Queenie Smith

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Queenie Smith
Smith in 1920
Born(1898-09-08)September 8, 1898
Texas, U.S.
DiedAugust 5, 1978(1978-08-05) (aged 79)
Burbank, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1978
Spouse
Robert Garland
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(m. 1931; div. 1937)​

Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was an American stage, television, and film actress.

Life and career

Smith was born in Texas.

Metropolitan Opera Company[2] in operas such as Aida, La Traviata, and Faust.[citation needed] By the 1920s she was appearing on Broadway in shows such as Helen of Troy, New York (1923), Sitting Pretty (1924), and The Street Singer (1929),[3] and by the mid-1930s had made her way into films.[citation needed] She also appeared on Broadway in Tip-Toes (1925).[3] She costarred in the 1936 Universal Pictures film version of Jerome Kern's Show Boat, playing Ellie May Chipley. Smith replaced stage actress Eva Puck
who had starred as Chipley in the 1927 premiere and 1932 revival of Show Boat.

In 1947 she appeared in the film

Love American Style, The Waltons, Here's Lucy, The Funny Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Monkees, The Odd Couple, The Love Boat, Maude and Little House on the Prairie
(in a recurring role as Mrs. Whipple).

Smith was a teacher and mentor to many a young actor. She taught at the Hollywood Professional School and was the director for the training program at Melodyland Theater in Anaheim, California, during the 1960s.

She worked until the year of her death, her last role being Elsie in the Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn film Foul Play. (1978).[4] She died of cancer at age 79.[citation needed]

Partial filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Monkees Mrs. Filchok S2:E4, "Monkee Mayor"

She played Mrs Whipple in the Little House on the Prairie.

References

  1. Newspapers.com
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  2. ^ Lukes, Margaret M. (January 22, 1927). "No more clothes-horses in the chorus". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Public Ledger. p. 31. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Queenie Smith". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Foul Play". LetterBoxd. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

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