Ever wonder what happens when boys start to play with toys they are curious about but are not sure how to use? Watch as these twinks start out by span…
Constance Cummings, CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage.
Born Constance Halverstadt in Seattle, Washington to Dallas Halverstadt and Kate Cummings, she began as a stage actress, landing her first role on Broadway by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Sam Goldwyn, who brought her to Hollywood in 1931.
Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra. She was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy MBE from 1933 until his death in 1973. Levy went on to write and direct films for Cummings, such as The Jealous God (1939); he also served in the United Kingdom Parliament from 1945-50 as the Labour MP for Eton and Slough. They had a son and a daughter.
Cummings was uncomfortable in Hollywood and moved to England, where she continued acting, both in movies and on the stage. Few of these films became popular in America, although included amongst those that did is Blithe Spirit, adapted from a play by Sir Noël Coward.
In 1974, Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry.
She played Mary Tyrone in the Royal National Theatre’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, to great acclaim. She later recreated the role for a television version. In 1979, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in the role in the play Wings (written by Arthur Kopit) of Emily Stilson, a former aviator who has suffered a stroke, from which she struggles to recover.
She was a committee member of the Royal Court Theatre and the Arts Council. Despite her truncated career in the U.S., she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6211 Hollywood Blvd.
Constance Cummings Levy died on November 23, 2005 at the age of 95.
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Constance Cummings Biography / Wiki
Name
Constance Cummings
Also Know
Gender
Female
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Date of Birth
1910-05-15
Age(as in 2022)
95
Deathday
2005-11-23
Constance Cummings Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Joan Whelan
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan’s famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a star…
Heads We Go
Betty Smith / Dorothy Kay
1933-07-28
A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star….
Wings
Emily Stilson
1983-04-26
An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke….
Late Summer
Helga
1963-07-07
Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time t…
Behind the Mask
Julie Arnold
1932-02-25
A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets….
Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery …
Night After Night
Miss Jerry Healy
1932-10-30
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl….
Movie Crazy
Mary Sears
1932-09-23
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood….
Somewhere In France
Anne Stafford
1942-06-22
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment….
The Mind Reader
Sylvia
1933-04-01
Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 m…
Busman’s Honeymoon
Harriet Vane
1940-07-22
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the ol…
Channel Crossing
Marion Slade
1933-10-14
Money isn’t everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value sys…
This Man Is Mine
Francesca Harper
1934-04-13
The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, drama-queen ex-wife visits….
The Guilty Generation
Maria Palmero
1931-11-19
The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents’ notoriety….
The Big Timer
Honey Baldwin
1932-03-10
Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame….
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone
1973-03-10
On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone’s wife Mary, the illnes…
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Alice Wylie
1932-10-15
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton……
Glamour
Linda Fayne
1934-04-09
…
Dead Man’s Folly
Amy Folliatt
1986-01-08
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an “expert”, a real murder occurs….
Sammy Going South
Gloria van Imhoff
1963-03-18
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South …
The Criminal Code
Mary Brady
1930-12-31
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 year…
The Battle of the Sexes
Angela Barrows
1960-02-25
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets…
Remember Last Night?
Carlotta Milburn
1935-10-28
After a night of wild partying at a friend’s house, a couple wake up to discover the party’s host has been murdered in his bed….
The Intimate Stranger
Kay Wallace
1956-06-01
Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss’s…
Looking for Trouble
Ethel Greenwood
1934-03-28
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes’s girl Ethel’s boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and lef…
John and Julie
Mrs. Davidson
1955-07-26
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth….
This England
Ann
1941-07-22
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne’r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1…
Attorney for the Defense
Ruth Barry
1932-05-21
A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man….
Traveling Husbands
Ellen Wilson
1931-08-15
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit….
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Doris Masterson
1933-01-06
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss’s daughter….
The Last Parade
Molly Pearson
1931-01-01
During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer….
Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France – their only crew, the skipper-own…
In the Cool of the Day
Mrs. Nina Gellert
1963-05-29
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband’s ex-colleague who…
