Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

Best known for her roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Make Way for Tomorrow, Beulah Bondi (1889-1981) had a 60-year long acting career and an interesting on-screen life. Despite starting her professional acting career at 30, she made her mark on the film industry as a character actress. Before making a name for herself on-screen, she worked at the Stuart Walker stock company and performed on Broadway. This biography is the first to unpack Bondi's life before and throughout her film career. This work also explores Bondi's early family life in Indiana with a Jewish underwear salesman and a Presbyterian poet for parents.

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Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

Best known for her roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Make Way for Tomorrow, Beulah Bondi (1889-1981) had a 60-year long acting career and an interesting on-screen life. Despite starting her professional acting career at 30, she made her mark on the film industry as a character actress. Before making a name for herself on-screen, she worked at the Stuart Walker stock company and performed on Broadway. This biography is the first to unpack Bondi's life before and throughout her film career. This work also explores Bondi's early family life in Indiana with a Jewish underwear salesman and a Presbyterian poet for parents.

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Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

by Axel Nissen
Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen

by Axel Nissen

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Best known for her roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Make Way for Tomorrow, Beulah Bondi (1889-1981) had a 60-year long acting career and an interesting on-screen life. Despite starting her professional acting career at 30, she made her mark on the film industry as a character actress. Before making a name for herself on-screen, she worked at the Stuart Walker stock company and performed on Broadway. This biography is the first to unpack Bondi's life before and throughout her film career. This work also explores Bondi's early family life in Indiana with a Jewish underwear salesman and a Presbyterian poet for parents.


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ISBN-13: 9781476642598
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 05/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 251
File size: 15 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Axel Nissen is a professor of American literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo in Norway.
Axel Nissen is a professor of American literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Valparaiso, Indiana: Early Life and Career
2. From Stock to ­Stock-in-Trade: 1919–1924
3. Broadway Baby: 1925–1930
4. Miss Bondi Goes to Hollywood: 1931–1935
5. Glory Days: 1935–1939
6. Bondi’s War: 1940–1945
7. Bondi’s Peace: 1945–1949
8. It Was a Wonderful Life: Later Career and Final Years
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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