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.
Tough GuysTough Guys · 1986
Tough Guys
6.01986
MovieComedyCrime
Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.
South of St. LouisSouth of St. Louis · 1949
South of St. Louis
5.81949
MovieWestern
With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed. Needing money, will join the Confederate troops, each for their particular motivations.
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.
The Constant NymphThe Constant Nymph · 1943
The Constant Nymph
6.31943
MovieDramaRomance
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
Undercover GirlUndercover Girl · 1950
Undercover Girl
5.51950
MovieCrimeDrama
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.

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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.

Mrs. Iris Rylander