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Selena Royle
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Selena Royle
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-11-06,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Selena Royle (November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983) was an American actress (of stage, radio, television and film), and later, an author. Royle was born in New York City to playwright Edwin Milton Royle and actress Selena Fetter (April 12, 1860 - May 10, 1955). She had an older sister, Josephine Fetter Royle (1901–1992). Her mother recounted in a newspaper article that she used to take Selena along with her to her rehearsals and performances. One night, then seven-year-old Selena went missing. While the mother frantically searched for her, holding up act two, the audience became restless. The youngster finally turned up - she had gone on stage dressed in her mother's second-act costume; she made a bow, much to the audience's amusement. She later remarked, "And that is the first time I was ever on stage, and I liked it so well I stayed." Her father wrote the 1921 Broadway play Lancelot and Elaine to provide both her and sister Josephine with their first professional roles, as Guinevere and Elaine respectively. Eventually, she landed a part on her own in the 1923 Theatre Guild production of Peer Gynt, with Joseph Schildkraut, and became a respected Broadway actress. She made one film in the 1930s, Misleading Lady, but otherwise worked on the stage and on radio. Royle began her radio career in 1926 or 1927 and performed "almost continuously since", according to a 1939 newspaper item. Her body of work includes playing the title role in Hilda Hope, M.D. She also played Martha Jackson in Woman of Courage, Mrs. Allen in Against the Storm, Joan in The O'Neills, and Mrs. Gardner in Betty and Bob, and appeared in Kate Hopkins. In the 1940s, she returned to film and had a successful run, mainly playing maternal characters such as the bereaved mother of The Fighting Sullivans (1944), mother to Jane Powell in the big screen adaptation of A Date with Judy (1948) and the title character's mother opposite Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc (1948). She made several appearances on early television. However, in 1951, when she refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. She sued the American Legion, which had published Red Channels, in which her name was listed, and won but her acting career ended. She made only three more roles, the last being Murder Is My Beat (1955). She also wrote several books, including Guadalajara: as I Know It, Live It, Love It (which went through several editions) and a couple of cookbooks, and some magazine articles. She was the "radio editor" of the short-lived New York periodical Swank.

Filmography

My Dream Is Yours

6.5

My Dream Is Yours
1949-04-15

He Ran All the Way

7.2

He Ran All the Way
1951-06-20

7.757

The Heiress
1949-10-06

6.2

Moonrise
1948-10-01

Murder Is My Beat

5.8

Murder Is My Beat
1955-02-27

The Damned Don't Cry

7.1

The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13

4.547

Robot Monster
1953-06-25

6.051

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

The Fighting Sullivans

6.2

The Fighting Sullivans
1944-02-03

Courage of Lassie

5.7

Courage of Lassie
1946-11-08

Mrs. Parkington

6.139

Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12

You're My Everything

3.3

You're My Everything
1949-07-22

A Date with Judy

6

A Date with Judy
1948-07-29

Main Street After Dark

4.8

Main Street After Dark
1945-01-12

The Green Years

6.5

The Green Years
1946-07-04

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

6.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15

Cass Timberlane

5.9

Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06

You Were Meant for Me

6

You Were Meant for Me
1948-01-28

The Big Hangover

6.7

The Big Hangover
1950-05-26

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

6.6

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04

7.3

Bad Boy
1949-02-22

4.9

Summer Holiday
1948-04-15

The Harvey Girls

6.5

The Harvey Girls
1946-01-18

That's Entertainment!

7.3

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

The Misleading Lady

0

The Misleading Lady
1932-04-15

No Leave, No Love

6

No Leave, No Love
1946-03-10

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

Till the End of Time

6.7

Till the End of Time
1946-07-23

5.8

Branded
1950-11-03

Come Fill the Cup

7

Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24

This Man's Navy

6.4

This Man's Navy
1945-01-04

5.5

Smart Woman
1948-04-30

Gallant Journey

6.1

Gallant Journey
1946-09-24

5.7

Night and Day
1946-07-02