Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood, circa 1912
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Years active	1918–1950
Spouse	Gerald Henson ​ (m. 1916⁠–⁠1918)​

Sara Allgood (October 15, 1879 – September 13, 1950) was an Irish actress.

Biography

Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.

Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain. She was frequently featured in early Hitchcock films, such as Blackmail (1929), Juno and the Paycock (1930) and Sabotage (1936).

Allgood was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1941 for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley, but lost to Mary Astor. She also had memorable roles in the 1941 retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, It Happened in Flatbush (1942), Jane Eyre (1944), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) and the original Cheaper by the Dozen (1950).

She was married for a short time to British stage actor Gerald Henson. Both Henson and their newborn daughter died of influenza in the outbreak of 1917.

After becoming a United States citizen in 1945, Allgood died of a heart attack in 1950 at the age of 70, in Woodland Hills, California.

Selected filmography

• Blackmail (1929)
• Juno and the Paycock (1930)
• The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
• Sabotage (1936)
• Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
• On the Night of the Fire (1939)
• How Green Was My Valley (1941)
• The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
• Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
• Between Two Worlds (1944)
• The Spiral Staircase (1946)

External links

• Sara Allgood at IMDb
• Sara Allgood at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sara Allgood at Find a Grave