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Beulah Bondi / ˈ b ɒ n d i / (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981) was an American character actress; she often played eccentric mothers and later grandmothers and wives, although she was known for numerous other roles.
Highly respected as a first-tier character actress, Bondi won two Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations, for The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) and Of Human Hearts (1938), and an Emmy Award in 1976 for her turn in the television program The Waltons (1972).
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Woodland Hills, California, USA
Jan 13, 1981 · Beulah Bondi, whose career on the Broadway stage, in films and on television spanned more than 50 years, died yesterday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Hollywood. She was 92...
Highly respected as a first-tier character actress, Bondi won two Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations, for The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) and Of Human Hearts (1938), and an Emmy Award in 1976 for her turn in the television program The Waltons (1972).
- May 3, 1889
- January 11, 1981
Beulah Bondi (1892-1981) was a versatile and popular character actress who appeared in over 60 films, including Street Scene, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life. She was nominated for Oscars for Gorgeous Hussy and Of Human Hearts, and traveled extensively in her retirement.
Beulah Bondi was an American actress who appeared in many films and TV shows, including It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Waltons. She was born in 1889 and died in 1981, and was nominated for two Oscars and won an Emmy.
New York saw Beulah Bondi first in an off-Broadway production of Dan Totheroh's Wild Birds, and she arrived on Broadway in ‘25 as Maggie, the seventy-year old servant in One in the Family, a comedy.
