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Rose Hobart
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Rose Hobart
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-05-01,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Rose Hobart (born Rose Kefer) was an American actress and Screen Actors Guild official. When Hobart was 15, she debuted professionally in Cappy Ricks, a Chautauqua production. She was accepted for the 18-week tour because she told officials that she was 18. At that same age, she was cast in Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, which opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobart's Broadway stage debut was on September 17, 1923 at the Knickerbocker Theater, playing a young girl in Lullaby. In 1925, she played Charmian in Caesar and Cleopatra. Hobart was an original member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. In 1928, she made her London debut, playing Nona Rolf in The Comic Artist. During her career in theater, she toured with Noël Coward in The Vortex and was cast opposite Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows. Her performance as Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday won her a Hollywood contract. Hobart appeared in more than 40 motion pictures over a 20-year period. Her first film role was the part of Julie in the first talking picture version of Liliom, made by Fox Film Corporation in 1930, starring Charles Farrell in the title role, and directed by Frank Borzage. Under contract to Universal, Hobart starred in A Lady Surrenders, East of Borneo, and Scandal for Sale. On loan to other studios, she appeared in Chances and Compromised. In 1931, she co-starred with Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's original film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She played the role of Muriel, Jekyll's fiancée. In 1936, Surrealist artist Joseph Cornell, who bought a print of East of Borneo to screen at home, became smitten with the actress, and cut out nearly all the parts that did not include her. He also showed the film at silent film speed and projected it through a blue-tinted lens. He named the resulting work Rose Hobart. Hobart often played the "other woman" in movies during the 1940s, with her last major film role in Bride of Vengeance. The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Hobart in 1949, effectively ending her career. She believed that she first came to the attention of anti-Communist activists because of her commitment to improving working conditions for actors in Hollywood.

Filmography

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

7.271

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24

6.5

Conflict
1945-06-15

Tower of London

5.9

Tower of London
1939-11-17

6.6

Canyon Passage
1946-07-17

The Farmer's Daughter

6.9

The Farmer's Daughter
1947-03-26

The Soul of a Monster

4.8

The Soul of a Monster
1944-08-17

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

3.7

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943-12-09

6

The Mad Ghoul
1943-11-12

Nothing But the Truth

7.1

Nothing But the Truth
1941-10-10

Mr. and Mrs. North

4.5

Mr. and Mrs. North
1942-01-23

Cass Timberlane

5.9

Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06

The Brighton Strangler

5.9

The Brighton Strangler
1945-05-10

No Hands on the Clock

4.9

No Hands on the Clock
1941-12-01

6.6

Liliom
1930-09-27

5

East of Borneo
1931-08-01

Scandal for Sale

7

Scandal for Sale
1932-04-01

Wolf of New York

7

Wolf of New York
1940-01-23

7

Chances
1931-07-18

Song of the Open Road

0

Song of the Open Road
1944-06-21

Convention Girl

6

Convention Girl
1935-10-30

6

Mickey
1948-06-23

Bogart: The Untold Story

0

Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05

Claudia and David

6

Claudia and David
1946-02-25

A Lady Surrenders

3.5

A Lady Surrenders
1930-10-06

I'll Sell My Life

6

I'll Sell My Life
1941-09-12

A Night at Earl Carroll's

3.5

A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940-12-06

6.5

Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25

6.5

Susan and God
1940-06-07

The Shadow Laughs

4.6

The Shadow Laughs
1933-03-26

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

0

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997-01-05

Bride of Vengeance

4.5

Bride of Vengeance
1949-04-07

1

Compromised
1931-11-19

5.4

Lady Be Good
1941-09-18

A Gentleman at Heart

6

A Gentleman at Heart
1942-01-16

Salute to the Marines

6.8

Salute to the Marines
1943-09-02

The Trouble with Women

0

The Trouble with Women
1947-06-25

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

5

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943-01-05

5.4

Rose Hobart
1936-12-09

Universal Horror

7.2

Universal Horror
1998-10-08

Singapore Woman

6.8

Singapore Woman
1941-05-17

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

4

Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17

5

Gallant Lady
1942-05-29

4.8

The Cat Creeps
1946-05-17

Isle of the Dead

6.036

Isle of the Dead
1945-09-01

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

5.3

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942-11-01

0

Rose Hobart 2
2007-05-09

Swing Shift Maisie

6.5

Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.455

Cannon
1971-09-14

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.8

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

6.842

The Invaders
1967-01-10