Constance Purdy

Constance Purdy

Born: September 3, 1887
Died: April 1, 1960
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Movies for Constance Purdy...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Title: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Character: Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
bee
Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Stout Lady (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
bee
Blonde Dynamite
Title: Blonde Dynamite
Character: Second Dowager
Released: February 12, 1950
Type: Movie
While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.
bee
In the Good Old Summertime
Title: In the Good Old Summertime
Character: Gushing Woman (uncredited)
Released: July 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
bee
Hollow Triumph
Title: Hollow Triumph
Character: Mrs. Neyhmer (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
bee
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Title: Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Character: Mrs. Kelsey Chelsae Blackwell
Released: December 12, 1947
Type: Movie
Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles with his old construction cronies at the bar of Dinty Moore on 10th Avenue.
bee
That Hagen Girl
Title: That Hagen Girl
Character: Ruth Laverty (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
bee
Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Landlady (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
bee
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Title: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Character: Suffragette
Released: January 4, 1947
Type: Movie
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
bee
Vacation in Reno
Title: Vacation in Reno
Character: Eleanor's Mother
Released: December 10, 1946
Type: Movie
A hapless husband searches for buried treasure at a dude ranch; meanwhile, his wife wants a divorce and bank robbers want him dead.
bee
Cluny Brown
Title: Cluny Brown
Character: Lady Outside Bookstore
Released: June 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.
bee
Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Matron (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
bee
Spellbound
Title: Spellbound
Character: Dr. Brulov's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1945
Type: Movie
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
bee
Her Favorite Patient
Title: Her Favorite Patient
Character: Mrs. Moriarty (uncredited)
Released: June 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
bee
Swing Out, Sister
Title: Swing Out, Sister
Character: Mrs. Bradstreet
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jazz trumpeter, Geoffrey takes a job at a "hot" Broadway nightclub. Here he meets and falls in love with café songstress Donna (Frances Raeburn), who has led her family to believe that she's studying for a classical-music career. Meanwhile, a comedy-relief romance develops between Geoffrey's snooty valet Chumley (Arthur Treacher) and Donna's best pal Pat (Jacqueline De Wit). For those not interested in the plot (what there is of it), Swing Out, Sister includes specialty numbers by organist Selika Pettiford and the Lou Diamond Quintet.
bee
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character: Undetermined (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1945
Type: Movie
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
bee
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Title: Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Character: Woman in Ladies Spa (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.
bee
One Mysterious Night
Title: One Mysterious Night
Character: Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1944
Type: Movie
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
bee
Summer Storm
Title: Summer Storm
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1944
Type: Movie
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
bee
Double Indemnity
Title: Double Indemnity
Character: Fat Shopper in Market (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 1944
Type: Movie
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
bee
Going My Way
Title: Going My Way
Character: Mrs. Quimp's Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
bee
Double Up
Title: Double Up
Character: Mother (In Law)
Released: December 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Leon hires a lookalike to take his place at home every night while he goes out partying.
bee
True to Life
Title: True to Life
Character: Woman in Subway (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
bee
White Savage
Title: White Savage
Character: Blossom
Released: April 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
bee
The Powers Girl
Title: The Powers Girl
Character: School Board Member (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
bee
Shadow of a Doubt
Title: Shadow of a Doubt
Character: Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
bee
Now, Voyager
Title: Now, Voyager
Character: Rosa (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
bee
The Bashful Bachelor
Title: The Bashful Bachelor
Character: Widder Abernathy
Released: March 19, 1942
Type: Movie
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves Abner in a "rescue" effort which nearly gets both of them killed. They try again, and this time Geraldine is impressed. Lum writes a proposal note, but Abner, by mistake, delivers it to the Widder Abernathy, who has been ready to remarry for years. This puts Lum in a peck of trouble until the sheriff appears with the Widder's long-gone and hiding husband.
bee
Thunder in the Night
Title: Thunder in the Night
Character: Cafe Owner's Wife
Released: September 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.