Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge ( born September 5, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York City; † August 1, 1988 in Long Beach, California; actually: Florence McKechnie ) was an American actress. She was one of America's most celebrated theater actresses, but made in the 1930s and 1940s also impression with appearances in movies, often. Alongside her husband Fredric March
Biography
Florence Eldridge debuted on Broadway in 1918 and celebrated her breakthrough in 1922 in the lead role of melodrama The Cat and the Canary. Just one year later she turned with the comedy Six Cylinder Love her first film. In 1926 she met during a theater tour of their colleagues know Fredric March, who was in a similar early stage of his career. The two married in 1927.
While Fredric March was eventually to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Florence Eldridge primarily played minor roles in film and concentrated on the theater. The couple appeared in seven films 1929-1960 together in front of the camera, in a 1935 film adaptation of the novel Les Misérables by Florence Eldridge as " Fantine "; In 1936, she played in Mary of Scotland, the Queen Elizabeth, in 1949 Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella in 1960 in Inherit the Wind, she was finally in the movie March's wife.
1957 Florence Eldridge received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and a Tony nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the world premiere of the play Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill. Again, Fredric March was her partner, along with Katharine Ross and Jason Robards.
The two remained married until Fredric March's death in 1975. They had two adopted children. 1978 Florence Eldridge appeared for the last time for the TV drama In the beginning you cry in front of the camera.
She died the age of 86 of a heart attack.