Cast
Hope Emerson
1897 – 1960
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1948–1949
- Schools and movements
- Classical HollywoodGerman Expressionism
Directors worked with
Biography
Hope Emerson was an American actress, vaudevillian, nightclub performer, and strongwoman. Emerson started acting when she was three years old during a production with her mother. Her career started when she advertised sheet music by playing the piano at a 10-cent store. Emerson made her Broadway debut in Lysistrata in 1930. She starred in other plays, radio programs, films, television shows, and commercials. She often played the role of a villain in comedies and dramas. Emerson's performance in Caged "became the standard model for women's prison films." Her roles included being a circus strongwoman, a nefarious masseuse-conspirator, a mail-order bride, and a prison warden.
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2 films on this site
- Cry of the City 1948 · Robert Siodmak · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
- Adam's Rib 1949 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.4 · Cast