Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood

Birthday: 1879-11-28

Place of Birth: Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now Dublin, Republic of Ireland]

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Ellen Allgood (29 November 1879 – 13 September 1950) was an Irish actress who held both Irish and American citizenship. She first studied drama with the Irish nationalist Daughters of Ireland and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society. In 1904, she had her first big role in Spreading the News and was a full-time actress the following year. In 1915, she toured Australia and New Zealand as the lead in Peg o' My Heart. Her acting career continued in Dublin, London, and the U.S. She appeared in a number of films, most notably being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley. She became an American citizen in 1945 and died of a heart attack in 1950.

Movies

Blackmail
Blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his ...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, ...

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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...

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The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer....

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Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds

Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it beco...

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The Lodger
The Lodger

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lo...

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How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn...

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight ...

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The Fabulous Dorseys
The Fabulous Dorseys

The story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey from their boyhood in Pennsylvania through their rise, their bre...

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That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir Willi...

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Ivy
Ivy

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do...

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Challenge to Lassie
Challenge to Lassie

When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spa...

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Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock

In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses af...

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The Keys of the Kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christ...

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Cluny Brown
Cluny Brown

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country es...

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Lydia
Lydia

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home ...

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Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and...

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Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audienc...

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It's Love Again
It's Love Again

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip c...

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Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to a...

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This Above All
This Above All

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi...

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Sierra
Sierra

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wa...

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The Man from Texas
The Man from Texas

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and th...

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought dow...

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Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen

"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Provi...

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My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott....

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City Without Men
City Without Men

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to...

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The Accused
The Accused

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense....

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Crime Unlimited
Crime Unlimited

A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves....

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Lazybones
Lazybones

Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a ...

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On the Night of the Fire
On the Night of the Fire

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder....

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Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea

In this story of Western Ireland, the most famous work of Irelands greatest dramatist JOHN MILLINGTO...

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back
The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a ...

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Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen

Kathleen O'Moore returns to her home in rural Ireland and becomes torn between the affections of Mic...

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The Fortunate Fool
The Fortunate Fool

A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, toge...

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It Happened in Flatbush
It Happened in Flatbush

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is...

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The Sky’s the Limit
The Sky’s the Limit

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his frie...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
The War Against Mrs. Hadley

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the...

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One Touch of Venus
One Touch of Venus

A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life....

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Lily of Killarney
Lily of Killarney

Set in Ireland, a poor knight's rival frames him for murder in this musical based on 'Colleen Bawn'....

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Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tyco...

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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil

A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance....

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Peg of Old Drury
Peg of Old Drury

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Face...

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Kitty
Kitty

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gai...

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The Girl from Manhattan
The Girl from Manhattan

A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that h...

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Southern Roses
Southern Roses

A musical comedy of false identities....

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