre Season
1939
Joan of Arc
Joan
Drama
1939
The Good Natur'd Man
Miss Richland
Drama
April 22, 1940
Shakespeare Birthday Festival
1942
Skylark
Lydia
Drama
1943
The Petrified Forest
Gabby
Drama
1945
One Man Show
Racine Gardner
Drama
1946
Clutterbuck
Comedy
1948
Don't Listen Ladies
Farce
1948
Happy with Either
Annaluise Klopps
Comedy
1949
Before the Party
Laura
Comedy
1950
Return to Tyassi
1952
Winter's Journey
1953
The Shrike
Drama
1957
Lysistrata
Greek Comedy
1957
The Rape of the Belt
Antiope
played at Piccadilly Theatre (1957), and then Martin Beck Theatre, NY (1960).[11]
1961
J.B.
Sarah
1962
Social Success
1964
Huis Clos
Inez
Drama
1965
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
1966
Public and Confidential
1967
Fallen Angels
Jane Banbury
Comedy
1969
Hamlet
Gertrude
Shakespearean Tragedy
1969
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Mrs Flora Goforth
Tragedy
1970
The Visit
Claire Zachanassian
Tragi-comedy
1971
Amphitryon 38
Leda
Greek Drama
1971
Long Day's Journey into Night
Mary Tyrone
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, UK with Laurence Olivier as James Tyrone
1971–1972
National Theatre, London, Repertoire Season
Classical drama
1972–1973
National Theatre, London, Repertoire Season
1973
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
1974
National Theatre, London, Repertoire Season
1974
Children
1979
Wings
Emily Stilson
Tony Award , Obie Award , Drama Desk Award
1979
National Theatre, London, Repertoire Season
1980
Hay Fever
Comedy
1981
The Golden Age
1985
The Glass Menagerie
1986
Fanny Kemble at Home
1992
The Chalk Garden
Mrs St Maugham
Her last appearance on Broadway
1996–1999
Uncle Vanya
Maman
Her last stage appearance
References [ edit ]
^ Hanford, Cornelius Holgate (1924). Seattle and Environs, 1852-1924: Biographical . Pioneer Historical Publishing Company. p. 222.
^ Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965 . Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 163. ISBN 9781557835512 . Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
^ "("Constance Cummings" search results)" . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
^ a b Shorter, Eric (November 25, 2005). "Obituary: Constance Cummings" . The Guardian . Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
^ a b Willis, John; Hodges, Ben (July 1, 2008). Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre . Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 341. ISBN 9781557837080 .
^ "Cast change at the Piccadilly", The Stage , 30 April 1964, p. 1
^ Kennedy, Dennis (2003). Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance . New York: Oxford University Press Inc. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-19-860672-7 .
^ "("Constance Cummings" search results)" . Drama Desk . Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
^ a b c Strachan, Alan (November 26, 2005). "Constance Cummings" . Independent . Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
^ "Constance Cummings" . Hollywood Walk of Fame . Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
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