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Lucile Watson (May 27, 1879 – June 24, 1962) was a Canadian actress, long based in the United States. She was "famous for her roles of formidable dowagers." [1]
Lucile Watson. Actress: Watch on the Rhine. Unsmiling character player Lucile Watson was one of Hollywood's most indomitable mothers of the 1930s and 1940s...and you can take that both ways.
Lucile Watson. Actress: Watch on the Rhine. Unsmiling character player Lucile Watson was one of Hollywood's most indomitable mothers of the 1930s and 1940s...and you can take that both ways.
Canadian-born actress. She was known as the "Queen of the Dowagers" because of her several roles as motherly types in film. In 1943 she was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as Bette Davis's mother in the film "Watch On The Rhine."
Lucile Watson, a character actress, who was famed for her portrayal of formidable dowagers and crotchety matriarchs, died yesterday in Doctors Hospital. Her age was 83.
Lucile Watson was born in Quebec, Canada, and raised in Ottawa. She moved to New York City to enroll at New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was identified early on as a comedienne, and in 1902 at age 23, she appeared in the play The Wisdom of the Wise and in Hearts Aflame on Broadway.
Watson was primarily a stage actress, appearing in 39 Broadway plays. In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas.