Born: 12-Oct-1903
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Died: 4-Jun-1998
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [1]
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: North by Northwest

Mother: Leona Harneteaux ("Leona Roberts", actress, b. 26-Jul-1879, d. 29-Jan-1954)
Husband: Robert Bell (stage director, m. 12-Apr-1924, div. 7-Jul-1930)
Girlfriend: Eva Le Gallienne (actress, together late 1920s)
Husband: James F. Townsend (m. 12-Jan-1935, div.)
Husband: Staats Cotsworth (actor, m. 23-Sep-1972, d. 9-Apr-1979)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (19-Dec-1971)
    Rabbit, Run (Oct-1970)
    Nevada Smith (10-Jun-1966) · Mrs. Elvira McCanles
    Baby the Rain Must Fall (12-Jan-1965)
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (17-Jun-1960) · Widow Douglas
    Walk Like a Dragon (1-Jun-1960)
    North by Northwest (17-Jul-1959) · Mrs. Townsend
    Step Down to Terror (Sep-1958)
    Sing Boy Sing (21-Feb-1958)
    Gun for a Coward (30-Jan-1957) · Mrs. Keough
    Miracle in the Rain (31-Mar-1956)
    Many Rivers to Cross (23-Feb-1955) · Mrs. Cherne
    Ruby Gentry (25-Dec-1952) · Letitia Gentry
    Love Is Better Than Ever (23-Feb-1952) · Mrs. Macaboy
    Adventure in Baltimore (19-Apr-1949) · Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
    The Tender Years (3-Jan-1948)
    Cass Timberlane (6-Nov-1947) · Lillian Drover
    Somewhere in the Night (12-Jun-1946) · Elizabeth Conroy
    Tom Brown's School Days (27-Jun-1940) · Mrs. Arnold
    My Son, My Son! (22-Mar-1940)
    Son of Frankenstein (13-Jan-1939) · Elsa von Frankenstein
    The Crime of Doctor Hallet (11-Mar-1938)
    I Married a Doctor (25-Apr-1936) · Carol Kennicott
    The Story of Louis Pasteur (23-Nov-1935) · Marie Pasteur
    Oil for the Lamps of China (8-Jun-1935)
    Happiness Ahead (27-Oct-1934) · Joan Bradford

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