Connie Gilchrist

Connie Gilchrist
Born	Rose Constance Gilchrist February 6, 1901(1901-02-06) Brooklyn, New York
Died	March 3, 1985(1985-03-03) (aged 84) California
Occupation	American film, TV and stage actress
Years active	1940–1969
Spouse	Edwin O'Hanlon (1922-19??) 1 daughter

Connie Gilchrist (February 6, 1901 – March 3, 1985) was a stage, film and television character actress.

Born Rose Constance Gilchrist in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Martha Daniels, was an actress and she followed in her mother's footsteps, making her stage debut in London, aged sixteen.

She eventually made her way to Hollywood, where she was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to a ten-year contract in 1939. After playing Purity Pinker in the 1954 film Long John Silver, she reprised her role, as did Robert Newton, in the television series The Adventures of Long John Silver. She is perhaps best known today for her role as Norah Muldoon in the 1958 film Auntie Mame.

She married Edward O'Hanlon in 1922; they had one daughter. Connie Gilchrist died on March 3, 1985, aged 84.

Partial filmography

• Hullabaloo (1940)
• Barnacle Bill (1941)
• Johnny Eager (1942)
• Tortilla Flat (1942)
• Grand Central Murder (1942)
• Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
• Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
• The Heavenly Body (1944)
• Rationing (1944)
• Nothing but Trouble (1944)
• Junior Miss (1945)
• Bad Bascomb (1946)
• The Hucksters (1947)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947)
• Act of Violence (1948)
• The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
• Luxury Liner (1948)
• Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Little Women (1949)
• Louisa (1950)
• Stars in My Crown (1950)
• Thunder on the Hill (1951)
• One Big Affair (1951)
• Houdini (1953)
• It Should Happen to You (1954)
• The Far Country (1954)
• Long John Silver (1954)
• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
• Some Came Running (1958)
• Auntie Mame (1958)
• The Interns (1962)
• The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
• A House Is Not a Home (1964)
• The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
• Tickle Me (1965)

External links

• Connie Gilchrist at the Internet Movie Database
• Connie Gilchrist at the Internet Broadway Database