Geraldine Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress who earned critical recognition as a stage actress on Broadway as well as in feature films and television. Over the course of her career, which spanned over three decades, Page earned a total of eight Academy Award nominations, three Emmy nominations, and four Tony nominations. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful (1985).
Screen Film Year Title Role Director(s) Notes 1953 Taxi Florence Albert Gregory Ratoff Uncredited Hondo Angie Lowe John Farrow 1961 Summer and Smoke Alma Winemiller Peter Glenville1962Sweet Bird of Youth Alexandra Del Lago Richard Brooks 1963 Toys in the Attic Carrie Berniers George Roy Hill 1964 Dear Heart Evie Jackson Delbert Mann 1966 You're a Big Boy Now Margaret Chanticleer Francis Ford Coppola The Three Sisters Olga Paul Bogart 1967 Monday's Child Carol Richardson Leopoldo Torre Nilsson The Happiest Millionaire Mrs. Duke Norman Tokar 1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Claire Marrable Lee H. Katzin Trilogy Sook Frank Perry Segment: "A Christmas Memory" 1971 The Beguiled Martha Farnsworth Don Siegel J. W. Coop Mama Cliff Robertson 1972 Pete 'n' Tillie Gertrude Wilson Martin Ritt 1973 Happy as the Grass Was Green Anna Witmer Charles Davis 1975 The Day of the Locust Big Sister John Schlesinger 1977 Nasty Habits Sister Walburga Michael Lindsay-Hogg The Rescuers Madame Medusa Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, & Art Stevens Voice 1978 Interiors Eve Woody Allen 1981 Harry's War 'Aunt' Beverly Payne Kieth Merrill Honky Tonk Freeway Sister Mary Clarise John Schlesinger 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Jean Scott Martin Jack Hofsiss 1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village Mrs. Ritter Stuart Rosenberg 1985 The Bride Mrs. Baumann Franc Roddam Walls of Glass Mama Scott D. Goldstein White Nights Anne Wyatt Taylor Hackford The Trip to Bountiful Mrs. Watts Peter Masterson 1986 My Little Girl Molly Connie Kaiserman Native Son Peggy Jerrold Freeman 1987 Riders to the Sea Maurya Ronan O'Leary (final film role)
Television Year Title Role Notes 1952 Lux Video Theatre Neighbor Episode: "The Lesson" Studio One Episode: "The Shadowy Third" Robert Montgomery Presents Episode: "The Fall Guy" 1954 The Philco Television Playhouse Episode: "Miss Look-Alike" 1955 Omnibus Governess Episode: "The Turn of the Screw" Windows The Woman Alcoholic Episode: "A Domestic Dilemma" Matinee Theatre Miss Myrtle Episode: "An Apple for Miss Myrtle" The United States Steel Hour Marian Episode: "Shoot It Again" 1957 The United States Steel Hour Estelle Episode: "The Hill Wife" Kraft Television Theatre Episode: "Fire and Ice" 1958 General Electric Theater Heddie Episode: "No Hiding Place" Playhouse 90 Florry / Addie Episode: "Portrait of a Murderer" Episode: "The Old Man" 1959 NBC Sunday Showcase Virginia ReedEpisode: "People Kill People Sometimes" 1966 Barefoot in Athens Xantippe Television film The Long, Hot Summer Maribelle Kirkpatrick Episode: "Evil Angel" ABC Stage 67 Woman Episode: "A Christmas Memory" 1967 The Thanksgiving Visitor Miss Sook Television film 1969 NBC Children's Theatre Narrator Episode: "Little Women" 1971 The Name of the Game Sister Lucia Episode: "A Sister from Napoli" Montserrat Felisa Television film 1972 Look Homeward, Angel Eliza Grant Television film Medical Center Ellen Davis Episode: "Betrayed" Ghost Story HattieEpisode: "Touch of Madness" Night Gallery Frances Turchin & Mrs. EvansSegment: "Stop Killing Me"; Segment: "The Sins of the Fathers" Two by Chekhov Part of Hollywood Television Theatre 1973 Night Gallery Molly Wheatland Episode: "Something in the Woodwork" The Snoop Sisters Olivia CunninghamEpisode: "Corpse and Robbers" 1974 Live Again, Die Again Mrs. O'Neill Television film 1976 Kojak Edna Morrison Episode: "A Shield for Murder - Part 1"; Episode: "A Shield for Murder - Part 2" 1977 Hawaii Five-O Philomena Underwood Episode: "The Descent of the Torches" Something for Joey Ann Cappelletti Television film 1982 The Blue and the Gray Mrs. Lovelace Television miniseries (3 episodes) 1983 Loving Amelia Whitley Episode: "Pilot" 1984 The Parade Sarah Television film The Dollmaker Mrs. Kendrick Television film 1985 The Hitchhiker Lynette 'Mama' Powers Episode: "W.G.O.D" 1986 American Playhouse Sally Phelps Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part I" Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story Itta Halaunbrenner Television film
Stage roles Year(s) Title Role Venue(s) ofperformances Notes 1945 Seven Mirrors Blackfriars Repertory Theatre 23 1952 Yerma Circle in the Square Theatre Summer and Smoke Alma Winemiller Circle in the Square Theatre 1953 Mid-Summer Lily Vanderbilt Theatre 109 Broadway 1954 The Immoralist Marcelline Royale Theatre 96 The Rainmaker Liz Curry Cort Theatre 125 1956 The Innkeepers Amy McGregor John Golden Theatre 4 1957 Separate Tables Mrs. Shankland Music Box Theatre 332 Broadway 1959–60 Sweet Bird of Youth Princess Kosmonopolis Martin Beck Theatre 375 Broadway 1963 Strange Interlude Nina Leeds Hudson Theatre; Martin Beck Theatre 97 1964 The Three Sisters Olga / Masha Morosco Theatre 119 P.S. I Love You Julie Cunningham Henry Miller's Theatre 12 1966 The Great Indoors Oriane Brice Eugene O'Neill Theatre 7 1967 Black Comedy / White Lies Clea / Baroness Lemberg Ethel Barrymore Theatre 337 1968 The Little Foxes Regina Giddens Hanna Theatre et al. Touring production 1969 Angela Angela Palmer Music Box Theatre 4 Broadway 1973 Look Away Mary Todd Lincoln Playhouse Theatre 1 1974 Absurd Person Singular Marion Music Box Theatre 591 1976 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Academy Festival Theatre 1977 Creditors / The Stronger Tekla / Mlle. Y Joseph Papp Public Theatre Off-Broadway 1978 The Little Foxes Regina Giddens Academy Festival Theatre 1979 Slightly Delayed The Cape Playhouse Westport Playhouse 1980 Clothes for a Summer Hotel Zelda Fitzgerald Cort Theatre 15 Broadway Mixed Couples Elberta Brooks Atkinson Theatre 9 1982 Agnes of God Mother Miriam Ruth Music Box Theatre 599 1983 Inheritors Isabel Fejevary The Real Stage Paradise Lost Clara Gordon The Mirror Theatre 1984 Rain Mrs. Horn Theatre at St. Peter's Church Agnes of God Mother Miriam Rush The Cape Playhouse 1985 The Madwoman of Chaillot Countess Aurelia Theatre at St. Peter's Church Off-Broadway Clarence Mrs. Wheeler Vivat! Vivat Regina! Elizabeth I A Lie of the Mind Lorraine Promenade Theatre 1986 The Circle Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney Theatre at St. Peter's Church; Citicorp Center 1987 Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati Neil Simon Theatre Broadway; final role
See also List of awards and nominations received by Geraldine Page
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