Georgia Backus
Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play.
Citizen Kane
as Bertha AndersonNewspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a...
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I Married a Witch
as Older Woman (uncredited)A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch...
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Force of Evil
as Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big...
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Force of Evil
as Sylvia Morse (uncredited)Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big...
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as Matron (uncredited)The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the...
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Too Late for Tears
as Woman (uncredited)Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000,...
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Apache Drums
as Mrs. KeonA gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a...
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Cause for Alarm!
as Mrs. WarrenA bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and...
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Copper Canyon
as Martha BassettA group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy...
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No Man of Her Own
as Nurse (uncredited)A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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The Mark of the Renegade
as Duenna ConcepcionAn agent of Mexico poses as a pirate to foil a would-be emperor in 1820s California.
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The Moon Is Down
as Villager (uncredited)The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on...
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So Ends Our Night
as Mrs. Kern (uncredited)An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's...
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Lucky Jordan
as Toy Shop ClerkLucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...
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Suddenly It's Spring
as WAC Maj. CheeverA WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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They Dare Not Love
as German SecretaryAn Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a...
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Miss PeelA distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in...
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Shut My Big Mouth
as TownswomanA shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
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Not a Ladies' Man
as Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
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Repent at Leisure
as NurseEveryone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's...
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Dream Girl
as EdnaA young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer...
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