Alexis Smith

Acting

Alexis Smith

Born June 8, 1921 · Penticton, Canada

Died June 9, 1993 · aged 72

Margaret Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress and pin-up girl. She appeared in several major Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972.

Known For

The Age of InnocenceThe Age of Innocence · 1993
The Age of Innocence
★ 7.01993
MovieDramaRomance
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the LaneThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane · 1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
★ 7.01976
MovieDramaMystery
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
Gentleman JimGentleman Jim · 1942
Gentleman Jim
★ 7.21942
MovieDramaComedy
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Night and DayNight and Day · 1946
Night and Day
★ 6.01946
MovieDramaMusic
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Here Comes the GroomHere Comes the Groom · 1951
Here Comes the Groom
★ 5.41951
MovieComedyMusic
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
Wyoming MailWyoming Mail · 1950
Wyoming Mail
★ 5.21950
MovieWestern
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a former army intelligence man, is hired to track down the gang and save the Territorial Mail Service. Steve goes undercover in territorial prison, leans Morse Code from a fellow prisoner, breaks jail, infiltrates the gang...and finds time to romance dance-hall singer Mary, who proves to have hidden depths...
The Young PhiladelphiansThe Young Philadelphians · 1959
The Young Philadelphians
★ 7.41959
MovieDrama
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.
MontanaMontana · 1950
Montana
★ 5.61950
MovieWesternAction
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

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Dress GrayDress Gray · 1986
Dress Gray
★ 5.11986
SeriesMysteryCrime
When a cadet at a military academy is found dead, the assumption is it was an accident. But the autopsy reveals that's not the case and that he's a homosexual and the last person he was with someone before he died and that someone is an academy upperclassman. The commandant wanting to protect the academy's good name tries to keep it quiet and hopefully no one will care about it. But the cadet comes from a prominent family and his father knows it couldn't have been an accident. And his sister knows one of the upper class men who knew his brother. And he learns the truth of her brother's death when he spoke to the academy doctor. Later when the commandant learns of this he orders the man brought to him and tells him to forget what he learned. But he sets out to find out the truth. At the same time the commandant gets some info that might implicate him.

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