Madge Kennedy

Madge Kennedy

Born: April 19, 1891
Died: June 9, 1987
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies for Madge Kennedy...

W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Title: W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1986
Type: Movie
Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.
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Marathon Man
Title: Marathon Man
Character: Lady in Bank
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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The Day of the Locust
Title: The Day of the Locust
Character: Mrs. Johnson
Released: May 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
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The Baby Maker
Title: The Baby Maker
Character: Tish's Grandmother
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
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Title: The Odd Couple
Character: Mimi
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: TV
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Title: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Character: Mrs. Laydon
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Title: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Character: Mrs. Flagler
Released: October 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a meaning to his life in a new and uncompromising world.
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Title: CBS Playhouse
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: TV
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Mrs. MacFarlane
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: The Tall Man
Released: September 10, 1960
Type: TV
The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired seventy-five episodes on NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.
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Let's Make Love
Title: Let's Make Love
Character: Miss Manners (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1960
Type: Movie
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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North by Northwest
Title: North by Northwest
Character: Mrs. Finlay (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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Plunderers of Painted Flats
Title: Plunderers of Painted Flats
Character: Mary East
Released: January 23, 1959
Type: Movie
To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.
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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Title: A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Character: Grace Havens
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.
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Houseboat
Title: Houseboat
Character: Mrs. Farnsworth
Released: November 19, 1958
Type: Movie
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Title: Leave It to Beaver
Character: Aunt Martha Bronson
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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Title: Official Detective
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: TV
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Lust for Life
Title: Lust for Life
Character: Anna Cornelia van Gogh
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: Movie
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
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The Catered Affair
Title: The Catered Affair
Character: Mrs. Joe Halloran
Released: June 14, 1956
Type: Movie
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
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Three Bad Sisters
Title: Three Bad Sisters
Character: Martha Craig
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Following the death of a wealthy man, his three daughters squabble about who should be the principal heiress.
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The Rains of Ranchipur
Title: The Rains of Ranchipur
Character: Mrs. Smiley
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mrs. Barnes
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mrs. Baldwin
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Laura Crabtree
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mrs. Carter
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mary Hughes
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
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Title: Studio 57
Released: September 21, 1954
Type: TV
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
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Main Street to Broadway
Title: Main Street to Broadway
Character: Mrs. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
Released: October 12, 1953
Type: Movie
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Henrietta Mallory
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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The Marrying Kind
Title: The Marrying Kind
Character: Judge Anne B. Carroll
Released: February 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Clara Matheson
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
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 sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Ma Glover
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Oh, Baby!
Title: Oh, Baby!
Released: August 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Billy, a diminutive manager of prizefighters, is priming Jim Stone for the heavyweight championship when Charley Burns (Arthur Graham?) discloses that for the past 8 years he has invented a mythical wife and daughter for the benefit of his Aunt Phoebe, who now requests a visit from them. He finally persuades Billy to pose as his daughter, Evangeline, while Miss Brennan, a magazine writer, consents to take the role of his wife.
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Lying Wives
Title: Lying Wives
Released: June 13, 1925
Type: Movie
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Three miles out
Title: Three miles out
Character: Molly Townsend
Released: February 10, 1924
Type: Movie
Molly Townsend is on the eve of her marriage to Luis Riccardi, a steamship man who secretly is a bootlegger. She follows John Locke, the man she really loves, on a steamship bound for Rio. He is thrown overboard, leaving her at the mercy of a crew full of bad men. She is nearly their victim when she is rescued by John and her mother. When the police come aboard, the leader of the band reveals the true character of Riccardi, leaving Molly and John happy together.
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The Purple Highway
Title: The Purple Highway
Character: April Blair
Released: August 5, 1923
Type: Movie
Two inmates and a cleaning girl at a home for struggling artists achieve success and fame when they pool their talents and produce a smash hit Broadway musical. Edgar ( Monte Blue ), the playwright, is in love with April ( Madge Kennedy ), the ex- leading lady, but she doesn't discover that she loves him until it's almost too late.
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Oh Mary Be Careful
Title: Oh Mary Be Careful
Character: Mary Meacham
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
"Mary Meacham, the most popular girl in college, goes to live with her maiden aunt, Miss Myra. Auntie is a man-hater who has various theories for testing the desirable qualities of the male sex. Mary sees a dreary man-less time before her and sends an S. O. S. to various sisters and their brothers to visit her while Auntie is away.
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The Highest Bidder
Title: The Highest Bidder
Character: Sally Raeburn
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Society miss Sally Raeburn is left penniless and is helped out by an older woman. The woman makes it clear that to repay her, Sally must marry wealth, so when the very well-heeled Lester comes to her village, Sally goes after him. Lester has been traveling incognito in the hopes that no one will discover him, so when Sally wins him she feels guilty and confesses that she knew who he was all along.
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The Truth
Title: The Truth
Character: Becky Warder
Released: August 28, 1920
Type: Movie
Becky Warder constantly indulges in the telling of little white lies. In an innocent effort to ease the troubled marriage of her quarreling friends Eve and Fred Lindon, Becky meets secretly with Fred, thereby constructing a web of deceit that leads Eve to suspect Becky of trifling with her husband's affections. Eve informs Becky's husband Tom of these meetings and Tom, suspicious, accuses his wife of infamy. ....
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Dollars and Sense
Title: Dollars and Sense
Character: Hazel Farron
Released: June 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Destitute, Hazel Farron is offered employment and comfort from bakery owner David Rogers. When Rogers' bakery slips into debt, he collapses from exhaustion and anxiety, forcing Hazel to turn to former admirer Geoffrey Stanhope for financial aid. Stanhope consents in return for a night alone with Hazel, but when she arrives at his hotel room for the appointed tryst, she discovers Stanhope waiting with Rogers and a minister so that Hazel can marry her employer.
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The Blooming Angel
Title: The Blooming Angel
Character: Floss
Released: February 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Floss Brannon, expelled from college for mischievous conduct, marries Chester Framm, a struggling young student who aspires to be an orator. When Chester's salary as an insurance clerk proves insufficient for the couple's needs, Claire invents a complexion cream called "Angel Bloom." Deciding to combine Chester's oratory prowess with the promotion of Angel Bloom, Floss rents an elephant, coats it with the cream and plans to have Chester pitch the product from the back of the animal.
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Through the Wrong Door
Title: Through the Wrong Door
Character: Isabel Carter
Released: July 20, 1919
Type: Movie
A young woman goes to visit friends but mistakenly rings at the wrong address. She is greeted and taken in out of the storm by a handsome young man to whom she is immediately attracted. What she does not know, however, is that this young man has been fleeced by her father and has sworn vengeance against him.
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Leave It to Susan
Title: Leave It to Susan
Character: Susan Burbridge
Released: May 25, 1919
Type: Movie
A Clarence G. Badger silent cowboy western kidnapping mistaken identity romantic comedy, based on a story by Rex Taylor; about a rich woman who gets lost in the West, and is found by an engineer who she mistakes for an outlaw. tHe plays along because he enjoys it, but then four real outlaws show up, and he tells them he was kidnapping her. They get found out, the girl gets one of the outlaws' guns and rescues them, and of course, they discover they love each other!
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A Perfect Lady
Title: A Perfect Lady
Character: Lucille Le Jambon / Lucy Higgins
Released: December 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Dancer Lucille Le Jambon (whose real name is Lucy Higgins) loses her job when the morals committee of Sycamore, Kansas, headed by the self-righteous Deacon John Griswold, forces the Merry Models Burlesque show to close. Having grown fond of Sycamore, Lucy opens a combined ice cream parlor and dance hall, where she teaches the young people all the latest dances. ...
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Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Title: Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Character: Joan of Arc
Released: October 1, 1918
Type: Movie
The Kaiser is playing cards with King Albert of Italy, who loses, but is rescued by Miss Liberty Loan.
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The Fair Pretender
Title: The Fair Pretender
Character: Sylvia Maynard
Released: May 19, 1918
Type: Movie
Madge Kennedy stars as a young woman of modest means, posing as a millionairess in order to attend a hoity-toity society ball, where she hopes to snare a rich husband. Here she meets handsome young Tom Moore, who is likewise impersonating a man of wealth.
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The Danger Game
Title: The Danger Game
Character: Clytie Rogers
Released: April 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Wealthy Clytie Rogers writes a novel in which a society girl commits a burglary, but it is "roasted" by critic Jimmy Gilpin, who writes that her story is completely implausible. To prove him wrong, Clytie decides to feign a robbery and enters an apartment through an open window. She is apprehended by a policeman, who mistakes her for local robber "Powder Nose Annie." Gilpin sees her in jail and, posing as crook Jimmy of the Dives, arranges to break her out and take her on a robbing spree. Finally, Jimmy returns her to her parents and then calls at her home as Gilpin, the critic. Clytie is suprised but forgives the deception and agrees to marry him.
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Nearly Married
Title: Nearly Married
Character: Betty Griffon
Released: November 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.
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Baby Mine
Title: Baby Mine
Character: Zoie
Released: September 23, 1917
Type: Movie
Madge Kennedy plays a young bride whose husband walks out after a quarrel. Hoping to make him come crawling back, Kennedy pretends to have given birth to a baby. Complications ensue when Morgan returns home, demanding to see his new kid.