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{{Short description|American actress (1905–1989)}} |
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| name = Betty Garde |
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| birth_name = Katharine Elizabeth Garde |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|09|19|mf=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|12|25|1905|09|19|mf=yes}} |
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| death_place = [[Sherman Oaks, California]], U.S. |
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| resting_place = Westminster Cemetery, [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]] |
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| alma_mater = [[University of Pennsylvania]] |
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| years_active = 1925–1971 |
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'''Katharine Elizabeth |
'''Katharine Elizabeth Garde'''<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/28/obituaries/betty-garde-84-dies-actress-in-oklahoma.html|title=Betty Garde, 84, Dies; Actress in 'Oklahoma!'|date=December 28, 1989|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=June 8, 2009}}</ref> (September 19, 1905 – December 25, 1989) was an American stage, radio, film and television actress. |
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==Early years== |
==Early years== |
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Born in Philadelphia, |
Born in Philadelphia, Garde was starring in productions of South Philadelphia's Broadway Players by age 15. She attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=ot/> |
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==Stage== |
==Stage== |
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On the stage since the early 1920s, Garde made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut as Alma Borden in ''Easy Come, Easy Go'' ( |
On the stage since the early 1920s, Garde made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut as Alma Borden in ''Easy Come, Easy Go'' (1925–1926) and played character roles in productions including ''The Social Register'' (1931–1932) and ''The Primrose Path'' (1939). A tall woman, standing 5'10", she was cast as Aunt Eller in the original 1943 Broadway production of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' She also portrayed Mrs. Gordon in ''Agatha Sue, I Love You'' (1966).<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Betty Garde|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/71410/Betty-Garde|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=14 January 2016}}</ref> |
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==Radio== |
==Radio== |
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After joining [[CBS]] in 1933,<ref name=ot/> Garde began to work extensively in radio, performing on some three dozen shows including ''[[Lorenzo Jones]]'', ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'', ''[[The Big Story (radio and TV series)|The Big Story]]'', ''The [[Eddie Cantor]] Show'' (on which she played "all the women roles"),<ref name=ot>{{cite news|title=Betty Garde Is Happy These Days; Cantor Calls Her a Great Actress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4036908/oakland_tribune/| |
After joining [[CBS]] in 1933,<ref name=ot/> Garde began to work extensively in radio, performing on some three dozen shows including ''[[Lorenzo Jones]]'', ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'', ''[[The Big Story (radio and TV series)|The Big Story]]'', ''The [[Eddie Cantor]] Show'' (on which she played "all the women roles"),<ref name=ot>{{cite news|title=Betty Garde Is Happy These Days; Cantor Calls Her a Great Actress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4036908/oakland_tribune/|newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date=April 12, 1936|publisher=Tribune Publishing Company|location=Oakland, California|page=83|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[Front Page Farrell]]'', ''[[Maudie Mason|Maudie's Diary]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (radio)|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[The United States Steel Hour#Theatre Guild on the Air|Theatre Guild on the Air]]'' and ''[[The Fat Man (radio)|The Fat Man]]''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-27/news/mn-896_1_betty-garde|title=Betty Garde, 84; Radio Actress Also Played Broadway, Films|date=December 27, 1989|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> In 1934 Garde worked with [[Orson Welles]] on the [[CBS Radio]] series ''The American School of the Air'', and she later performed in Welles' radio series including ''[[Les Misérables (radio series)|Les Misérables]]'', ''[[The Mercury Theatre on the Air]]'', ''[[The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)|The Campbell Playhouse]]'' and ''[[Ceiling Unlimited]]''.<ref name="Welles TIOW">{{cite book|first1=Orson|last1=Welles|authorlink1=Orson Welles|first2=Peter|last2=Bogdanovich|authorlink2=Peter Bogdanovich|editor-first=Jonathan|editor-last=Rosenbaum|editor-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum|title=[[This is Orson Welles]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|location=New York City|date=1992|ISBN=0-06-016616-9|pages=331, 338, 357, 376}}</ref> |
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==Film== |
==Film== |
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Garde's first three credited film roles are in the early [[Sound film|"talkies"]] ''[[The Lady Lies]]'' (1929), ''Damaged Love'' (1930), and ''[[Queen High]]'' (1930).<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/68448|20396/Betty-Garde/filmography.html "Betty Garde" |
Garde's first three credited [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] film roles are in the early [[Sound film|"talkies"]] ''[[The Lady Lies (film)|The Lady Lies]]'' (1929), ''Damaged Love'' (1930), and ''[[Queen High]]'' (1930).<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/68448|20396/Betty-Garde/filmography.html "Betty Garde"], filmography, [[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, New York, N.Y. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref> Among her more notable later performances are in the [[film noir]] productions ''[[Call Northside 777]]'' (1948), in which she plays a prosecution witness whose testimony convicts an innocent man; in ''[[Cry of the City]]'' (1948) as Miss Pruett; and in ''[[Caged (1950 film)|Caged]]'' (1950), as a murderous prison inmate.<ref name="latimes"/> |
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==Television== |
==Television== |
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Her television credits include appearances on ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' as the Kramdens' maid, Thelma; on ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' as a farmer, Aggie Larkin; and on two episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', including "[[The Midnight Sun]]" |
Her television credits include playing Belle Starr on the January 27, 1952 episode of ''[[The Gabby Hayes Show]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/511038686/?terms=%22Sunday%20Gabby%20Hayes%22 Gabby Hayes Show to Tell Stories of Fabled Adventures, Sioux City Journal, January 20, 1952, page 25]</ref> Garde also made appearances on ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' as the Kramdens' maid, Thelma; on ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' as a farmer, Aggie Larkin; and on two episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', including "[[The Midnight Sun (The Twilight Zone)|The Midnight Sun]]", opposite [[Lois Nettleton]]. |
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... Noted... also played maid in ,"The Untouchables" episode starring Elizabeth Montgomery in "The Rusty Heller Story"... |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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Betty Garde died December 25, 1989,<ref name=rs> |
Betty Garde died December 25, 1989,<ref name=rs>{{cite book|first=Thomas A.|last=DeLong|date=1996|title=Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|ISBN=978-0-7864-2834-2|page=103}}</ref> at the age of 84 in a hospital in [[Sherman Oaks, California]]. No cause was given and there were no immediate survivors.<ref name=nytimes /> Her body was returned to her home state of Pennsylvania and interred at Westminster Cemetery in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania|Bala Cynwyd]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Sissy|last=Sydney|date=2012|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91695341/betty-garde|title=Betty Garde|website=[[Find a Grave]]|publisher=[[Ancestry.com]]|location=Lehi, Utah|accessdate=January 8, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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==Selected filmography== |
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| ''[[The Big Story (1949 TV series)|The Big Story]]'' |
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| Annie |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/exhibits/leadingrole/garde.html Betty Garde Digital Gallery at the University of Maryland Library] |
*[http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/exhibits/leadingrole/garde.html Betty Garde Digital Gallery at the University of Maryland Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619015328/http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/exhibits/leadingrole/garde.html |date=2016-06-19 }} |
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*[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/512 Betty Garde papers] at the University of Maryland Library |
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[[Category:20th-century American actresses]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:43, 13 March 2024
Betty Garde | |
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Born | Katharine Elizabeth Garde September 19, 1905 |
Died | December 25, 1989 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
Resting place | Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1925–1971 |
Spouse |
Frank Lennon
(m. 1943; died 1987) |
Katharine Elizabeth Garde[1] (September 19, 1905 – December 25, 1989) was an American stage, radio, film and television actress.
Early years
[edit]Born in Philadelphia, Garde was starring in productions of South Philadelphia's Broadway Players by age 15. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Stage
[edit]On the stage since the early 1920s, Garde made her Broadway debut as Alma Borden in Easy Come, Easy Go (1925–1926) and played character roles in productions including The Social Register (1931–1932) and The Primrose Path (1939). A tall woman, standing 5'10", she was cast as Aunt Eller in the original 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma! She also portrayed Mrs. Gordon in Agatha Sue, I Love You (1966).[3][4]
Radio
[edit]After joining CBS in 1933,[2] Garde began to work extensively in radio, performing on some three dozen shows including Lorenzo Jones, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, The Big Story, The Eddie Cantor Show (on which she played "all the women roles"),[2] Front Page Farrell, Maudie's Diary, Perry Mason, Theatre Guild on the Air and The Fat Man.[3] In 1934 Garde worked with Orson Welles on the CBS Radio series The American School of the Air, and she later performed in Welles' radio series including Les Misérables, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, The Campbell Playhouse and Ceiling Unlimited.[5]
Film
[edit]Garde's first three credited Hollywood film roles are in the early "talkies" The Lady Lies (1929), Damaged Love (1930), and Queen High (1930).[6] Among her more notable later performances are in the film noir productions Call Northside 777 (1948), in which she plays a prosecution witness whose testimony convicts an innocent man; in Cry of the City (1948) as Miss Pruett; and in Caged (1950), as a murderous prison inmate.[3]
Television
[edit]Her television credits include playing Belle Starr on the January 27, 1952 episode of The Gabby Hayes Show.[7] Garde also made appearances on The Honeymooners as the Kramdens' maid, Thelma; on The Real McCoys as a farmer, Aggie Larkin; and on two episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "The Midnight Sun", opposite Lois Nettleton. ... Noted... also played maid in ,"The Untouchables" episode starring Elizabeth Montgomery in "The Rusty Heller Story"...
Death
[edit]Betty Garde died December 25, 1989,[8] at the age of 84 in a hospital in Sherman Oaks, California. No cause was given and there were no immediate survivors.[1] Her body was returned to her home state of Pennsylvania and interred at Westminster Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd.[9]
Filmography
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1929 | The Lady Lies | Hilda Pearson | |
1930 | Queen High | Florence Cole | |
1931 | Damaged Love | Madge Sloan | |
The Girl Habit | Hattie Henry | ||
1948 | Call Northside 777 | Wanda Skutnik | Alternative title: Calling Northside 777 |
Cry of the City | Miss Pruett | ||
1950 | Caged | Kitty Stark | |
1951 | The Prince Who Was a Thief | Mirza | |
1955 | One Desire | Mrs. O'Dell | |
1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Miss Bettenhausen | |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1950 | The Big Story | Annie | 1 episode |
1950–1951 | Suspense | 3 episodes | |
1950 | The Big Story | Annie | 1 episode |
1950–1951 | Suspense | 3 episodes | |
1952 | The Gabby Hayes Show | Belle Starr | 1 episode |
1955 | The Honeymooners | Thelma | 1 episode |
1955–1959 | The United States Steel Hour | Mom Mrs. Flynn |
2 episodes |
1956 | General Electric Theater | Annie | 1 episode |
The Edge of Night | Mattie Lane Grimsley | Unknown episodes | |
1957 | Decoy | Landlady | 1 episode |
1957–1959 | As the World Turns | Miss Tyler | Unknown episodes |
1959 | Mr. Lucky | Maybelle Towers | 1 episode |
1959–1960 | The Real McCoys | Aggie Larkin | 2 episodes |
The Untouchables | Norma Guzik Alice |
2 episodes | |
1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Mrs. Andrews | 1 episode |
Adventures in Paradise | Queen Atea | 1 episode | |
1961 | The Islanders | Mme. Arbedutian | 1 episode |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | The Flowerwoman | 1 episode | |
Checkmate | Sara | 1 episode | |
Route 66 | Lydia Sullivan | 1 episode | |
The Twilight Zone | Passenger Mrs. Bronson |
2 episodes | |
1962 | Ben Casey | Florabelle Hanks | 1 episode |
Car 54, Where Are You? | Ma Dearheart | 1 episode | |
1971 | All the Way Home | Aunt Sadie Follet | Television movie |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Betty Garde, 84, Dies; Actress in 'Oklahoma!'". The New York Times. 28 December 1989. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Betty Garde Is Happy These Days; Cantor Calls Her a Great Actress". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California: Tribune Publishing Company. 12 April 1936. p. 83. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Betty Garde, 84; Radio Actress Also Played Broadway, Films". Los Angeles Times. 27 December 1989. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Betty Garde". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Welles, Orson; Bogdanovich, Peter (1992). Rosenbaum, Jonathan (ed.). This is Orson Welles. New York City: HarperCollins. pp. 331, 338, 357, 376. ISBN 0-06-016616-9.
- ^ "Betty Garde", filmography, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, New York, N.Y. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Gabby Hayes Show to Tell Stories of Fabled Adventures, Sioux City Journal, January 20, 1952, page 25
- ^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2.
- ^ Sydney, Sissy (2012). "Betty Garde". Find a Grave. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Betty Garde at the Internet Broadway Database
- Betty Garde at IMDb
- Betty Garde at the TCM Movie Database
- Betty Garde Digital Gallery at the University of Maryland Library Archived 2016-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Betty Garde papers at the University of Maryland Library