Renee Godfrey

Acting

Renee Godfrey

Born September 1, 1919 · New York City, New York, USA

Died May 24, 1964 · aged 44

Sultry-eyed, dark-haired and exquisite-looking, New York City native Renee Godfrey certainly had the earnestness and requisite beauty to catapult herself to the top of the film industry but, in the end, fell short of her initial potential. She later put her career on the back burner to raise a family and, sadly, fell ill with cancer before she could resurrect it, dying at the young age of 44.

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.
Inherit the WindInherit the Wind · 1960
Inherit the Wind
7.71960
MovieDrama
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Kitty FoyleKitty Foyle · 1940
Kitty Foyle
6.61940
MovieDramaRomance
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Terror by NightTerror by Night · 1946
Terror by Night
6.61946
MovieMysteryCrime
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
Highways by NightHighways by Night · 1942
Highways by Night
7.31942
MovieAdventureComedy
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
Can-CanCan-Can · 1960
Can-Can
6.71960
MovieMusicComedy
A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.
Tender Is the NightTender Is the Night · 1962
Tender Is the Night
5.71962
MovieDramaRomance
1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.
Framing FatherFraming Father · 1942
Framing Father
8.01942
MovieComedy
Leon Errol tries to thwart his son's romance.

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