Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 19, 1862
Place of Birth:
Iowa, USA
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Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Biography
She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temple's Storybook production of "Sleeping Beauty", although she is probably seen most often in "Going My Way" as Father Fitzgibbon's elderly mother.
Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USA
Date of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Madame Zimba (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Edge of Hell | Himself |
| 1954 | Witness to Murder | The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds) |
| 1953 | Three Lives | Mrs. Vadney |
| 1952 | Lydia Bailey | Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pony Soldier | White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds) |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Aunt Amy (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown | Granny Gailbraith (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Sickle or the Cross | Mrs. Burnside |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | Old woman |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Mrs. Waters (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Little Witch | Dona Lucia Castillo |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green | Old Woman Reading (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Son of Dracula | Madame Queen Zimba |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Librarian |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Mrs. Schneider (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Behind the Rising Sun | Grandmother |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Grandma Diedrich |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Mama Ruau |
| 1942 | Iceland | Grandma (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence) |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me | Grandma |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Old Woman |