Alison Skipworth

AKA: Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom
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1863-07-23

London, England, UK

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {49}

Lady Gertrude

1936-05-22 6.1

The Princess Comes Across

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a bl ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Mystery, Thriller

Duchess

1933-12-18 6.1

Alice in Wonderland

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters. ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, Comedy

Madame Barabbas

1936-07-22 5.7

Satan Met a Lady

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Senora Perez

1935-05-03 6.236

The Devil Is a Woman

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasquali ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance, History

Miss Crawley

1935-06-28 5.625

Becky Sharp

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip T ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Miss Mabel Jellyman

1932-10-29 6.2

Night After Night

A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mrs. Blake

1932-05-13 4.6

Sinners in the Sun

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Williams

1935-12-25 6.6

Dangerous

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. ...
Genre :Drama

Beulah Bonnell

1933-03-03 0

A Lady's Profession

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mme Rasmussen

1933-07-19 5.9

The Song of Songs

After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculpto ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn

1935-03-15 6.5

The Casino Murder Case

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer. ...
Genre :Action, Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Mrs. Yolanda Magruder

1934-11-02 5.8

The Captain Hates the Sea

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Matilda Coggins

1931-09-25 6.8

Devotion

A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks

1930-09-17 5.9

Outward Bound

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Emily La Rue

1932-11-18 6.6

If I Had a Million

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Lady Kitty Melrose

1930-07-11 6.1

Raffles

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from t ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime, Romance

Mrs. Beall

1936-08-28 5.3

The Gorgeous Hussy

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most ou ...
Genre :Drama, History

Mrs. K. Rumford

1934-02-09 5.8

Six of a Kind

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on th ...
Genre :Comedy

Tillie Winterbottom

1933-10-13 7.6

Tillie and Gus

Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boa ...
Genre :Comedy

Aunt Jane

1935-07-19 6.5

Shanghai

A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Nora

1938-03-18 4

King of the Newsboys

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistak ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Grand Duchess Emilie

1933-01-21 0

Tonight Is Ours

A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Countess Rostova

1934-12-28 6.8

Here Is My Heart

A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess. ...
Genre :Comedy

Amelia Blake

1935-12-28 6.8

Hitch Hike Lady

Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind young Judy Martin. When Judy and another fellow tr ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mrs. Martin

1935-06-01 6.5

The Girl from 10th Avenue

When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decide to give their marriage a chance. Their landlady, ...
Genre :Drama

Suzanne

1937-02-06 6.1

Stolen Holiday

A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Pampinelli

1935-07-10 7

Doubting Thomas

A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage. ...
Genre :Comedy

Lady Barrett-Smythe

1933-07-28 0

Midnight Club

With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Standing) sends two of his officers (Billy Bevan and C ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

The Countess

1934-07-18 5.5

Shoot the Works

The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends u ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Wey-Smith

1931-09-02 5.2

The Road to Singapore

A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mrs. de Mailly

1920-09-30 0

39 East

The eldest daughter of a poor preacher, Penelope Penn leaves her country home to seek her fortune in the big city. ...
Genre :Comedy

Auntie Martha

1938-04-18 8.5

Wide Open Faces

A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy. ...
Genre :Comedy

Countess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks

1932-07-23 4.8

Madame Racketeer

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wiscons ...
Genre :Comedy

Mother Bright

1934-03-15 3.5

Wharf Angel

On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explai ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney

1930-05-03 2.7

Strictly Unconventional

An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-i ...
Genre :Drama

Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni

1931-01-04 5.9

Tonight or Never

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mrs. Hawkins

1932-01-03 0

The Unexpected Father

A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's calculating, money-hungry fiancée. ...
Genre :Comedy

Aunt Frederika

1936-11-25 0

White Hunter

Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his father's death... ...
Genre :Adventure

Lillie Eckleberger aka Lillie the Toad

1936-10-03 0

Two in a Crowd

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does s ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Agatha Stanton / Old Lady Ironsides

1937-02-15 0

Two Wise Maids

The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Ag ...
Genre :Drama

Josephine Bonney

1938-06-13 0

Ladies in Distress

Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of home town boy Braddock (Robert Livingston), a pre ...
Genre :Drama

Mme. Vivienne Pompadour

1933-03-02 0

He Learned About Women

He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Harris and Harlan Thompson. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Susan Fleming, Ali ...
Genre :Comedy

La Gourdan

1930-10-10 5.4

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. C ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Laura

1930-11-28 5.7

Oh, for a Man!

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her career to marry him. But Barney grows disenchanted himself at being known as the husband of a diva ...
Genre :Music, Romance

Aunt Nellie

1934-07-20 6

The Notorious Sophie Lang

After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

1934-03-02 6

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere. ...
Genre :

Countess von Martini

1931-07-18 3.833

The Night Angel

In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until her mother is released. When the happy day comes, ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Romance

Miss Gertrude Vanderdoe

1934-03-09 5

Coming Out Party

In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her deb ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mrs. Olwell

1931-04-12 0

Virtuous Husband

When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance