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Georgia Caine

Actor
Born October 30, 1876Died April 4, 1964 (87 years)
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Georgia Caine (30 October 1876 – 4 April 1964) was an American actress who performed both on Broadway and in more than 80 films in her 51-year career.

Born in San Francisco, California in 1876, the daughter of two Shakespearean actors, George Caine and the former Jennie Darragh, she travelled with them when they toured the country. Caine left school at the age of 17 to join a Shakespearean repertory company. She made her Broadway debut in 1899 as the star of the musical A Reign of Error. Caine continued to perform continuously on Broadway as a star or featured performer, primarily in musicals, until the mid-1930s, including in George M. Cohan's Little Nellie Kelly, as well as his Mary, and The O'Brien Girls,. She appeared in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow both on Broadway and in London.

Caine was often written about by theater columnists until the 1930s, when her star had started to fade. She made her last Broadway appearance in 1935, in Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay's A Slight Case of Murder.

With her stage career fading, Caine took advantage of the advent of talking pictures to change her focus and moved to California to work in Hollywood. In 1930, Caine made her first film, Good Intentions, and in the next twenty years appeared in 83 films, mostly playing character roles – mothers, aunts, and older neighbors – although she occasionally played against type, such as when she was a streetwalker in Camille (1936). Many of her parts were small and she did not receive screen credit for them.

In 1940, Caine appeared as Barbara Stanwyck's mother in the film Remember the Night, which was written by Preston Sturges, and she would go on to become part of Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actresses, appearing in seven other films written by Sturges.

Caine made her final film appearance in 1950, at the age of 73, in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.

Caine in the musical Adele (1913)

According to Marie Dressler The Unlikeliest Star by Betty Lee, about Caine's friend Marie Dressler, Caine was married to a prominent man from San Francisco by the 1920s, but the book gives no information on what his name was or when or for how long they were married.

Georgia Caine died in Hollywood, California on 4 April 1964, at the age of 87, and is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Remember the Night
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
  • Ridin' on a Rainbow

Known For

  • Hail the Conquering Hero
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • It's Love I'm After
  • Honeymoon in Bali
  • One Rainy Afternoon
  • Affairs of Cappy Ricks
  • Ridin' on a Rainbow
  • Hooray for Love
  • Give My Regards to Broadway
  • Night Life in Reno
  • Bill Cracks Down
  • Navy Born
  • Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

Filmography

1950
1949
Bride for Sale · as Mrs. Willis
1949
1948
Unfaithfully Yours · as Dowager In Concert Box
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway · as Mrs. Waldron
1947
A Double Life · as Actress In "a Gentleman's Gentleman"
1947
High Wall · as Miss Twitchell
1947
Living in a Big Way · as Committee Woman
1947
1947
Nora Prentiss · as Grandma (uncredited)
1944
The Great Moment · as Mrs. Whitman
1944
Mr. Skeffington · as Mrs. Newton (uncredited)
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero · as Mrs. Truesmith
1943
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek · as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
1943
The Sky's the Limit · as Charwoman
1942
Gentleman Jim · as Mrs. Geary (uncredited)
1942
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy · as Boarder
1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer · as Mrs. Woverman
1942
Hello, Annapolis · as Aunt Arabella
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides · as Mrs. Oakey
1941
You Belong to Me · as Necktie Customer
1941
Blossoms in the Dust · as Sam's Secretary
1941
Manpower · as Head Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry · as Mrs. Georgia Whitley
1941
The Nurse's Secret · as Miss Griffin
1941
The Great Lie · as Mrs. Pine
1941
Ridin' on a Rainbow · as Mariah Bartlett
1940
Santa Fe Trail · as Officer's Wife At Party (uncredited)
1940
Nobody's Children · as Mrs. Helen Marshall
1940
Christmas in July · as Mrs. Macdonald
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters · as Mother In 'our American Cousin' (uncredited)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too · as Lady At The Theatre (uncredited)
1940
Babies for Sale · as Iris Talbot
1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady · as Mrs. Penyon
1939
Remember the Night · as Lee's Mother, Mrs. Malone
1939
Swanee River · as Ann Rowan
1939
A Child Is Born · as Mrs. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
1939
Tower of London · as Dowager
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Third Radio Speaker (uncredited)
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade · as Reporter
1939
Honeymoon in Bali · as Miss Stone
1939
No Place to Go · as Mrs. Bradford
1939
Juarez · as Lady In Waiting
1939
Dodge City · as Mrs. Irving
1939
Boy Trouble · as Mrs. Ungerleider
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Mrs. Frederick R. Updyke (uncredited)
1938
Women Are Like That · as Mrs. Amelia Brush
1938
Jezebel · as Mrs. Petion (uncredited)
1937
It's Love I'm After · as Mrs. Kane
1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks · as Mrs. Amanda Peasely
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Irate Townswoman (uncredited)
1937
Bill Cracks Down · as Mrs. Witworth
1937
Time Out for Romance · as Vera Blanchard
1936
Camille · as Streetwalker
1936
Sing Me a Love Song · as Department Store Bit
1936
Career Woman · as Bridge Player
1936
The White Angel · as Mrs. Nightingale
1936
Navy Born · as Aunt Minnie
1936
One Rainy Afternoon · as Cecile
1935
Valley of Wanted Men · as Mrs. Sanderson
1935
1935
The Crusades · as Nun
1935
She Married Her Boss · as Fitzpatrick
1935
Dante's Inferno · as Fortune Teller
1935
Hooray for Love · as Magenta P. Schultz
1935
Naughty Marietta · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1934
Evelyn Prentice · as Mrs. Newton - Party Guest
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo · as Mme. De Rosas
1934
1933
I Am Suzanne! · as Mama
1933
High Gear · as Taxicab Customer
1932
A Fool's Advice · as Dinner Guest
1931
Ambassador Bill · as Monte's Wife
1931
Night Life in Reno · as Catty Bridge Player
1930
Night Work · as Mrs. Ten Eyck

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