Lucile Watson
Actress

Lucile Watson Net Worth

Lucile Watson was a Canadian-born actress who made her first professional stage appearance in 1902. She was known for her unsmiling character roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often playing imperious mothers to top stars such as James Stewart and Robert Taylor. She trained at New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts and had stage successes in "The City" (1909), "Under Cover" (1913), "Heartbreak House" (1920), "Ghosts" (1926), and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1926). Her first film role was in What Every Woman Knows (1934) and she went on to play supporting roles in The Women (1939), Made for Each Other (1939), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Watch on the Rhine (1943). She also appeared in My Reputation (1946), Song of the South (1946), Little Women (1949), Let's Dance (1950), and My Forbidden Past (1951). She retired in 1954 and passed away in 1962 at the age of 83.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day May 27, 1879
Birth Place  Québec City, Québec, Canada
Age 140 YEARS OLD
Died On June 24, 1962(1962-06-24) (aged 83)\nNew York City, New York, U.S.
Birth Sign Gemini
Occupation Actress
Years active 1902–1954
Spouse(s) Louis Evan Shipman (1926–1933) (his death) Rockliffe Fellowes (?-?) (divorced)

💰 Net worth

Lucile Watson, a highly respected actress and soundtrack artist hailing from Canada, is estimated to have a net worth ranging between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024. With a remarkable career spanning numerous successful performances, Watson has established herself as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. Her exceptional talent and dedication to her craft have undoubtedly contributed to her financial success. Known for her versatility and ability to captivate audiences, Lucile Watson's net worth is a testament to her enduring legacy as a celebrated actress and soundtrack artist.

Biography/Timeline

1902

Watson began her career on the stage debuting on Broadway in the play Hearts Aflame in 1902. Her next play was The Girl With Green Eyes, the first of several Clyde Fitch stories. At the end of 1903, Watson appeared in Fitch's Glad of It. This play featured several young performers including Watson who would move on to major Broadway or motion picture prominence: Robert Warwick, John Barrymore, Thomas Meighan, and Grant Mitchell, to say the least. For the rest of the decade, she appeared in several more Fitch stories into the 1910s. Fitch would die in 1909.

1910

Watson's first name, Lucile, is often misspelled in her movie credits as Lucille. Sometime in the 1910s, she was briefly married to silent film star Rockliffe Fellowes; they had no children. Her second husband was Playwright Louis E. Shipman, whom she married in 1928; he died five years later, in 1933.

1916

Watson's first film role was in the 1916 silent film The Girl with Green Eyes, a film version of the Clyde Fitch play she had performed in on Broadway in 1902. She did not appear in another movie until 1930, when she had an uncredited role in The Royal Family of Broadway. In 1939, she played a memorable role as Norma Shearer's wise mother in the cultural comedy/drama from the Clare Booth Luce play, The Women, which has become a classic.

1941

Watson reached the height of her adult acting career in Playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas. Two years later in Hollywood, she and Lukas reprised their roles in the film adaptation. In perhaps her best known film role, Lucile Watson's performance as Fanny Farrelly was also acknowledged with a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but she lost to Greek-born Actress Katina Paxinou for her performance as Pilar in For Whom the Bell Tolls.

1949

Lucile Watson played Aunt March in the 1949 film version of Little Women, whose stars included Elizabeth Taylor as Amy.

1962

Watson died on June 25, 1962, after suffering a heart attack at age 83. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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