Sara Allgood

Born: 1879-11-28

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.


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The Keys of the Kingdom

as Sister Martha
Released: 1944-12-15

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

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How Green Was My Valley

as Beth Morgan
Released: 1941-10-28

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

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Jane Eyre

as Bessie
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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The Spiral Staircase

as Nurse Barker
Released: 1946-02-06

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

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mrs. Higgins
Released: 1941-08-12

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

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Blackmail

as Mrs. White
Released: 1929-07-28

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

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One Touch of Venus

as Landlady
Released: 1948-08-01

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

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Cheaper by the Dozen

as Mrs. Monahan
Released: 1950-03-31

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

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Between Two Worlds

as Mrs. Midget
Released: 1944-05-20

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

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Juno and the Paycock

as Mrs Boyle, "Juno"
Released: 1929-12-30

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life,...

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The Lodger

as Ellen Bonting
Released: 1944-01-19

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

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That Hamilton Woman

as Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon
Released: 1941-04-03

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

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The Accused

as Mrs. Conner
Released: 1949-01-12

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

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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Landlady
Released: 1947-11-19

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

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

as Nona
Released: 1945-08-17

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

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Roxie Hart

as Mrs. Morton
Released: 1942-02-20

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

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Cluny Brown

as Mrs. Maile
Released: 1946-06-02

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

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The Fabulous Dorseys

as Mrs. Dorsey
Released: 1947-02-26

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

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Storm in a Teacup

as Honoria Hegarty
Released: 1937-02-25

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

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Sierra

as Mrs. Jonas
Released: 1950-05-26

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

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Mother Wore Tights

as Grandmother McKinley
Released: 1947-08-20

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

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This Above All

as Waitress
Released: 1942-05-12

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

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Mrs. Michael Fitzpatrick
Released: 1942-08-07

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

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back

as Mrs. de Hooley
Released: 1935-09-01

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

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Challenge to Lassie

as Mrs. MacFarland
Released: 1949-10-31

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

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Kitty

as Old Meg
Released: 1945-10-16

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

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Lydia

as Mary
Released: 1941-09-18

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

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Ivy

as Martha Huntley
Released: 1947-06-26

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

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City Without Men

as Mrs. Maria Barton
Released: 1943-01-14

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

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Peg of Old Drury

as Irish Woman on Boat (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-27

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

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On the Night of the Fire

as Bridget O'Brien
Released: 1939-10-26

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

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Crime Unlimited

as Jewel Thief
Released: 1935-08-01

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

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The Girl from Manhattan

as Mrs. Beeler
Released: 1948-10-01

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

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It's Love Again

as Mrs. Hopkins
Released: 1936-05-06

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

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The Man from Texas

as Aunt Belle
Released: 1948-03-06

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

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My Wild Irish Rose

as Mrs. Brennan
Released: 1947-12-24

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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Kathleen Mavourneen

as Mary Ellen O'Dwyer
Released: 1937-02-01

A hugely popular, much-adapted comedy in which a Liverpool lass visits family in rural Ireland...

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Riders to the Sea

as Maurya
Released: 1935-05-30

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

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It Happened in Flatbush

as Mrs. 'Mac' McAvoy
Released: 1942-05-28

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

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

as Alma Lothian, Robert's Aunt
Released: 1942-12-09

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

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Lazybones

as Bridget
Released: 1935-06-23

Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off...

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The Fortunate Fool

as Rose
Released: 1933-12-13

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

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