Hilda Plowright

Hilda Plowright (November 29, 1890 - October 9, 1973) was an actress born in Swaffham, Norfolk. Following a career on the stage in Britain she came to the United States and obtained work and a Social Security number in New York. She died in San Diego, California following a career in film, theater and television, primarily playing older women in assorted small roles. She had over 50 film and television appearances between 1938 and 1965. She also appeared in at least 13 theater productions on Broadway between 1925 and 1940.-
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Plowright had a starring role in her first film, the 1938 Hopalong Cassidy B-movie Partners of the Plains where Gwen Gaze was the leading lady. She also was cast in Wilson as Jeannette Rankin, one of the few film portrayals of the first woman to serve in the United States Congress. She auditioned for, but was not given, the role of Frau Schmidt in The Sound of Music
Her last film was My Fair Lady in 1964 in which she had a minor role.
* 36 Hours (1964)
* Summer Magic (1963)
*Lover Come Back (1961)
*Separate Tables (1958)
*Darby's Rangers (1958)
*Battle Cry (1955)
*Thunder in the East (1952)
*Kitty (1945)
* Now, Voyager (1942)
* Kitty Foyle (1940)and roles on The Gale Storm Show (1956), The Joseph Cotten Show (1956), and Schlitz Playhouse (1951).
*And Now Good-bye (1937)
*For Valor (1935)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*The Distaff Side (1934)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*The Party's Over (1933)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*The Good Fairy (1932)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*The Lady with a Lamp (1931)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*Heat Wave (1931)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*Michael and Mary (1929)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*When Crummles Played (1928)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*Twelfth Night (1926)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*Saturday Night (1926)<ref name=BwayWorld/>
*A Tale of the Wolf (1925)<ref name=BwayWorld/>

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