Known for:	Gone with the Wind, The Nun's Story, I Remember Mama
Birthday:	17 July 1910, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)

Was only 28 when she appeared as Ellen O'Hara (mother of Scarlett) in Gone with the Wind. Was artist-in-residence at the University of Denver between 1958 and 1960. Retired shortly after to the family home in Cos Cob, Connecticut. Her acting career began on stage with a summer stock company called the Cape Cod University Players, which was co-founded (1928) by future director/screenwriter Joshua Logan (she was married briefly to Logan in the 1930s). Other famous players who got their start in this prestigious company included Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Mildred Natwick. From a socially prominent New England family, she graduated from Sarah Lawrence college. Striking, mature-looking brunette from Broadway in late 30s support film roles, playing neurotic, over-the edge wives and socialites with flair.

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