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Georgia Backus
Born: 12th Oct 1900 Columbus, Ohio, USA - Died 7th Sep 1983
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 22
Film: 22 (100%)
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Filmography
1951
An agent of Mexico poses as a pirate to foil a would-be emperor in 1820s California. ... view
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Duenna Concepcion
1951
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Keon
1951
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter. ... view
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Mrs. Warren
1950
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny ... view
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Martha Bassett
1950
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of ... view
Character:
Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
1950
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of ... view
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Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
1950
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash. ... view
Character:
Nurse (uncredited)
1949
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murd ... view
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Woman (uncredited)
1948
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has. ... view
Character:
Edna
1947
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce. ... view
Character:
WAC Maj. Cheever
1943
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel. ... view
Character:
Villager (uncredited)
1942
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie ... view
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Toy Shop Clerk
1942
A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow. ... view
Character:
Miss Peel
1942
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when ... view
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Older Woman (uncredited)
1942
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. ... view
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Matron (uncredited)
1942
A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher. ... view
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Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
1942
A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west. ... view
Character:
Townswoman
1942
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep t ... view
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Nurse (uncredited)
1941
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his ... view
Character:
German Secretary
1941
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, ty ... view
Character:
Bertha Anderson
1941
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband. ... view
Character:
Nurse
1941
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Kern (uncredited)