Andrea King
| Andrea King | |
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| Born | Georgette André Barry February 1, 1919 Paris, France |
| Died | April 22, 2003 (aged 84) |
| Years active | 1940–1994 |
| Spouse | Nat Willis (1940-1970) (his death) 1 child |
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| http://www.andreaking.com/index.html | |
Andrea King (February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003) was an American film and stage actress. She was sometimes billed as Georgette McKee.
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[edit] Early life
Andrea King was born Georgette André Barry in Paris, France. At two months old, she moved with her mother to the United States and was raised in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, and Palm Beach, Florida.[1]
[edit] Career
Andrea King appeared in Broadway plays and other theater work before appearing in The March of Time's first feature-length film entitled The Ramparts We Watch (1940). In 1944, she signed with Warner Bros. and changed her stage name to King (some of her early movies have her credited as Georgette McKee - her stepfather's name). King appeared uncredited in the Bette Davis film, Mr. Skeffington (1944) and went on to do another ten movies in the next three years. King was originally cast to play Dr. Lilith Ritter in Edmund Goulding's film noir classic Nightmare Alley, but she choose instead a memorable role as sophisticated Marjorie Lundeen in Ride the Pink Horse (1947).
[edit] Awards
The Warner Bros. studio photographers voted Andrea the most photogenic actress for the year 1945.
[edit] Television
In the 1960s and 1970s, most of her acting work was on television.
[edit] Partial filmography
- The Very Thought of You (1944)
- God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
- The Man I Love (1947)
- Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
- Dial 1119 (1950)
- I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
- The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
- Prescription: Murder (1968) (The first Columbo TV movie pilot)
[edit] References
- ^ Schneider, Paul Miles. Biography, The official Andrea King Website. Accessed June 18, 2009. "A few years later, after settling in New York, Belle consented to marry Douglas McKee, the Vice President of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, and the threesome moved into a large house in Forest Hills, Long Island."
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andrea King |
- Official web site
- Andrea King at the Internet Movie Database
- Andrea King at the Internet Broadway Database (as Georgette McKee)
- Andrea King at AllRovi
- Andrea King at Find a Grave
