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Sara Allgood
Allgood, Sara (1883-1950), actress; sister of Molly Allgood and, like her, brought up in a Dublin orphanage. A member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann, she joined the Abbey Theatre in 1904, playing in Lady Gregory's Spreading the News and as Maurya in Synge's Riders to the Sea. In 1916 she married Gerald Henson and left the Abbey, returning to play in a revival of Lennox Robinson's The Whiteheaded Boy in 1920.
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Sara Allgood
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Born to a middle-class Irish family and educated at the Marlborough Street Training College, 19-year-old Sara Allgood joined the Irish National Theatre Society, obtaining her first speaking role in a 1903 production of W.B. Yeats' The King's Threshold. She became a member of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1904; within a few years she was lauded as Ireland's foremost actress. While touring Australia in 1918, she made her film bow in Just Peggy. She didn't like the experience, and it would be eleven years before she would face the cameras again, this time in the role of Anna Ondra's mother in Blackmail (1929), Alfred Hitchcock's (and the British film industry's) first talkie. One year later, Hitchcock cast Sara in the demanding title role in the cinematic adaptation of Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, a role she had created on stage with the Abbey Players in 1924. After a decade of worthwhile stage assignments and forgettable film roles, Sara came to Hollywood in 1940, where she was cast by John Ford in a strong role in the Oscar-winning How Green Was My Valley (1941). This led to a long-term contract with 20th Century-Fox, which was financially satisfying but dramatically unrewarding; after years of incisive, commanding stage roles, Sara was compelled to play cliched Irish mothers and servants. Sara Allgood's final screen appearance was in Fox's Cheaper By the Dozen (1950), in which she received prominent billing--and approximately five lines of dialogue. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Sara Allgood
| Sara Allgood | |
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 Sara Allgood, circa 1912 |
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| Born | October 15, 1879 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | September 13, 1950 (aged 70) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1918–50 |
| Spouse | Gerald Henson (m. 1916–1918) |
Sara Allgood (October 15, 1879[1] – September 13, 1950; also known as Sally Allgood) was an Irish actress.
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Biography
Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.
Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain. She was frequently featured in early Hitchcock films, such as Blackmail (1929), Juno and the Paycock (1930) and Sabotage (1936).
Allgood was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1941 for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley, but lost to Mary Astor. She also had memorable roles in the 1941 retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, It Happened in Flatbush (1942), Jane Eyre (1943), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) and the original Cheaper by the Dozen (1950).
She was married for a short time to British stage actor Gerald Henson. Both Henson and their newborn daughter died of influenza in the outbreak of 1917.
After becoming a United States citizen in 1945, Allgood died of a heart attack in 1950 at the age of 70, in Woodland Hills, California.
Filmography
- Just Peggy (1919)
- Blackmail (1929)
- To What Red Hell (1929)
- Juno and the Paycock (1930)
- The World, the Flesh, the Devil (1932)
- The Fortunate Fool (1933)
- Lily of Killarney (1934)
- Irish Hearts (1934)
- Lazybones (1935)
- Peg of Old Drury (1935)
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
- Crime Unlimited (1935)
- Pot Luck (1936)
- It's Love Again (1936)
- Southern Roses (1936)
- Sabotage (1936)
- Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
- Storm In A Teacup (1937)
- The Sky's the Limit (1938)
- The Londonderry Air (1938)
- On the Night of the Fire (1939)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- Lydia (1941)
- That Hamilton Woman (1941)
- This Above All (1942)
- It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
- The Light of Heart (1942)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
- City Without Men (1943)
- Jane Eyre (1943)
- The Lodger (1944)
- Between Two Worlds (1944)
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
- Uncle Harry (1945)
- Kitty (1945)
- The Spiral Staircase (1946)
- Cluny Brown (1946)
- The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
- Ivy (1947)
- Mother Wore Tights (1947)
- Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
- My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
- Man from Texas (1948)
- The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
- One Touch of Venus (1948)
- The Accused (1949)
- Challenge to Lassie (1949)
- Sierra (1950)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
References
- ^ "Great Character Actors". Dougmacaulay.com. 1950-09-15. http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Sara&actor_last=Allgood. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
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- Sara Allgood at the Internet Movie Database
- Sara Allgood at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sara Allgood at Find a Grave
- Sara Allgood(NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
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