Connie Gilchrist
Biography
Connie Gilchrist was born February 2, 1901, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the daughter of stage actress Martha Daniels. At a young age, Connie, who had the birth name of Rose, was groomed for the stage. She made her debut in London, England, in 1917 at the age of 16. However, it wasn't until 1935 when she reached Broadway. In 1940, at the age of 39, she was signed with MGM where she played character roles. Her first film was in 1940's Hullabaloo (1940). Her next was as Christina Dalvik in A Woman's Face (1941). She was to appear in numerous films between 1940 and 1969, all in character roles. Some of the films of note that Connie appeared in were The Thin Man Goes Home (1945), Little Women (1949), Houdini (1953) and Some Came Running (1958). Her final performance on the silver screen was in 1969's Some Kind of a Nut (1969). After 77 films, Connie died on March 3, 1985, at the age of 84.
Long John Silver
Purity Pinker
Swing Shift Maisie
Maw Lustvogel
The Story of Molly X
Dawn
Flesh and Fury
Mrs. Richardson
Olive Ransome
Jennie the Maid
Young Widow
Aunt Cissie
Tenth Avenue Angel
Mrs. Murphy
Molly Banter (uncredited)
Married Bachelor
Mother with Baby on Train (uncredited)
Some Kind of a Nut
Mrs. Boland
The Monkey's Uncle
Mrs. Gossett
Tickle Me
Hilda
Fluffy
Maid
Molly Banter (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
Ramona Ryerdon
A House Is Not a Home
Hattie Miller
A Tiger Walks
Liddy Lewis
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Mrs. Gossett, Holmby's Housekeeper
Auntie Mame
Norah Muldoon
Some Came Running
Jane Barclay (Edith's mother)
Machine-Gun Kelly
'Ma' Becker
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Mrs. Manter
The Far Country
Hominy
It Should Happen to You
Mrs. Riker
Long John Silver
Purity Pinker
Houdini
Mrs. Shultz
An der Spitze der Apachen
Ma Higgins
Flesh and Fury
Mrs. Richardson
Thunder on the Hill
Sister Josephine
Here Comes the Groom
Ma Jones
Tripoli
Henriette
Undercover Girl
Capt. Sadie Parker
The Killer That Stalked New York
Belle - the Landlady
Louisa
Housekeeper Gladys
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Madame Adelaide
Stars in My Crown
Sarah Isbell
Buccaneer's Girl
Vegetable Woman
The Story of Molly X
Dawn
Little Women
Mrs. Kirke
A Letter to Three Wives
Mrs. Ruby Finney
Act of Violence
Martha
Big City
Martha - the Judge's Maid
Tenth Avenue Angel
Mrs. Murphy
Good News
Cora - the Cook
The Unfinished Dance
Josie's Mother (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
Bertha
The Hucksters
Betty - Switchboard Operator
Bad Bascomb
Annie Freemont
Young Widow
Aunt Cissie
Up Goes Maisie
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
The Valley of Decision
The Scott's Cook (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
Woman on Train with Baby (uncredited)
Music for Millions
Travelers Aid Woman
Laurel & Hardy: Die Leibköche seiner Majestät
Mrs. Flannigan
The Seventh Cross
Frau Binder (uncredited)
The Heavenly Body
Beulah - 'Delia Murphy'
Swing Shift Maisie
Maw Lustvogel
Presenting Lily Mars
Frankie
Laurel & Hardy - Air Raid Wardens / Nothing but Trouble
Mrs. Flannigan
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Cook
Tortilla Flat
Mrs. Torrelli
Grand Central Murder
Pearl Delroy
Olive Ransome
Johnny Eager
Peg Fowler
H.M. Pulham, Esquire
Tillie, Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Married Bachelor
Mother with Baby on Train (uncredited)
Jennie the Maid
Billy the Kid
Mildred - Blonde Barmaid (uncredited)
A Woman's Face
Christina Dalvik
Barnacle Bill
Mamie
