Andrea King
Andrea King | |
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Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| Resting place | Zion Episcopal Churchyard in Charles Town, West Virginia |
| Years active | 1933–1990 |
| Spouse |
Nat Willis
(m. 1940; died 1970) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | [1] |
Andrea King (born Georgette André Barry; February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003) was an American stage, film, and television actress, sometimes billed as Georgette McKee.
Early life
Andrea King was born Georgette André Barry on February 1, 1919, in
When her mother married Douglas McKee, King went to live with them in Forest Hills, Queens. As a teenager, King attended the progressive Edgewood School in Greenwich, Connecticut, a northern campus of Marietta Johnson's Organic School of Education. Playing Juliet in a school production when she was 14, she was asked to audition for a role in a Lee Shubert play, which led to other stage work.[1][2]
Career
King began appearing as a child actress in Broadway plays and other stage work. Her Broadway credits included Growing Pains (1933) and Fly Away Home (1935).[3] She also appeared as Mary Skinner in Life with Father.
Her film debut was in a docudrama, The March of Time's first feature-length film titled The Ramparts We Watch (1940). In 1944, she signed with Warner Bros. and changed her stage name to King (some of her early movies have her credited as "Georgette McKee", her stepfather's name).[1][2] King appeared uncredited in the Bette Davis film Mr. Skeffington (1944), followed by another ten movies in the next three years. The Warner Bros. studio photographers voted King the most photogenic actress for the year 1945.[4]
She co-starred in the mystery-horror film, The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), and a drama, The Man I Love (1947), both opposite Robert Alda. King was originally cast to play Dr. Lilith Ritter in Nightmare Alley, a film noir directed by Edmund Goulding, but she chose instead the role of the sophisticated Marjorie Lundeen in Ride the Pink Horse (1947).[5]
In the 1950s, King had leading roles in the film noirs Dial 1119 and Southside 1-1000 (both 1950) and a science-fiction story, Red Planet Mars (1952). She later played supporting roles in Hollywood feature films such as The World in His Arms (1952), and Band of Angels (1957).
Television
In the 1960s and 1970s, most of her acting work was on television, including the
She made four guest appearances on
For her contribution to television, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 1960.[7]
Personal life
According to her
Death
On April 22, 2003, King died in hospice care while in residence at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital, in
Filmography
References
- ^ a b c Schneider, Paul Miles. "Biography". The official Andrea King website. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
A few years later, after settling in New York, Belle consented to marry Douglas McKee, the Vice President of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, and the threesome moved into a large house in Forest Hills, Long Island
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5.
- ^ "Georgette McKee". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ McClellan, Dennis (April 26, 2003). "Andrea King". Hollywood Star Walk. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Schneider, Paul Miles. "Ride the Pink Horse". The official Andrea King website. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Schneider, Paul Miles. "Television Appearances". The official Andrea King website. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Andrea King". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers
- ^ Morning News, January 10, 1948, Who Was Who in America (Vol. 2)
- ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
External links
- Official web site
- Andrea King at IMDb
- Andrea King at the Internet Broadway Database (as Georgette McKee)
- Andrea King at AllMovie
- Andrea King at Find a Grave
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