Biografia

15 luglio 1889 · San Francisco, California, Stati Uniti

6 luglio 1970 · Palm Springs, California, Stati Uniti (imprecisato)

1,68 m

Periods of temperament and alcoholism caused Rambeau to take a hiatus in her career in the mid-20s, but she was given a second chance by friend Franklin Pangborn, who gave her a chance as guest star in revivals of "Merely Mary Ann" and "What a Woman Wants" at the Vine Street Playhouse in Hollywood.

In 1945, she nearly lost her life in a crash foggy weather while filming Salomè (1945). Her injuries were so severe that she didn't appear in another movie for three years, returning to the screen with Le mura di Gerico (1948).

Her last public appearance was in 1968 at a party given in her honor along with Jackie Coogan, at the El Miradore Hotel.

Is one of 26 actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination for their performance in a musical; hers being La maschera e il cuore (1953). The others, in chronological order, are: Bessie Love (La canzone di Broadway (1929)), Grace Moore (Una notte d'amore (1934)), Jean Hagen (Cantando sotto la pioggia (1952)), Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones (1954)), Deborah Kerr (Il re ed io (1956)), Rita Moreno (West Side Story (1961)), Gladys Cooper (My Fair Lady (1964)), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins (1964), Tutti insieme appassionatamente (1965) and Victor/Victoria (1982)), Debbie Reynolds (Voglio essere amata in un letto d'ottone (1964)), Peggy Wood (Tutti insieme appassionatamente (1965)), Carol Channing (Millie (1967)), Kay Medford (Funny Girl (1968)), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl (1968)), Liza Minnelli (Cabaret (1972)), Ronee Blakley (Nashville (1975)), Lily Tomlin (Nashville (1975)), Ann-Margret (Tommy (1975)), Lesley Ann Warren (Victor/Victoria (1982)), Amy Irving (Yentl (1983)), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge! (2001)), Queen Latifah (Chicago (2002)), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago (2002)), Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002)), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls (2006)), Penélope Cruz (Nine (2009)), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables (2012)), and Meryl Streep (Into the Woods (2014)).

Never appeared in a Best Picture Oscar nominated film. Her scenes in Trader Horn (1931) were deleted.