Celeste Holm (Creator)

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Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American actress whose career spanned over seven decades, from The Golden Age of Hollywood to her death. She is best remembered for her roles in such films as Gentleman's Agreement (which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), All About Eve, and High Society.

Holm was married five times and had two children. She died in 2012 at the age of 95 after suffering a heart attack.

Works that Celeste Holm appeared in:

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Film roles

1946: Three Little Girls In Blue as Miriam Harrington
1947: Carnival In Costa Rica as Celeste
1947: Gentleman's Agreement as Anne Dettrey
1948: Road House as Susie Smith
1948: The Snake Pit as Grace
1949: Chicken Every Sunday as Emily Hefferan
1949: Come To The Stable as Sister Scholastica
1949: Everybody Does It as Doris Blair Borland
1950: Champagne For Caesar as Flame O'Neil
1950: All About Eve as Karen
1955: The Tender Trap as Sylvia Crewes
1956: High Society as Liz Imbrie
1956: Carolyn as Carolyn Daniels
1957: The Yeomen Of The Guard as Phoebe Meryll
1960: The Right Man as Victoria Woodhull
1961: Bachelor Flat as Helen Bushmill
1965: Cinderella as Fairy Godmother
1966: Meet Me in St. Louis as Mrs. Smith
1967: Doctor Youve Got To Be Kidding as Louise Hallorman
1970: Swing Out Sweet Land as Nancy Lincoln
1973: Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
1974: The Underground Man as Beatrice Broadhurst
1974: Death Cruise as Elizabeth Mason
1976: The American Woman Portraits Of Courage as Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1976: Bittersweet Love as Marian Lewis
1977: The Love Boat II as Eva McFarland
1977: The Private Files Of J Edgar Hoover as Florence Hollister
1981: Midnight Lace as Sylvia Randall
1983: This Girl For Hire as Zandra Stoneham
1987: Murder By The Book as Claire
1987: Three Men and a Baby as Jack's Mother
1989: Noras Christmas Gift as Nora Richards
1990: Polly Comin Home as Ms. Snow
1996: Once You Meet A Stranger as Clara
1996: Home of the Brave as Hattie Greene
1997: Still Breathing as Ida
2005: Alchemy as Iris
2012: Driving Me Crazy Proof Of Concept as Mrs. Ginsberg
2015: College Debts as Grandma GG

Television roles

1950: All Star Revue as Guest Actress
1951-1953: Lux Video Theatre as Miss Prynne/Katherine Case/Margaret West/Eliza (4 episodes)
1952-1957: Schlitz Playhouse as Lettie Morgan (2 episodes)
1954: Honestly Celeste as Celeste Anders
1955: The United States Steel Hour as Madge Collins
1956: As the World Turns as Lauren Roberts
1956: Climax as Mary Miller
1956: Producers Showcase as Mad Maggie
1957: Goodyear Playhouse as Maggie Travis
1957: Zane Grey Theatre as Sarah Kimball
1959: The Ed Sullivan Show as Actress in Scene from Third Best Sport
1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hostess at Lawn Party
1961: Play Of The Week as Virginia
1962: Follow The Sun as Ms. Bullfinch
1962: Checkmate 1960 as Laraine Whitman
1962: Alcoa Premiere as Laura Bennett
1963: Dr. Kildare as Nurse Jane Munson
1963: Burke's Law as Helen Forsythe
1964: The Eleventh Hour as Billie Hamilton
1965: Mr Novak as Rose Herrod
1965: Run For Your Life as Margot Horst
1965-1967: The Fugitive as Pearl Saunders/Flo Hagerman (2 episodes)
1965-1989: The Magical World Of Disney as Mrs. Fuller/Ms. Snow (6 episodes)
1966: The Long Hot Summer as Libby Rankin
1967: The F.B.I. as Flo Clementi
1967: Insight as Mrs. Bern
1969: Mr Deeds Goes To Town as Norma Farrow
1970: The Name Of The Game as Irene Comdon
1970-1971: Nancy as Abigail 'Abby Townsend
1972: The Delphi Bureau as Sybil Van Loween
1973-1974: Medical Center as Geraldine Stern/Dr. Linda Wilson (2 episodes)
1974: The Streets of San Francisco as Mrs. Shaninger
1974: The Manhunter as Clara Calvert
1976: Captains And The Kings as Sister Angela
1976: Columbo as Phyllis Lytton Brandt
1977: Wonder Woman (1975) as Dolly Tucker
1978: Lucan as Eva Jarrett
1978-1979: Fantasy Island as Sister Veronica/Mabel Jarvis (2 episodes)
1979: Backstairs At The White House as Mrs. Florence Harding
1979-1982: Trapper John, M.D. as Lillie Townsend/Claudia (2 episodes)
1979-1984: The Love Boat as Florence Flanders/Estelle Castlewood (2 episodes)
1981-1983: Archie Bunker's Place as Estelle Harris (5 episodes)
1982: American Playhouse as The Celebrity
1984: Jessie as Molly Hayden
1985: Matt Houston as Katherine Hershey
1985: Falcon Crest as Anna Rossini
1987: Magnum, P.I. as Abigail Baldwin
1988: Spenser For Hire as Rose
1989: CBS Summer Playhouse as Samantha Orbison
1989-1990: Christine Cromwell as Samantha Cromwell
1991-1992: Loving as Isabelle Alden #3 (66 episodes)
1992: Cheers as Grandmother Gaines
1996-1998: Touched by an Angel as Hattie Greene (3 episodes)
- 1996-1999: Promised Land (1996) as Hattie Greene
2000: The Beat as Frances Robinson
2002: Third Watch as Florence
2004: Whoopi as Diana