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person_profile-Selena Royle

Selena Royle Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Selena Royle

Date of Birth:

Nov 06, 1904

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 23, 1983

Biography of

Selena Royle

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Selena Royle (November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983) was an American actress (of stage, radio, television and film), and later, an author. Royle was born in New York City to playwright Edwin Milton Royle and actress Selena Fetter (April 12, 1860 - May 10, 1955). She had an older sister, Josephine Fetter Royle (1901–1992).

    Her mother recounted in a newspaper article that she used to take Selena along with her to her rehearsals and performances. One night, then seven-year-old Selena went missing. While the mother frantically searched for her, holding up act two, the audience became restless. The youngster finally turned up - she had gone on stage dressed in her mother's second-act costume; she made a bow, much to the audience's amusement. She later remarked, "And that is the first time I was ever on stage, and I liked it so well I stayed."

    Her father wrote the 1921 Broadway play Lancelot and Elaine to provide both her and sister Josephine with their first professional roles, as Guinevere and Elaine respectively. Eventually, she landed a part on her own in the 1923 Theatre Guild production of Peer Gynt, with Joseph Schildkraut, and became a respected Broadway actress. She made one film in the 1930s, Misleading Lady, but otherwise worked on the stage and on radio.

    Royle began her radio career in 1926 or 1927 and performed "almost continuously since", according to a 1939 newspaper item.

    Her body of work includes playing the title role in Hilda Hope, M.D. She also played Martha Jackson in Woman of Courage, Mrs. Allen in Against the Storm, Joan in The O'Neills, and Mrs. Gardner in Betty and Bob, and appeared in Kate Hopkins.

    In the 1940s, she returned to film and had a successful run, mainly playing maternal characters such as the bereaved mother of The Fighting Sullivans (1944), mother to Jane Powell in the big screen adaptation of A Date with Judy (1948) and the title character's mother opposite Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc (1948).

    She made several appearances on early television. However, in 1951, when she refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. She sued the American Legion, which had published Red Channels, in which her name was listed, and won but her acting career ended. She made only three more roles, the last being Murder Is My Beat (1955).

    She also wrote several books, including Guadalajara: as I Know It, Live It, Love It (which went through several editions) and a couple of cookbooks, and some magazine articles. She was the "radio editor" of the short-lived New York periodical Swank.

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Selena Royle

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Filmography of

Selena Royle

Found 34 Movies in total

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

Murder Is My Beat

Beatrice Abbott ( Actor )

... 1955

Robot Monster

Mother ( Actor )

... 1953

Come Fill the Cup

Mrs. Dolly Copeland ( Actor )

... 1951

He Ran All the Way

Mrs. Dobbs ( Actor )

... 1951

Branded

Mrs. Lavery ( Actor )

... 1950

The Big Hangover

Kate Mahoney ( Actor )

... 1950

The Damned Don't Cry

Patricia Longworth ( Actor )

... 1950

The Heiress

Elizabeth Almond ( Actor )

... 1949

You're My Everything

Mrs. Adams ( Actor )

... 1949

My Dream Is Yours

Freda Hofer ( Actor )

... 1949

Bad Boy

Judge Florence Prentiss ( Actor )

... 1949

Joan of Arc

Isabelle d'Arc, Joan's Mother ( Actor )

... 1948

Moonrise

Aunt Jessie ( Actor )

... 1948

A Date with Judy

Mrs. Foster ( Actor )

... 1948

Smart Woman

Mrs. Wayne ( Actor )

... 1948

Summer Holiday

Mrs. Essie Miller ( Actor )

... 1948

You Were Meant for Me

Cora Mayhew ( Actor )

... 1948

Cass Timberlane

Louise Wargate ( Actor )

... 1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Sairy MacBean ( Actor )

... 1947

Courage of Lassie

Mrs. Merrick ( Actor )

... 1946

Gallant Journey

Mrs. Zachary Montgomery ( Actor )

... 1946

Till the End of Time

Mrs. Kincheloe ( Actor )

... 1946

The Green Years

Mama Leckie ( Actor )

... 1946

Night and Day

Kate Porter ( Actor )

... 1946

No Leave, No Love

Mrs. Hanlon ( Actor )

... 1946

The Harvey Girls

Miss Bliss ( Actor )

... 1946

Main Street After Dark

'Ma' Abby Dibson ( Actor )

... 1945

This Man's Navy

Maude Weaver ( Actor )

... 1945

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Mrs. Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1944

Mrs. Parkington

Mattie Trounson ( Actor )

... 1944

The Fighting Sullivans

Mrs. Alleta Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1944

Stage Door Canteen

Selena Royle ( Actor )

... 1943

The Misleading Lady

Alice Connell ( Actor )

... 1932