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Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Actor · Died July 17, 2005, aged 91 · Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She was born south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine and Edward Martin FitzGerald. She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, and began her acting career in at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where she found success in films The Mill on the Floss, The Turn of the Tide, and Cafe Mascot. Fitzgerald's success led her to the Broadway stage in 1938. She made her American debut in the Mercury Theatre production of Heartbreak House. Producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in this production and subsequently signed her to a contract with Warner Bros, where she starred in Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights. Afterwards, appeared in Shining Victory, The Gay Sisters, and Watch on the Rhine, but her career was hampered by her frequent clashes with studio management. Although she continued to work throughout the 1940s, the quality of her roles began to diminish and her career lost momentum. In 1946, shortly after completing work on Three Strangers, she left Hollywood to return to New York City, where she married her second husband, Stuart Scheftel, a grandson of Isidor Straus. She returned to Britain to film So Evil My Love, receiving strong reviews, and The Late Edwina Black, before returning to the United States. She became a naturalized United States citizen on April 18, 1955. The 1950s provided her with few opportunities in film, but during the 1960s she asserted herself as a character actor and her career enjoyed a revival. Among her successful films of this period were Ten North Frederick, The Pawnbroker, and Rachel, Rachel. Her later films included The Mango Tree, for which she received an Australian Film Institute Best Actress nomination, and Harry and Tonto, in a scene opposite Art Carney. She also starred in Arthur 1 and 2, miniseries Kennedy, Do You Remember Love, Easy Money, Poltergeist 2, as in Circle of Violence, a television film about elder abuse. Fitzgerald returned to stage acting, and won acclaim for her performance in the 1971 revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1976, she performed as a cabaret singer with the show Streetsongs, recorded an album of the show for Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles label. She also achieved success as a theatre director; becoming one of the first women to receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play. While in New York, Fitzgerald collaborated with playwright and Franciscan brother Jonathan Ringkamp to found the Everyman Theater of Brooklyn, a street theater company, that performed throughout the city. She appeared on television, in such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Robert Montgomery Presents, Naked City, St. Elsewhere, The Golden Girls, and Cagney and Lacey. As well, she starred in Our Private World, and Mabel and Max. She won a Daytime Emmy Award as best actress for her appearance in the NBC Special Treat episode "Rodeo Red and the Runaways". Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine Fitzgerald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
November 24, 1913
Died
July 17, 2005 (aged 91)
From
Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 41% in 30 days

What are Geraldine Fitzgerald's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Morality
21%
Survival
20%
Self
14%
Power
9%
Ideas
2%
Society
1%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 15

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 13 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 15 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 15
Shadow
4 of 15
Hero
2 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Mentor
1 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
19
Tense
15
Bittersweet
8
Warm
5
Contemplative
6
Other
19

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Geraldine Fitzgerald's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Geraldine Fitzgerald's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Chalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Janet Slatt

  • Bump in the Night(1991)

    as Mrs. Beauchamps

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Dick Francis: Twice Shy(1989)

    as Mrs. O'Rourke

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Arthur 2: On the Rocks(1988)

    as Martha Bach

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • A Year in the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Wilbourne

  • Night of Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Abby Abelsen

  • Circle of Violence: A Family Drama(1986)

    as Charlotte Kessling

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

    as Gramma-Jess

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Golden Girls(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Anna · as Martha

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Do You Remember Love(1985)

    as Lorraine Wyatt

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Kennedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 3 episodes · as Rose Kennedy

  • Easy Money(1983)

    as Mrs. Monahan

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dixie: Changing Habits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Sister Agnes

  • St. Elsewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · as Margaret Ryan

  • Blood Link (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Mrs. Thomason

  • Cagney & Lacey(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Arthur(1981)

    as Martha Bach

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen McCall

  • Lovespell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Bronwyn

  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall(1980)

    as Granny Weatherall

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Bag lady

  • Tartuffe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Madame Pernelle

  • Bye Bye Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Mrs. Toland

  • The Mango Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Grandma Carr

  • The Quinns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Peggy Quinn

  • Yesterday's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Emma Talbot

  • Ah, Wilderness! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Essie Miller

  • Echoes of a Summer(1976)

    as Sara

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Diary of the Dead(1976)

    as Maud Kennaway

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Horizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Mrs. Atkins

  • Forget-Me-Not Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Amy Bisley

  • Harry and Tonto(1974)

    as Jessie

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Grandmother

  • Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Ma

  • The Last American Hero(1973)

    as Frau Jackson

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Amy Bisley · as Essie Miller · as Grandmother · as Mrs.Atkins

  • The Best Of Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 130 episodes · Actor

  • Rachel, Rachel(1968)

    as Rev. Wood

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Pawnbroker(1964)

    as Marilyn Birchfield

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Agatha Tomlin

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Defenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Lila Windell

  • The Fiercest Heart(1961)

    as Tante Marie

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Moon and Sixpence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Amy Strickland

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Brigid Delito · as Lillian Clinton

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Ten North Frederick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Edith Chapin

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Elizabeth Burton

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Miriam Lambert

  • Dark Possession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Charlotte Bell Wheeler

  • Pontius Pilate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Claudia Procula

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Todd Lincoln

  • The Late Edwina Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Elizabeth Grahame

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 5 episodes · as Elizabeth

  • Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · as Anna

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlotte Bell Wheeler · as Claudia Procula · as Duchess · as Marian McNeill

  • So Evil My Love(1948)

    as Susan Courtney

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Nobody Lives Forever(1946)

    as Gladys Halvorsen

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • O.S.S.(1946)

    as Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Three Strangers(1946)

    as Crystal Shackleford

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry(1945)

    as Lettie Quincey

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Wilson(1944)

    as Edith Bolling Galt

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Ladies Courageous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Virgie Alford

  • Watch on the Rhine(1943)

    as Marthe de Brancovis

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Gay Sisters(1942)

    as Evelyn Gaylord

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Shining Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Dr. Mary Murray

  • Flight from Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Betty Farroway

  • 'Til We Meet Again(1940)

    as Bonny Coburn

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Child Is Born(1939)

    as Grace Sutton

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Dark Victory(1939)

    as Ann King

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Wuthering Heights(1939)

    as Isabella Linton

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Mill on the Floss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Maggie Tulliver

  • Debt of Honour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Peggy Mayhew

  • Cafe Mascot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Moira O'Flynn

  • Department Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Jane Grey

  • Turn of the Tide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Ruth Fosdyck

  • Blind Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Peggy Summers

  • Three Witnesses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Diane Morton

  • The Lad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Joan Fandon

  • The Ace of Spades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Evelyn Daventry

  • Open All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Jill

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles from 1934 to 1997; peak year 1965.

Biggest box office

Arthur (1981)

$95M worldwide

Highest rated

The Pawnbroker (1964)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Film career

19341997

Peak 1965 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting79 of 79: 79 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1930s13 · acting1940s14 · acting1950s10 · acting1960s5 · acting1970s17 · acting1980s18 · acting1990s2 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
3964

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Geraldine Fitzgerald's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

75th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Pawnbroker (1964)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Geraldine Fitzgerald's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles8–59 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Geraldine Fitzgerald work with?

People who share at least 2 of Geraldine Fitzgerald's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hal B. Wallis shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles