Georgia Backus

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 12, 1900 (82 years old)
Died
September 7, 1983
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Comedy
Career Span
1941 – 1951

Georgia Backus

1 win
20 nominations
1 Oscar
21 credits

Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play.

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 12, 1900
From
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1941 – 1951

Known For

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941
as Bertha Anderson
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942
as Older Woman (uncredited)
Cause for Alarm!
Cause for Alarm!
1951
as Mrs. Warren
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Matron (uncredited)
Too Late for Tears
Too Late for Tears
1949
as Woman (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Nurse (uncredited)
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon
1950
as Martha Bassett
Force of Evil
Force of Evil
1950
as Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
Force of Evil
Force of Evil
1950
as Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Villager (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Toy Shop Clerk
Apache Drums
Apache Drums
1951
as Mrs. Keon

Frequent Collaborators

Orson Welles
Orson Welles
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Ray Collins
Ray Collins
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Erskine Sanford
Erskine Sanford
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Gus Schilling
Gus Schilling
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Harry A. Bailey
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Gerald Pierce
Gerald Pierce
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Bert LeBaron
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Cyril Ring
Cyril Ring
2 shared projects
in "I Married a Witch"
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Philip Morris
2 shared projects
in "The Magnificent Ambersons"
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Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Citizen Kane
I Married a Witch
Cause for Alarm!
The Magnificent Ambersons
Too Late for Tears
No Man of Her Own
Copper Canyon
Force of Evil
Force of Evil

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