Sara Allgood
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Oct 31, 1879 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | Sep 13, 1950 Woodland Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 70 |
Sara Allgood | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1918-50 |
| Known for | Irish mothers, landladies, neighborhood gossips |
| Top Roles | Mrs. Higgins, Bessie, Mrs. Morton, Sister Martha, Mrs. Monahan |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Musical, Crime, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama), World War II |
| Top Collaborators | Victor Saville (Director), Cedric Hardwicke, Lumsden Hare, Doris Lloyd |
| Shares birthday with | Barbara Bel Geddes, Dale Evans, Ethel Waters see more.. |
Sara Allgood Overview:
Character actress, Sara Allgood, was born on Oct 31, 1879 in Dublin, Ireland. Allgood appeared in over 50 film roles. Her best known films include Sabotage, How Green Was My Valley, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Jane Eyre (1943), The Keys of the Kingdom, The Spiral Staircase, Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), One Touch of Venus and That Hamilton Woman. Allgood died at the age of 70 on Sep 13, 1950 in Woodland Hills, CA .
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Sara Allgood's memorable sprinkling of mother roles -- most of them involved in tragedy of some kind or other -- was topped by the one in How Green Was My Valley, for which she received an Oscar nomination. She made her first film appearance in Australia, and later worked for Alfred Hitchcock, whom she considered a 'cheap, second-rate director'!,
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Allgood was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1941 | Best Supporting Actress | How Green Was My Valley (1941) | Mrs. Morgan | Nominated |
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Sara Allgood Quotes:
Kitty Langley: He said deep water was restful and full of peace. The river drew him even in the end.
Inspector John Warwick: A river sweeps a city clean.
Kitty Langley: Carries things out to sea. And they sink in deep water.
Ellen Bonting: If it was him, I'm glad.
Mrs. Dorsey: There is only one thing worse than being Irish, and that's not being Irish.
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