Georgia Backus

Acting

Georgia Backus

Born October 12, 1900 · Columbus, Ohio, USA

Died September 7, 1983 · aged 82

Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play.

Known For

Citizen KaneCitizen Kane · 1941
Citizen Kane
8.01941
MovieMysteryDrama
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
The Magnificent AmbersonsThe Magnificent Ambersons · 1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
7.31942
MovieDramaRomance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
I Married a WitchI Married a Witch · 1942
I Married a Witch
6.91942
MovieRomanceFantasy
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.
Force of EvilForce of Evil · 1950
Force of Evil
6.61950
MovieCrimeDrama
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
Too Late for TearsToo Late for Tears · 1949
Too Late for Tears
6.81949
MovieCrimeThriller
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Copper CanyonCopper Canyon · 1950
Copper Canyon
5.71950
MovieWestern
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
No Man of Her OwnNo Man of Her Own · 1950
No Man of Her Own
6.91950
MovieDramaCrime
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Apache DrumsApache Drums · 1951
Apache Drums
6.31951
MovieWestern
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

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