Celeste Holm

Deceased · Born: Apr 28, 1917 · Died: Jul 15, 2012

Personal Details

Born Apr 28, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spouse

Frank Basile
( Apr 29, 2004 to Jul 15, 2012 )
Wesley Addy
( May 22, 1966 to Dec 31, 1996 )
Alexander Schuyler Dunning
( Mar 21, 1946 to May 6, 1953 )
Francis Emerson Harding Davies
( Jan 7, 1940 to May 8, 1945 )
Ralph Nelson
( Sep 11, 1936 to Dec 31, 1969 )

Parents

Theodor Holm
Jean Holm

Relatives

Charles Parke (Grandparent)
Blanche Hand (Grandparent)

Biography

Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She also is known for her performances in The Snake Pit (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), and High Society (1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Celeste Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2015

College Debts as Grandma GG

2012

Driving Me Crazy: Proof of Concept

Driving Me Crazy: Proof of Concept as Mrs. Ginsberg

2005

Alchemy as Iris

2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

1997

Still Breathing

Still Breathing as Ida

1996

Once You Meet a Stranger

Once You Meet a Stranger as Clara

Promised Land as Hattie Greene

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel as Hattie Greene

1989

Disneyland as Miss Snow

Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

1987

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book as Claire

1983

This Girl for Hire

This Girl for Hire as Zandra Stoneham

1982

American Playhouse

American Playhouse as The Celebrity

1981

Midnight Lace as Sylvia Randall

1979

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House as Florence Harding

1978

The Love Boat as Estelle Castlewood

1977

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Florence Hollister

Disneyland as Deirdre Wainwright

Wonder Woman as Dolly Tucker

1976

Bittersweet Love

Bittersweet Love as Marian

Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings as Sister Angela

Columbo as Phyllis Lytton Brandt

1974

The Underground Man

The Underground Man as Beatrice Broadhurst

Death Cruise as Elizabeth Mason

1973

Tom Sawyer as Tia Polly

1972

The Delphi Bureau

The Delphi Bureau

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

Swing Out, Sweet Land as Nancy Lincoln

Nancy as Abigail 'Abby' Townsend

1967

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! as Louise Halloran

1965

Cinderella as Fairy Godmother

1964

The Fugitive as Flo Hagerman

Disneyland as Mrs. Fuller

1962

Bachelor Flat as Helen Bushmill

1961

Checkmate as Loraine Whitman

1960

The Right Man as Victoria Woodhull

1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hostess at Lawn Party (uncredited)

1956

High Society as Liz Imbrie

1955

The Tender Trap

The Tender Trap as Sylvia Crewes

1950

All About Eve as Karen Richards

Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar as Flame O'Neill

1949

Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable as Sister Scholastica

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It as Doris Blair Borland

Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday as Emily Hefferen

1948

Road House as Susie Smith

The Snake Pit as Grace

1947

Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement as Anne Dettrey

Carnival in Costa Rica

Carnival in Costa Rica as Celeste

1946

Three Little Girls in Blue

Three Little Girls in Blue as Miriam Harrington

appearances

1995

Great Performances

Great Performances