
Geraldine Page
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-11-22
Day of Death
1987-06-13 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Kirksville, Missouri, USA
Geraldine Page
Biography
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress. She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an Academy Award (from eight nominations), two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, and four nominations for the Tony Award.
A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City before being cast in her first credited part in the Western film Hondo (1953), which earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She was subsequently blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight years. Page continued to appear in television and on stage and earned her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959–60), a role she reprised in the 1962 film adaptation, the latter of which earned her a Golden Globe Award.
She earned additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in You're a Big Boy Now (1966) and Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), followed by a Tony nomination for her performance in the stage production of Absurd Person Singular (1974–75). Other film appearances during this time included in the thrillers What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) opposite Ruth Gordon, and The Beguiled (1971) opposite Clint Eastwood. In 1977, she provided the voice of Madam Medusa in Walt Disney's The Rescuers, followed by a role in Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
After being inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979 for her stage work, Page returned to Broadway with a lead role in Agnes of God (1982), earning her her third Tony Award nomination. Page was nominated for Academy Awards for her performances in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) and The Trip to Bountiful (1985), the latter of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Page died in New York City in 1987 in the midst of a Broadway run of Blithe Spirit, for which she earned her fourth Tony Award nomination.
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Acting
(2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Alexandra Del Lago / Alma Winemiller (archive footage)
(1986)
Native Son
as Peggy
(1986)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Sally Phelps
(1986)
My Little Girl
as Molly
(1986)
(1986)
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story
as Itta Halaunbrenner
(1985)
The Bride
as Mrs. Baumann
(1985)
White Nights
as Anne Wyatt
(1985)
The Trip to Bountiful
as Mrs. Carrie Watts
(1985)
Flanagan
as Mama
(1984)
The Dollmaker
as Mrs. Kendrick
(1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Mrs. Ritter
(1984)
The Parade
as Sarah
(1983)
Loving
as Amelia Whitley
(1982)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Jean Scott Martin
(1981)
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sister Mary Clarise
(1981)
Harry's War
as 'Aunt' Beverly
(1978)
Interiors
as Eve
(1977)
The Rescuers
as Madame Medusa (voice)
(1977)
Disney's Greatest Villains
as Madame Medusa (voice) (archive footage)
(1977)
Nasty Habits
as Sister Walburga
(1977)
Something for Joey
as Ann Cappelletti
(1975)
The Day of the Locust
as Big Sister
(1974)
J.W. Coop
as Mama
(1974)
Live Again, Die Again
as Mrs. O'Neill
(1973)
Hazel's People
as Anna Witmer
(1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Gertrude Wilson
(1972)
Look Homeward, Angel
as Eliza Gant
(1971)
The Beguiled
as Martha
(1971)
Montserrat
as Felisa
(1969)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
as Mrs Marrable
(1969)
Trilogy
as Woman
(1968)
The Thanksgiving Visitor
as Miss Sook
(1967)
The Happiest Millionaire
as Mrs. Duke
(1967)
Monday's Child
as Carol Richardson
(1966)
The Three Sisters
as Olga
(1966)
You're a Big Boy Now
as Margery Chanticleer
(1966)
A Christmas Memory
as Woman
(1966)
Barefoot in Athens
as Xantippe
(1965)
Dear Heart
as Evie Jackson
(1963)
Toys in the Attic
as Carrie Berniers
(1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Alexandra Del Lago
(1961)
Summer and Smoke
as Alma Winemiller
(1958)
Old Man
as Young Woman
(1958)
Portrait of a Murderer
as Florry
(1953)
Hondo
as Angie Lowe
(1953)
Taxi
as Florence Albert (uncredited)