Estelle Winwood
Estelle Winwood ( Estelle Goodwin, born January 24, 1883 in Lee, Kent, England; † June 20, 1984 in Woodland Hills, California ) was a British stage and film actress.
Life and career
Winwood came in 1916 in the United States and began her career on Broadway. Her first big success was a role in the play Why Marry? , Which had 1917 premiere and a year later was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. It was followed by other roles in plays such as Moliere, The Red Poppy, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Lady Windermere's Fan. In 1939, she took over the directing The Importance of Being Earnest.
The first major role in the film played Winwood in 1937 on the side of Katharine Hepburn in Quality Street. In 1946 she made her debut in the TV movie: Blithe Spirit, a fantasy comedy by Noel Coward. In the 1950s, she appeared on both television and in cinema. On the side of Grace Kelly, she starred in The Swan. On television, Winwood appeared among others in the Donna Reed Show and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Other guest appearances in television series followed, as she played in the 1960s in five episodes Aunt Hilda in the television series Batman. Your last film role was played Winwood at the age of 93 years in Murder by Death. The last television appearance of her career she graduated in 1980 in an episode of Quincy.
Winwood was married four times. The marriages were childless. The actress died at the age of 101 years in Woodland Hills. Her grave is in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.