Hilda Plowright


Biography

Hilda Plowright was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Plowright found her beginnings in film with roles in the David Niven crime picture "Raffles" (1940), the Joseph Cotten drama "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) and "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953). Plowright next focused her career on film, appearing in the drama "Until They Sail" (1957)...

Biography

Hilda Plowright was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Plowright found her beginnings in film with roles in the David Niven crime picture "Raffles" (1940), the Joseph Cotten drama "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942) and "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953). Plowright next focused her career on film, appearing in the drama "Until They Sail" (1957) with Jean Simmons, the dramatic adaptation "Separate Tables" (1958) with Rita Hayworth and the drama "Summer Magic" (1963) with Hayley Mills. She also appeared in the James Garner spy picture "36 Hours" (1964). Later in her career, Plowright acted in the Audrey Hepburn adaptation "My Fair Lady" (1964). Plowright passed away in October 1973 at the age of 83.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

36 Hours (1965)
German agent
Summer Magic (1963)
Mary
Separate Tables (1958)
Mabel
Darby's Rangers (1958)
Until They Sail (1957)
Moonfleet (1955)
Granny Tucker
Battle Cry (1955)
Mrs. Rogers
A Star Is Born (1954)
Funeral mourner
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Nursemaid
Thunder in the East (1953)
Mrs. Morrisey
The Company She Keeps (1951)
Victim
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Rhubarb (1951)
Katie
A Life of Her Own (1950)
Desk clerk
Cass Timberlane (1948)
Maid
The Woman in White (1948)
Woman attendant
The Imperfect Lady (1947)
Customer
Sister Kenny (1946)
Saleslady
Devotion (1946)
Elderly woman
Kitty (1946)
Mrs. Thickness
Wilson (1945)
Jeannette Rankin
The Fatal Witness (1945)
Lady Mong
The Suspect (1945)
Mrs. Margett
Confidential Agent (1945)
Miner's wife
Casanova Brown (1944)
English maid
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Mrs. Bellane #2's maid
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
Mrs. Merritt
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Maid
Now, Voyager (1942)
Justine
Random Harvest (1942)
Nurse
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Nurse
Shining Victory (1941)
Nurse
Suspicion (1941)
Postmistress
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Nurse
Queen of the Mob (1940)
Mrs. Milliken
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Miss Pimm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Librarian
The Women (1939)
Miss Fordyce
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Queen Elizabeth
The Little Princess (1939)
Nurse
Cafe Society (1939)
Maid
Television Spy (1939)
Amelia Sheldon
Raffles (1939)
Wilson
Partners of the Plains (1938)
Aunt Martha
Holiday (1938)
Woman in church

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