Beulah Bondi Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981) was an American actress of stage, film and television. She began her acting career as a young child in theater, and after establishing herself as a stage actress, she reprised her role in Street Scene for the 1931 film version. She played supporting roles in several films during the 1930s, and was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played the mother of James Stewart in four films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).She continued acting into her later years, and won an Emmy Award for an appearance in the television series The Waltons in 1976.
Full Name
Beulah Bondi
Net Worth
$6 Million
Date Of Birth
May 3, 1889
Died
January 11, 1981, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor
Education
Shimer College, Valparaiso University
Nationality
American
Parents
Eva Marble, Abraham O. Bondy
Nicknames
Beulah Bondi, Bondi, Beulah
IMDB
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies
It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Make Way for Tomorrow, Penny Serenade, Of Human Hearts, Vivacious Lady, Remember the Night, The Gorgeous Hussy, On Borrowed Time, Track of the Cat, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, A Summer Place, Watch on the Rhine, Back to Bataan, So Dear to My H...
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Often played kind if ill-fated mothers
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Quote
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[on her favorite role] It has always been the one I was playing at the moment that I liked best.
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[on her goal in life] Ideals were set and wishes made, but training and work were intensive - which resulted in opportunities presenting themselves at seemingly the right moment. Wishes, with work, do come true!
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What distinguishes the real actor from the pseudo is the passionate desire to know what is going on in the hearts and minds of people.
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I'm very cooperative, and if you'll just tell me exactly what you want, I'll always try to do it.
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Fact
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The New Year song "Auld Lang Syne" is featured prominently in two of her films, "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Remember the Night".
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Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
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Beulah Bondi was born Beulah Bondy to Adolph O. Bondy and Eva M. Marble in Chicago, IL.
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Though she often played loving mothers and wives, she never married nor had children.
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Beulah changed the spelling of her last name from Bondy to Bondi so the letters would all fit on one line for top billing on movie marquees. The "y" in Bondy was problematic since it would fall below the other letters and cause spacing issues. It was reported that the name change was due to A. O. Bondy's (her father) ill feelings towards Beulah's acting career. Quite the contrary. A. O. Bondy was manager of the Memorial Opera House at the time Beulah got her big break as Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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Always said her greatest regret was being passed over for the role of Ma Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). She was also bitterly disappointed when after replacing an ailing May Robson in Selznick's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was herself replaced by Robson when she recovered from her illness more quickly than anticipated.
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Made her stage debut at age 9, in the title role of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso, Indiana.
