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Rose Hobart (
May 1,
1906 –
August 29,
2000) was an
American actress.
Biography
Born in
New York City, her father was a cellist in the
New York Symphony. She began her career as a stage actress. On stage, one of her best-known roles was as Grazia, in the
American stage production of
Death Takes a Holiday, in 1929.
Her first film role was the part of Julie in the first talking picture version of
Ferenc Molnar's
Liliom, made by
Fox Film Corporation in
1930, starring
Charles Farrell in the title role, and directed by
Frank Borzage. She co-starred with
Fredric March and
Miriam Hopkins in
Rouben Mamoulian's original 1931 film version of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She played the role of Muriel, Jekyll's fiancée. Ironically, her co-star in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde, Fredric March, starred in the 1934 film version of
Death Takes a Holiday, but Ms. Hobart didn't play Grazia in the film. The role went instead to
Evelyn Venable.
In 1931, Hobart appeared in a
B-movie called
East of Borneo.
Surrealist artist
Joseph Cornell, who bought a print of the movie to screen at home, became smitten with the actress, and cut out nearly all the parts that didn't include her; he also slowed down the film and projected it through a blue tint. He named the resulting 1936 work
Rose Hobart. Hobart often played the "other woman" in movies during the 1940s; her last major film role was such a part, in 1949's
Bride of Vengeance.
She gave birth at age 43. During the 1950s she landed on the Hollywood
blacklist and was denied acting work for years; during that time she became an acting counselor. In the 1960s she took on television roles, including a part on
Peyton Place.
Later years
In 1994, Hobart published her
autobiography,
A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point.
On
August 29,
2000, Rose Hobart died at the actors' home in
Woodland Hills, California in 2000, aged 94, from natural causes.
Filmography
Television
The Invaders (1 episode, 1968)
Gunsmoke (1 episode, 1968)
The F.B.I. (2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Cannon (1 episode, 1971)
Night Gallery (1 episode, 1971)Further Information
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