Rose Hobart

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1 maja 1906 — 29 sierpnia 2000 (94 years)
Rose Hobart (born Rose Kefer) was an American actress and Screen Actors Guild official. When Hobart was 15, she debuted professionally in Cappy Ricks, a Chautauqua production. She was accepted for the 18-week tour because she told officials that she was 18. At that same age, she was cast in Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, which opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobart's Broadway stage debut was on September 17, 1923 at the Knickerbocker Theater, playing a young girl in Lullaby. In 1925, she played Charmian in Caesar and Cleopatra.

Hobart was an original member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. In 1928, she made her London debut, playing Nona Rolf in The Comic Artist. During her career in theater, she toured with Noël Coward in The Vortex and was cast opposite Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows.

Her performance as Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday won her a Hollywood contract. Hobart appeared in more than 40 motion pictures over a 20-year period. Her first film role was the part of Julie in the first talking picture version of Liliom, made by Fox Film Corporation in 1930, starring Charles Farrell in the title role, and directed by Frank Borzage. Under contract to Universal, Hobart starred in A Lady Surrenders, East of Borneo, and Scandal for Sale. On loan to other studios, she appeared in Chances and Compromised. In 1931, she co-starred with Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's original film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She played the role of Muriel, Jekyll's fiancée. In 1936, Surrealist artist Joseph Cornell, who bought a print of East of Borneo to screen at home, became smitten with the actress, and cut out nearly all the parts that did not include her. He also showed the film at silent film speed and projected it through a blue-tinted lens. He named the resulting work Rose Hobart. Hobart often played the "other woman" in movies during the 1940s, with her last major film role in Bride of Vengeance.

The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Hobart in 1949, effectively ending her career. She believed that she first came to the attention of anti-Communist activists because of her commitment to improving working conditions for actors in Hollywood.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Make Room for Daddy
    Make Room for Daddy2 seasons
  • Nothing But the Truth
    Nothing But the Truth1941

Known For

  • Dr Jekyll i Mr Hyde
    Dr Jekyll i Mr Hyde1931
  • Konflikt
    Konflikt1945
  • Rose Hobart
    Rose Hobart1936
  • Córka farmera
    Córka farmera1947
  • Cass Timberlane
    Cass Timberlane1947
  • Susan i Bóg
    Susan i Bóg1940
  • Chances
    Chances1931
  • The Brighton Strangler
    The Brighton Strangler1945
  • The Mad Ghoul
    The Mad Ghoul1943
  • Nothing But the Truth
    Nothing But the Truth1941
  • Mr. and Mrs. North
    Mr. and Mrs. North1942
  • No Hands on the Clock
    No Hands on the Clock1941
  • The Cat Creeps
    The Cat Creeps1946
  • The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case
    The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case1943
  • Convention Girl
    Convention Girl1935
  • The Shadow Laughs
    The Shadow Laughs1933
  • Singapore Woman
    Singapore Woman1941

Filmography

1971
1970
Dan August · as Servant
1969
Night Gallery · as Mrs. Hugo (segment "the Dear Departed")
1967
The Invaders · as Housekeeper - Irma
1965
The F.B.I. · as Molly Ferguson
1964
Peyton Place · as Mary
1964
Another World · as Amy Halloway
1955
Gunsmoke · as Melanie Karcher
1953
Make Room for Daddy · as Sister MargaretNa Plex
1949
Bride of Vengeance · as Lady Eleanora
1948
Mickey · as Lydia Matthews
1947
Cass Timberlane · as Diantha Marl
1947
The Trouble with Women · as Agnes Meeler
1947
The Farmer's Daughter · as Virginia Thatcher
1946
Canyon Passage · as Marta Lestrade
1946
The Cat Creeps · as Connie Palmer
1946
Claudia and David · as Edith Dexter
1945
The Brighton Strangler · as Dorothy Kent
1945
Isle of the Dead · as Mary St. Aubyn (in Long Shot; Uncredited)
1945
Conflict · as Kathryn Mason
1944
The Soul of a Monster · as Lilyan Gregg
1944
Song of the Open Road · as Mrs. Powell
1943
The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case · as Mrs. Diana Burns
1943
The Mad Ghoul · as Della Elliott, Reporter
1943
Swing Shift Maisie · as Lead Woman (uncredited)
1943
Salute to the Marines · as Mrs. Carson
1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack · as Trudy Muller, Aka Fraulein Von Teufel
1942
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler? · as Alma Pearce
1942
Mr. and Mrs. North · as Carol Brent
1942
A Gentleman at Heart · as Claire Barrington
1941
No Hands on the Clock · as Mrs. Marion West
1941
Lady Be Good · as Mrs. Carter Wardley
1941
Nothing But the Truth · as Mrs. Harriet DonnellyNa Plex
1941
I'll Sell My Life · as Dale Layden
1941
Singapore Woman · as Alice North
1941
Ziegfeld Girl · as Mrs. Merton
1940
A Night at Earl Carroll's · as Ramona Lisa
1940
Susan and God · as Irene
1940
Wolf of New York · as Peggy Nolan
1939
Tower of London · as Anne Neville
1936
Rose Hobart · as Woman (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1935
Convention Girl · as Cynthia 'babe' Laval
1933
The Shadow Laughs · as Ruth Hackett
1932
Scandal for Sale · as Claire Strong
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Muriel Carew
1931
East of Borneo · as Linda Rudolph
1931
Chances · as Molly Prescott
1930
Liliom · as Julie

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