Geraldine Fitzgerald Overview:

Legendary actress, Geraldine Fitzgerald, was born on Nov 24, 1913 in Dublin, Ireland. Fitzgerald appeared in over 85 film and TV roles. Her best known films include Wuthering Heights, Dark Victory, and Watch on the Rhine. Fitzgerald died at the age of 91 on Jul 17, 2005 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetary Cemetery in Bronx, NY.

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Fitzgerald went to Hollywood after a start in British films, but her ideals were too high for Warner Brothers, who suspended her a number of times for refusing roles, and her film career stuttered to a halt in the late forties. Later, Fitzgerald became a barnstorming character actress and nightclub singer.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Fitzgerald was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1939Best Supporting ActressWuthering Heights (1939)IsabellaNominated
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. In addition, Fitzgerald was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

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Geraldine Fitzgerald Quotes:

Heathcliff: Why are your eyes always empty? Like Linton's eyes.
Isabella: They're not empty, if you'd only look deeper. Look at me. I'm pretty. I'm a woman and I love you. You're all of life to me. Let me be a single breath of it for you.


Isabella: If Cathy died... I might begin to live.


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Her Broadway debut in 1938 was in the Mercury Theatre production "Heartbreak House" with fellow ex-Gate Theatre performer, Orson Welles who had been impressed by her talent back in Dublin.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for "Mass Appeal." Her son, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, had been nominated for the same award in 1979 for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

A role in Rachel, Rachel (1968) required her to sing. Displeased with the results, she took voice lessons. She later became a cabaret artist. Her show "Streetsongs" was a nightclub hit and appeared three times on Broadway over the years.

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