Hilda Vaughn

Hilda Vaughn
Born December 27, 1898
Baltimore, Maryland
Died December 28, 1957 (aged 59)
Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation Actress
Years active 1929-1940
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse(s) Charles Morgan

Hilda Vaughn (December 27, 1898 – December 28, 1957), was an actress of the stage, film, radio, and television.[1] [2][3][4] She frequently played a “pleb”, or a commoner in the films she acted in (waitresses, maids, charwomen, governesses, and saleswomen) but "the characters she embodied did not lack ... character!"[5] A fixture at MGM in the sound era of the early 1930s, she acted in more than 50 films. Her most notable films were 1933's Dinner at Eight where she was memorable as Jean Harlow's blackmailing maid, as well as Today We Live (1933), Chasing Yesterday (1935), and Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940).[6]

Vaughn attended Vassar College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She appeared on Broadway, and in 1924 toured as the lead in "Rain," based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham. Her "smoldering quality" came back to Broadway two years later in "The Seed of the Brute" at the Little Theatre. She also appeared on Broadway in "Glory Hallelujah."[7]

After making several films, Vaughn was part of the Hollywood blacklist. She returned to the stage in 1942 to play the lead in "Only the Heart" at the American Actors Company. In 1943 she appeared in William Saroyan's "Get Away Old Man," followed by several other appearances, including playing the nurse to Judith Anderson's Medea and the mother in The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw. She was also known for her concert readings of plays.

Vaughn died the day after her 59th birthday in her native Baltimore.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Film History of the 1940s". filmsite.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19.
  2. ↑ Eckstein, Arthur. “The Hollywood Ten in History and in Memory”. Film History 16, no. 4 (December 2004): 424-436. Communication and Mass Media complete, EBSCOhost; accessed March 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "American Masters". Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  4. ↑ "New York Times Movies". Archived from the original on 2013-10-08 – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ↑ Bellinger, Guy. "Hilda Vaughn Biography". www.IMBD.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Biography by Hans J. Wollstein". www.allmovie.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Hilda Vaughn, Actress, Is Dead at 60; Last Appeared Here in 'The River Line'". New York Times. 1957-12-30. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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