Ladies in Retirement (1941)
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In this taut, creepy melodrama, a housemaid works as the companion of an aging, retired British actress. One day the maid (Ida Lupino) is visited by her two looney half sisters. The actress finds the slightly mad sisters intolerable and demands that they leave. Unfortunately, the maid realizes that if the sisters are sent away they will end up involuntarily committed to an insane asylum and so the maid kills the actress and lets the sisters stay. Things go well until a suspicious relative shows up and starts to investigate. Nominated for Oscars for Best Interior Decoration and Best Score, Ladies in Retirement is based upon a stage play that was in turn based upon the true story from 1886. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Vidor
Synopsis of Ladies in Retirement
In this taut, creepy melodrama, a housemaid works as the companion of an aging, retired British actress. One day the maid (Ida Lupino) is visited by her two looney half sisters. The actress finds the slightly mad sisters intolerable and demands that they leave. Unfortunately, the maid realizes that if the sisters are sent away they will end up involuntarily committed to an insane asylum and so the maid kills the actress and lets the sisters stay. Things go well until a suspicious relative shows up and starts to investigate. Nominated for Oscars for Best Interior Decoration and Best Score, Ladies in Retirement is based upon a stage play that was in turn based upon the true story from 1886. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Ladies in Retirement
- Ida Lupino - Ellen Creed
- Evelyn Keyes - Lucy
- Edith Barrett - Louisa Creed
- Emma Dunn - Sister Theresa
- Clyde Cook - Bates
- Louis Hayward - Albert Feather
- Elsa Lanchester - Emily Creed
- Isobel Elsom - Leonora Fiske
- Queenie Leonard - Sister Agatha
- Director(s):
- Charles Vidor
- Writer(s):
- Edward Percy, Reginald Denham, Garrett Elsden Fort
- Producer(s):
- Lester Cowan
- 1941 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1941 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
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