- Naissance
- Décédé(e)11 janvier 1981 · Woodland Hills, Californie, États-Unis (pulmonary complications from fall)
- Nom de naissanceBeulah Bondy
- Taille5′ 5″ (1,65 m)
- Beulah Bondi est née le 3 mai 1889 dans l'Illinois, États-Unis. Elle était actrice. Elle est connue pour La vie est belle (1946), Street Scene (1931) et Monsieur Smith au sénat (1939). Elle est morte le 11 janvier 1981 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ParentsAbraham O. BondyEva Suzanna Marble
- Often played kind if ill-fated mothers
- Died in her California home of injuries she sustained after tripping over her cat.
- Though she often played loving mothers and wives, she never married nor had children.
- Always said her greatest regret was not winning the role of "Ma Joad" in John Ford's Les Raisins de la colère (1940). Bondi was also bitterly disappointed when, after replacing an ailing May Robson in Selznick's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), she was herself replaced by Robson who recovered from her illness more quickly than anticipated.
- Received a master's degree from Valparaiso University in oratory.
- 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.
- I'm very cooperative, and if you'll just tell me exactly what you want, I'll always try to do it.
- 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.
- [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!
- [on her favorite role] It has always been the one I was playing at the moment that I liked best.
- [1976] I've been an actress since I was a girl, but I've never ever played a woman under fifty years old.
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