Florence Eldridge
| Florence Eldridge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Florence McKechnie September 5, 1901 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923–78 |
| Spouse(s) | Fredric March (m. 1927–75) (his death) 2 children |
Florence Eldridge (September 5, 1901, Brooklyn, New York – August 1, 1988, Long Beach, California) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in Play in 1957 for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night.
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Early years
Born Florence McKechnie in Brooklyn, Eldridge attended public schools there.[1]
Stage
Eldridge made her Broadway debut at age 17 as a chorus member of Rock-a-Bye Baby at the Astor Theatre.[1]
In 1965, she and husband Fredric March did a world tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. Eldridge wrote that they were "experimenting to see if an acting couple doing excerpts from plays on a bare stage could reach and appeal to a worldwide audience."[2]
Personal life
Eldridge was married to fellow performer Fredric March from 1927 until his death in 1975, and often appeared alongside him on stage and in films.
Death
She died of a heart attack aged 86. She was buried alongside her husband at the March Estate in New Milford, Connecticut.
Partial credits
Stage
- The Cat and the Canary
- Six Characters in Search of an Author
- An Enemy of the People
- Long Day's Journey Into Night
- The Skin of Our Teeth
Screen
- Six Cylinder Love (1923)
- The Greene Murder Case (1929)
- The Divorcee (1930)
- Thirteen Women (1932)
- The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
- The Great Jasper (1933)
- A Modern Hero (1934)
- Les Misérables (1935)
- Mary of Scotland (1936)
- Another Part of the Forest (1948)
- An Act of Murder (1948)
- Inherit the Wind (1960)
Radio appearances
| Year | Program | Episode/source |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Star Playhouse | There Shall Be No Night[3] |
References
External links
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- Florence Eldridge at the Internet Movie Database
- Florence Eldridge at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Florence Eldridge at Find a Grave
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