Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald on the cover of Life magazine (August 7, 1944)
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Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald November 24, 1913 Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Died | July 17, 2005 (aged 91) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1932–1991 |
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Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Fitzgerald was born in Greystones, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine (Richards) and Edward Martin FitzGerald, who was an attorney. Her father was Roman Catholic and her mother a Protestant who converted to Catholicism.
She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, actress Shelagh Richards, Fitzgerald began her acting career in 1932 at Dublin's famed Gate Theatre. Her great-niece is actress Tara Fitzgerald. After two seasons there she moved to London, where she found success in British films including The Mill on the Floss, The Turn of the Tide and Cafe Mascot.
Fitzgerald's success led her to New York and the Broadway stage in 1938. She made her American debut opposite Orson Welles in the Mercury Theatre production of Heartbreak House. She was seen by Hollywood producer Hal B. Wallis, who signed her to a contract with Warner Bros. She achieved two significant successes in 1939 — an important role in the Bette Davis film Dark Victory, and an Academy Award nomination for her supporting performance as Isabella Linton in director William Wyler's Wuthering Heights.
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