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Cornelia Otis Skinner

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Actress

The Resume

    (May 30, 1899-July 9, 1979)
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Appeared on Broadway in 'The Wild Westcotts' (1923-24), 'The Wives of Henry VIII' (1931-32), 'The Loves of Charles II' (1933-37), 'Edna His Wife' (1937-38), 'The Searching Wind' (1944 - 45), 'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1946 - 47), 'Maror Barbara' (1956 - 57) and 'The Pleasure of His Company' (1958 - 59)
    Appeared in the films 'The Uninvited' (1943), 'The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing' (1955) and 'The Swimmer' (1968)
    Book is 'Our Hearts Were Young and Gay' (1942)
    Daughter of stage star Otis Skinner

Why she might be annoying:

    She made her first professional stage debut with her father.
    She wrote three non-fiction memoirs.
    She was identical to Gale Sondergaard.
    She acted opposite Gail Russell in The Uninvited, and then was portrayed by Russell in the film version of her book a year later.
    She claimed she decided to drop the term ‘diseuse’ from her act after reading in a Scottish newspaper: ‘Cornelia Otis Skinner, the American disease, gave a program last night.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She performed for American servicemen during World War II.
    She wrote humorous pieces for publications such as The New Yorker.
    She penned essays and self-deprecating anecdotes that were later compiled in book form.
    She performed a one-woman musical show on Broadway in 1952 ('Paris 90').
    She wrote several of her own plays in which she played multiple characters, such as all the wives of King Henry VIII.
    She wrote a biography of actress Sarah Bernhardt in 1967.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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