Person Details

Birthday: 1899-11-29 02:03:18

Death: 1995-07-21 02:03:18

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 21, 1995) was an American actress. The daughter of a vaudeville performer, Tobin made her film debut in 1910 in Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eva. She appeared in a few films as a child, and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. Their brother, George, also had a brief acting career. Following her education in Paris and New York, Tobin concentrated on a stage career in New York. Although she was seen most often in comedies, Tobin also played the role of Cordelia in a Broadway production of King Lear in 1923. Popular with audiences, she was often praised by critics for her appearance and style rather than for her talent, however in 1929 she achieved a significant success in the play Fifty Million Frenchmen. She introduced and popularized the Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" and the success of the role led her back to Hollywood, where she performed regularly in comedy films from the early 1930s. She played prominent supporting roles opposite such performers as Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Joan Blondell and Kay Francis, but occasionally played starring roles, in films such as Golden Harvest (1933) and Easy to Love (1934). She played secretary Della Street to Warren William's Perry Mason in The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935). One of her most successful performances was as a bored housewife in the drama The Petrified Forest (1936) opposite Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. She married the director William Keighley in 1938 and made only a couple more films; her final film before her retirement was No Time for Comedy (1940) with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Genevieve Tobin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Petrified Forest
Average
7

The Petrified Forest

(1936) Mrs. Edith Chisholm
The Woman in Red
Average
6

The Woman in Red

(1935) Mrs. 'Nicko' Nicholas
Dark Hazard
Average
5

Dark Hazard

(1934) Marge Mayhew Turner
I Loved a Woman
Average
5

I Loved a Woman

(1933) Martha Lane Hayden
Zaza
Average
4

Zaza

(1938) Florianne
Seed
Average
6

Seed

(1931) Mildred
Golden Harvest
Average
5

Golden Harvest

(1933) Cynthia Flint
The Wrecker
Average
1

The Wrecker

(1933) Mary Regan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1940 Amanda 'Mandy' Swift
1939 Connie Nevins
1938 Florianne
Gina Bertier
Kate Westhanger
1937 Pauline Corbin
Nancy Randall
1936 Self
Helen
Alice Merritt
Mrs. Edith Chisholm
1935 Iris Marvin
Della Street
Kathleen Gerard
Betty Summers
Mrs. 'Nicko' Nicholas
1934 Ellen Smith
Eve Caron
Agnes
N/A
Marge Mayhew Turner
Jean Trent
Carol
Herself
1933 Martha Lane Hayden
Cynthia Flint
Julie Clochessy Wilson
Mary Regan
Elinor Green
Shirley Poole
Kitty Drayton
1932 Gertie Smith
Genevieve Tobin
Mitzi Olivier
1931 Countess Dorchy
Myra Deane
Mildred
1930 Hope Ferrier
Mary
1919 Eleanor Howitt
Year Character Movie/Tv

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment