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May 30, 2014 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 130672119. Source citation. Actress. She may perhaps be best remembered for playing 'Bessie Watty' in the picture The Corn Is Green (1945). She received an Academy Award nomination for her effort. Born Mary Magdalene Ellis into a family of Anglo-Russian descent in Hong Kong, she fled with her mother to San Francisco as ...
Joan Lorring movies. Joan Lorring (according to online sources born Mary Magdalene Ellis to Anglo-Russian parents in Hong Kong on April 17, 1926) began her show business career on the radio, after fleeing with her mother from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1939 to escape the imminent Japanese invasion.
May 31, 2014 · NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscar-nominated actress Joan Lorring has died more than six decades after appearing opposite Bette Davis in the film “The Corn is Green.”. She was 88. She died Friday in the New York City suburb of Sleepy Hollow, according to her daughter, Santha Sonenberg. Lorring was born in Hong Kong and left for the United States ...
May 31, 2014 · NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscar-nominated actress Joan Lorring has died more than six decades after appearing opposite Bette Davis in the film The Corn is Green. She was 88. She died Friday in the New ...
Jun 2, 2014 · Joan Lorring, the Oscar-nominated actress who appeared opposite Bette Davis in the film “The Corn Is Green,” died May 30 in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. She was 88. Her daughter Santha Sonenberg ...
Actress. 17 April 1926 to 30 May 2014. A Hong Kong-born actress who moved to America in 1939, Lorring made her screen debut in Song Of Russia (1944) before receiving an Oscar-nomination for her performance in The Corn Is Green (1945). She also starred in Three Strangers (1946) and The Big Night (1951) and enjoyed a successful career on Broadway.
2. Joan Lorring (born Madeline Ellis; April 17, 1926 – May 30, 2014) was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lorring also originated the role of Marie Buckholder in Come Back ...
