Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constance Cummings, CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage. Born Constance Halverstadt in Seattle, Washington to Dallas Halverstadt and Kate Cummings, she began as a stage actress, landing her first role on Broadway by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Sam Goldwyn, who brought her to Hollywood in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra. She was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy MBE from 1933 until his death in 1973. Levy went on to write and direct films for Cummings, such as The Jealous God (1939); he also served in the United Kingdom Parliament from 1945-50 as the Labour MP for Eton and Slough. They had a son and a daughter. Cummings was uncomfortable in Hollywood and moved to England, where she continued acting, both in movies and on the stage. Few of these films became popular in America, although included amongst those that did is Blithe Spirit, adapted from a play by Sir Noël Coward. In 1974, Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry. She played Mary Tyrone in the Royal National Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, to great acclaim. She later recreated the role for a television version. In 1979, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in the role in the play Wings (written by Arthur Kopit) of Emily Stilson, a former aviator who has suffered a stroke, from which she struggles to recover. She was a committee member of the Royal Court Theatre and the Arts Council. Despite her truncated career in the U.S., she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6211 Hollywood Blvd. Constance Cummings Levy died on November 23, 2005 at the age of 95. Description above from the Wikipedia article Constance Cummings, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Constance Cummings
  • Popularity: 2.294
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1910-05-15
  • Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Also Known As: Constance Cummings Halverstadt, Констанция Каммингс
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Constance Cummings Movies

  • 1932
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    American Madness

    American Madness

    7.1 1932 HD

    Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery...

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  • 1986
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    Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly

    6.1 1986 HD

    During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

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  • 1931
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    The Last Parade

    The Last Parade

    1 1931 HD

    During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.

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  • 1932
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    Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

    5.8 1932 HD

    A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

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  • 1963
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    Sammy Going South

    Sammy Going South

    6 1963 HD

    After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South...

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  • 1931
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    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    6.093 1931 HD

    After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10...

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  • 1960
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    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    6.648 1960 HD

    Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she...

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  • 1985
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    Love Song

    Love Song

    1 1985 HD

    The life of a successful student couple at Cambridge University.

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  • 1945
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    Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

    6.941 1945 HD

    An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough...

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  • 1932
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    Night After Night

    Night After Night

    6.2 1932 HD

    A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

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  • 1936
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    Seven Sinners

    Seven Sinners

    5.5 1936 HD

    Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery...

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  • 1932
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    Movie Crazy

    Movie Crazy

    6.2 1932 HD

    After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

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  • 1935
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    Remember Last Night?

    Remember Last Night?

    4.6 1935 HD

    After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.

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  • 1956
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    Finger of Guilt

    Finger of Guilt

    5.8 1956 HD

    Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio...

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  • 1938
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1 1938 HD

    Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon...

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  • 1942
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    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.2 1942 HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

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  • 1933
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    The Mind Reader

    The Mind Reader

    6.3 1933 HD

    Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is...

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  • 1940
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    Busman's Honeymoon

    Busman's Honeymoon

    5.4 1940 HD

    When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

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  • 1934
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    Looking for Trouble

    Looking for Trouble

    7 1934 HD

    Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and...

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  • 1963
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    In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

    5.4 1963 HD

    After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague...

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  • 1933
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    Broadway Thru a Keyhole

    Broadway Thru a Keyhole

    5.7 1933 HD

    Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a...

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  • 1933
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    Channel Crossing

    Channel Crossing

    1 1933 HD

    Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value...

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  • 1934
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    This Man Is Mine

    This Man Is Mine

    5.5 1934 HD

    The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.

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  • 1931
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    The Guilty Generation

    The Guilty Generation

    6 1931 HD

    The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.

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  • 1955
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    John and Julie

    John and Julie

    4.8 1955 HD

    The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

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  • 1932
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    Attorney for the Defense

    Attorney for the Defense

    6 1932 HD

    A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

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  • 1941
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    This England

    This England

    6.2 1941 HD

    Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...

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  • 1932
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    The Big Timer

    The Big Timer

    3.5 1932 HD

    Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

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  • 1931
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    Traveling Husbands

    Traveling Husbands

    4 1931 HD

    A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.

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  • 1973
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    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    7 1973 HD

    On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the...

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  • 1932
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    Washington Merry-Go-Round

    Washington Merry-Go-Round

    6.7 1932 HD

    Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...

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  • 1963
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    Late Summer

    Late Summer

    1 1963 HD

    Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time...

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  • 1934
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    Glamour

    Glamour

    3.5 1934 HD

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  • 1950
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    Into the Blue

    Into the Blue

    1 1950 HD

    Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the...

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  • 1933
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    Heads We Go

    Heads We Go

    1 1933 HD

    A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.

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  • 1933
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    The Billion Dollar Scandal

    The Billion Dollar Scandal

    1 1933 HD

    An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

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  • 1983
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    Wings

    Wings

    1 1983 HD

    An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke.

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  • 1956
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    The Bitter Waters

    The Bitter Waters

    1 1956 HD

    At the beginning of the 20th century, a rich American boy touring Europe with his uncle stops at a trendy German resort and meets a pretty young girl...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1970
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    Menace

    Menace

    1 1970 HD

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