Genevieve Tobin
Born: 1899-11-27 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1995-07-21
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 21, 1995) was an American actress. The daughter of a vaudeville performer, Tobin made her film debut in 1910 in Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eva. She appeared in a few films as a child, and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. Their brother, George, also had a brief acting career. Following her education in Paris and New York, Tobin concentrated on a stage career in New York. Although she was seen most often in comedies, Tobin also played the role of Cordelia in a Broadway production of King Lear in 1923. Popular with audiences, she was often praised by critics for her appearance and style rather than for her talent, however in 1929 she achieved a significant success in the play Fifty Million Frenchmen. She introduced and popularized the Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" and the success of the role led her back to Hollywood, where she performed regularly in comedy films from the early 1930s. She played prominent supporting roles opposite such performers as Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Joan Blondell and Kay Francis, but occasionally played starring roles, in films such as Golden Harvest (1933) and Easy to Love (1934). She played secretary Della Street to Warren William's Perry Mason in The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935). One of her most successful performances was as a bored housewife in the drama The Petrified Forest (1936) opposite Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. She married the director William Keighley in 1938 and made only a couple more films; her final film before her retirement was No Time for Comedy (1940) with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Genevieve Tobin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1940
- No Time for Comedy as Amanda 'Mandy' Swift
1939
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as Connie Nevins
- Zaza as Florianne
- Our Neighbors - The Carters as Gloria Hastings
1938
- Kate Plus Ten as Kate Westhanger
- Dramatic School as Gina Bertier
1937
- The Duke Comes Back as Pauline Corbin
- The Great Gambini as Nancy Randall
1936
- The Petrified Forest as Mrs. Edith Chisholm
- Snowed Under as Alice Merritt
- Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
- The Man in the Mirror as Helen
1935
- The Goose and the Gander as Betty Summers
- The Woman in Red as Mrs. 'Nicko' Nicholas
- Here's to Romance as Kathleen Gerard
- The Case of the Lucky Legs as Della Street
- Broadway Hostess as Iris Marvin
1934
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- By Your Leave as Ellen Smith
- Kiss and Make-Up as Eve Caron
- Easy to Love as Carol
- Dark Hazard as Marge Mayhew Turner
- Success at Any Price as Agnes Carter
- The 9th Guest as Jean Trent
- Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Herself
- Uncertain Lady as Doris Crane
1933
- The Wrecker as Mary Regan
- Golden Harvest as Cynthia Flint
- Infernal Machine as Elinor Green
- Perfect Understanding as Kitty Drayton
- Pleasure Cruise as Shirley Poole
- Goodbye Again as Julie Clochessy Wilson
- I Loved a Woman as Martha Lane Hayden
1932
- One Hour with You as Mitzi Olivier
- Hollywood Speaks as Gertie Smith
- The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Genevieve Tobin
1931
- Seed as Mildred
- Up for Murder as Myra Deane
- The Gay Diplomat as Countess Dorchy
1930
- The Voice of Hollywood
- A Lady Surrenders as Mary
- Free Love as Hope Ferrier
1919
- The Country Cousin as Eleanor Howitt