Song of the South
1949
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Watson was primarily a stage actress, appearing in 39 Broadway plays. [3] In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas. [4]
Lucile Watson was a versatile stage and film actress who played many matriarchal roles in Hollywood classics. She was born in Quebec, Canada in 1879 and died in New York in 1962, after a long career and a nomination for Watch on the Rhine.
- January 1, 1
- Québec City, Québec, Canada
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Lucile Watson. Actress: Watch on the Rhine. Unsmiling character player Lucile Watson was one of Hollywood's most indomitable mothers of the 1930s and 1940s...and you can take that both ways. The archetypal matriarch who enhanced scores of plush, soapy, Victorian-styled drama, her prickly pears could be insufferable indeed and heaven help anyone ...
- May 27, 1879
- June 24, 1962
Watson was primarily a stage actress, appearing in 39 Broadway plays. In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas.
- Woman
- Quebec, Canada
- Actress
- May 27, 1879
Lucile Watson, a character actress, who was famed for her portrayal of formidable dowagers and crotchety matriarchs, died yesterday in Doctors Hospital. Her age was 83.
May 27, 2020 · Lucile Watson (1879-1962) was one of those actresses we think of as only having ever been old, for almost the entirety of her screen career took place during the 20 year period 1934-1954, when she was between the ages of 55 and 75.
Lucile Watson was a Canadian-born actress who appeared in many Broadway plays and Hollywood movies. She played Miss Doshy, the stubborn grandmother, in Song of the South, and was nominated for an Oscar for Watch on the Rhine.
