Genevieve Tobin

Genevieve Tobin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 21, 1995) was an American actress. The daughter of a vaudeville performer, Tobin made her film debut in 1910 in Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eva. She appeared in a few films as a child, and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. Their brother, George, also had a brief acting career. Following her education in Paris and New York, Tobin concentrated on a stage career in New York. Although she was seen most often in comedies, Tobin also played the role of Cordelia in a Broadway production of King Lear in 1923. Popular with audiences, she was often praised by critics for her appearance and style rather than for her talent, however in 1929 she achieved a significant success in the play Fifty Million Frenchmen. She introduced and popularized the Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" and the success of the role led her back to Hollywood, where she performed regularly in comedy films from the early 1930s. She played prominent supporting roles opposite such performers as Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Joan Blondell and Kay Francis, but occasionally played starring roles, in films such as Golden Harvest (1933) and Easy to Love (1934). She played secretary Della Street to Warren William's Perry Mason in The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935). One of her most successful performances was as a bored housewife in the drama The Petrified Forest (1936) opposite Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. She married the director William Keighley in 1938 and made only a couple more films; her final film before her retirement was No Time for Comedy (1940) with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Genevieve Tobin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1899-11-27

Died: 1995-07-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1919	The Country Cousin	Eleanor Howitt	0
2	1930	The Voice of Hollywood		0
3	1930	A Lady Surrenders	Mary	35
4	1930	Free Love	Hope Ferrier	80
5	1931	Seed	Mildred	60
6	1931	Up for Murder	Myra Deane	35
7	1931	The Gay Diplomat	Countess Dorchy	40
8	1932	One Hour with You	Mitzi Olivier	65
9	1932	The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood	Genevieve Tobin	0
10	1932	Hollywood Speaks	Gertie Smith	0
11	1933	Perfect Understanding	Kitty Drayton	61
12	1933	Pleasure Cruise	Shirley Poole	57
13	1933	Infernal Machine	Elinor Green	0
14	1933	The Wrecker	Mary Regan	10
15	1933	Goodbye Again	Julie Clochessy Wilson	50
16	1933	Golden Harvest	Cynthia Flint	50
17	1933	I Loved a Woman	Martha Lane Hayden	48
18	1934	Screen Snapshots No. 11	Herself	0
19	1934	Easy to Love	Carol	51
20	1934	Dark Hazard	Marge Mayhew Turner	54
21	1934	The 9th Guest	Jean Trent	60
22	1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1		60
23	1934	Success at Any Price	Agnes Carter	39
24	1934	Kiss and Make-Up	Eve Caron	53
25	1934	By Your Leave	Ellen Smith	30
26	1935	The Woman in Red	Mrs. 'Nicko' Nicholas	60
27	1935	The Goose and the Gander	Betty Summers	46
28	1935	Here's to Romance	Kathleen Gerard	0
29	1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Della Street	60
30	1935	Broadway Hostess	Iris Marvin	53
31	1936	The Petrified Forest	Mrs. Edith Chisholm	71
32	1936	Snowed Under	Alice Merritt	70
33	1936	The Man in the Mirror	Helen	70
34	1936	Breakdowns of 1936	Self	0
35	1937	The Great Gambini	Nancy Randall	60
36	1937	The Duke Comes Back	Pauline Corbin	50
37	1938	Kate Plus Ten	Kate Westhanger	0
38	1938	Dramatic School	Gina Bertier	62
39	1938	Zaza	Florianne	43
40	1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Connie Nevins	40
41	1939	Our Neighbors - The Carters	Gloria Carter	0
42	1940	No Time for Comedy	Amanda 'Mandy' Swift	54

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