Audrey Christie
Audrey Christie
On stage since 1943, American actress Audrey Christie entered films with 1952's Deadline USA. She settled into a series of brittle roles as "other women," supercilious society dragons, or blowsy older ladies whom the younger hero had unwisely taken up with. Examples of Christie's screen personae include her performance in Carousel (1956) as Mrs. Mullins, the employer and erstwhile lover of ne'er-do-well carney barker Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae). In 1961's Splendor in the Grass, Christie was the frustrated, authoritarian mother of mixed-up teenager Natalie Wood, whose nastiness all but forced Wood into her tryst with Warren Beatty. A more glamorous but no less unpleasant Christie appeared in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), as a pretentious Denver society leader whose snooty attitude towards nouveau riche Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds) earns her a pie in the face. Audrey Christie also did plenty of television, including a stint on the very early live comedy Young and Gay (1950), and an (uncharacteristic) nice role as Eddie Foy Jr.'s patient wife on the 1962 sitcom Fair Exchange. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Audrey Christie:
- Splendor in the Grass with Natalie Wood , Warren Beatty , Pat Hingle , Barbara Loden , Zohra Lampert , Fred Stewart , Joanna Roos , Jan Norris , Gary Lockwood , Sandy Dennis , Crystal Field , Marla Adams , Lynn Loring , John McGovern , Martine Bartlett , Sean Garrison , Phyllis Diller , Phoebe Mackay , William Inge , Charles Knox III Robinson , Jake LaMotta
- Frankie and Johnny with Elvis Presley , Donna Douglas , Harry Morgan , Sue Ane Langdon , Nancy Kovack , Robert Strauss , Anthony Eisley , Wilda Taylor , Larri Thomas , Dee Jay Mattis , Judith Chapman , Henry Corden , Jerome Cowan , Joyce Jameson , George Klein , James Millhollin , Richard Reeves , Naomi Stevens , Dave Willock
- Harper Valley P.T.A. with Barbara Eden , Ronny Cox , Nanette Fabray , Susan Swift , Louis Nye , John Fiedler , DeVera Marcus , Irene Yah Ling Sun , Louise Foley , Clint Howard , Jan Marie Teige , Laura Teige , Fay DeWitt , Molly Dodd , Ron Masak , Amzie Strickland , Brian Cook , Tobias Anderson , Bob Hastings , Arlen Stuart , J.J. Barry , Royce D. Applegate , Whitey Hughes , Woody Harrelson , Pitt Herbert , Pat Paulsen
- Carousel with Gordon MacRae , Shirley Jones , Cameron Mitchell , Barbara Ruick , Gene Lockhart , Claramae Turner , Susan Luckey , Robert Rounseville , John Dehner , Jacques D'Amboise , Frank Tweddell , Tor Johnson , Harry Johnson , Ed Mundy , Angelo Rossitto , Dee Pollock , Richard Deacon , William leMassena
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown with Debbie Reynolds , Harve Presnell , Ed Sr. Begley , Jack Kruschen , Hermione Baddeley , Martita Hunt , Vassili Lambrinos , Fred Essler , Harvey Lembeck , Lauren Gilbert , Kathryn Card , Hayden Rorke , Harry Holcombe , Amy Douglass , George Mitchell , Vaughn Taylor , Anthony Eustrel , Grover Dale , Brendan Dillon , Maria Karnilova , Gus Trikonis , Eleanor Audley , Minta Durfee , Ramsay Hill , Anna Lee , Moyna MacGill , Herb Vigran , Pat Moran , George Jay Nicholson
- Mame with Lucille Ball , Robert Preston , Bea Arthur , Kirby Furlong , Bruce Davison , Don Porter , Joyce VanPatten , Lucille Benson , Barbara Bosson , James Brodhead , Jane Connell , Doria Cook , Eric Gordon , Patrick Laborteaux , Ruth McDevitt , John McGiver , Burt Mustin , Alice Nunn , Roger Price , Leonard Stone , Ned Wertimer , John Wheeler , Bobbi Jordan , George Chiang
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