Mildred Natwick
Biography: Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actress. In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in Barefoot in the Park. She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1957 and 1972 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries The Snoop Sisters, opposite Helen Hayes. Natwick began performing on the stage at age 21 with "The Vagabonds", a non-professional theatre group in Baltimore. She soon joined the University Players on Cape Cod. Natwick made her Broadway debut in 1932 playing Mrs. Noble in Frank McGrath’s play Carry Nation, about the famous temperance crusader Carrie Nation. Throughout the 1930s she starred in a number of plays, frequently collaborating with friend and actor-director-playwright Joshua Logan. On Broadway, she played "Prossy" in Katharine Cornell's production of Candida. She made her film debut in John Ford's The Long Voyage Home as a Cockney slattern, and portrayed the landlady in The Enchanted Cottage (1945). Natwick is remembered for small but memorable roles in several John Ford film classics, including 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Quiet Man (1952). She played Miss Ivy Gravely, in Alfred Hitchcock's Trouble with Harry (1955), and a sorceress in The Court Jester (1956). Natwick in the film The Trouble with Harry in 1955 She continued to appear onstage, and made regular guest appearances in television series. She was twice nominated for Tony Awards: in 1957 for The Waltz of the Toreadors, the same year she also starred in Tammy and the Bachelor with Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen and in 1972 for the musical 70 Girls 70. She returned to film in Barefoot in the Park (1967) as the mother of the character played by Jane Fonda. The role earned Natwick her only Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting actress. One of Natwick's memorable roles was in The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972), which starred Jason Robards and Lisa Lucas. The program's success spawned three sequels: The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise, and Addie and The King of Hearts. In 1971, Natwick co-starred with Helen Hayes in the ABC Movie of the Week, Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate, in which their characters worked together as amateur sleuths. The success of that telefilm resulted in a 1973-74 series, also called The Snoop Sisters, which was part of The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie. For her performance, Natwick won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 1981, Natwick joined Hayes as the first members of the Board of Advisors to the Riverside Shakespeare Company. Both attended and supported several fund raisers for that off-Broadway theatre company. She guest-starred on such television series as McMillan & Wife, Family, Alice, The Love Boat, Hawaii Five-O, The Bob Newhart Show, and Murder, She Wrote. She made her final film appearance at the age of 83 in the 1988 historical drama Dangerous Liaisons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mildred Natwick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 19, 1905
Deathday: October 25, 1994
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Dangerous Liaisons
1988-12-21
Dangerous Liaisons
Overview: In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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The Quiet Man
1952-07-21
The Quiet Man
Overview: An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-21
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Daisy Miller
1974-05-22
Daisy Miller
Overview: Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-22
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At Long Last Love
1975-03-01
At Long Last Love
Overview: Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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The Trouble with Harry
1955-10-03
The Trouble with Harry
Overview: When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-03
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The Power and the Glory
1963-05-31
The Power and the Glory
Overview: Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant determined to capture him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-31
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969-04-24
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Overview: A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
Genres: Romance Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-24
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The Court Jester
1955-12-24
The Court Jester
Overview: A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-24
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The Snoop Sisters
1972-12-18
The Snoop Sisters
Overview: A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-18
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Overview: On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-22
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3 Godfathers
1948-12-31
3 Godfathers
Overview: Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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The Enchanted Cottage
1945-04-28
The Enchanted Cottage
Overview: A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-28
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Yolanda and the Thief
1945-11-22
Yolanda and the Thief
Overview: Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "angel", gains her unquestioning confidence, and helps himself to the deluded girl's millions. Just as he and his partner are about to flee Patria with their booty, Riggs realizes he has fallen in love with the girl and returns the money, together with a note that is part confession and part love letter. But the larcenous duo's escape from Patria turns out to be more difficult than they could ever have imagined.
Genres: Music Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-22
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Against All Flags
1952-12-24
Against All Flags
Overview: A British naval officer fights pirates in Madagascar.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-24
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Barefoot in the Park
1967-05-25
Barefoot in the Park
Overview: In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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The Long Voyage Home
1940-11-16
The Long Voyage Home
Overview: The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-16
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The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972-12-03
The House Without a Christmas Tree
Overview: A young girl named Addie, living in Nebraska in 1946 wants nothing more for the holidays than a Christmas tree, but her widowed father, is bitter and refuses due to events from the family's past.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-03
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Teenage Rebel
1956-11-01
Teenage Rebel
Overview: Nancy Fallon gets her teenage daughter back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-01
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A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02
A Woman's Vengeance
Overview: A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-02
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The Kissing Bandit
1948-11-14
The Kissing Bandit
Overview: Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".
Genres: Western Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-14
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The Late George Apley
1947-03-19
The Late George Apley
Overview: George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-19
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Trilogy
1969-06-08
Trilogy
Overview: Trilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among the Paths to Eden and A Christmas Memory. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-08
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Money to Burn
1973-10-27
Money to Burn
Overview: A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches a scheme to swap them for real money.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-27
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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971-11-09
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Overview: Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-09
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Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31
Cheaper by the Dozen
Overview: "Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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Maid in America
1982-09-22
Maid in America
Overview: An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-22
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You Can't Take it With You
1979-05-16
You Can't Take it With You
Overview: Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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The Maltese Bippy
1969-06-18
The Maltese Bippy
Overview: A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-18
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Blithe Spirit
1956-01-14
Blithe Spirit
Overview: Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-14
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The Easter Promise
1975-03-26
The Easter Promise
Overview: Addie and her friends are excited over the visit of a celebrity, a local woman who became a successful Broadway actress and has returned home for a short time following the death of her mother. She brings the woman home for the family Easter celebration, and the little girl's concern and kindness help the woman see the promise of better days ahead.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-26
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Eloise
1956-11-22
Eloise
Overview: It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-22
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Addie and the King of Hearts
1976-02-25
Addie and the King of Hearts
Overview: Addie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-25
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Tammy and the Bachelor
1957-06-14
Tammy and the Bachelor
Overview: An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-14
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The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973-11-18
The Thanksgiving Treasure
Overview: Addie tries to invite her father's sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending their long-standing feud.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-18
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Kiss Me Goodbye
1982-12-22
Kiss Me Goodbye
Overview: Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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Deadly Deception
1987-03-08
Deadly Deception
Overview: Laurie Shoat, a young mother, struggling with post-partum depression, is found dead and her baby is missing. The police assume it was a murder-suicide, but her husband Jack isn't convinced. He believes that his baby may still be alive and begins a search to clear his wife's name and to find the infant.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-08
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Arsenic & Old Lace
1962-02-05
Arsenic & Old Lace
Overview: 1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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