Faith Domergue
Biography
Faith Domergue was an American actress who worked in film and television. Howard Hughes discovered her and signed her to RKO Radio Pictures, where she was cast as the lead in the thriller Vendetta, a production that took four years to reach screens in 1950. She played a femme fatale in the film noir Where Danger Lives (1950) opposite Robert Mitchum and Claude Rains. After signing with Universal Pictures in 1953, she appeared in the Western The Duel at Silver Creek (1952). In 1955 she starred in several science fiction and horror pictures, among them Cult of the Cobra, It Came from Beneath the Sea, and This Island Earth, and became known as an early scream queen. Later she took B movie roles, television guest spots, and European productions, including Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) and One on Top of the Other (1969). Her last film was The House of Seven Corpses (1974). She died in 1999.
74years old at death
- Born New Orleans
- Died Santa Barbara
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Faith Marie Domergue (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 55 years1941 to 1996
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Big break
Howard Hughes found Domergue when she was 16 and gave her a contract with his company, RKO Radio Pictures. She played the lead in the studio's thriller Vendetta, a film whose production was troubled and lasted four years.
First role
Domergue signed a Warner Bros. contract during her sophomore year at University High School. Her first time on screen came with an uncredited walk-on part in Blues in the Night (1941).
About the name
The same year, Domergue was on the cover of Photoplay under the name Faith Dorn. She later claimed the change was "because Jack Warner was too stupid to pronounce Domergue".
A first
The following year, Domergue starred in This Island Earth, which was also released in 1955 and was Universal's first color science-fiction film.
Faith Domergue movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- It Came from Beneath the Sea1955 Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fias Prof. Lesley Joyce
IMDb rating 5.97.3K votes
Most often with
Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together3 more actors
- Regis PartonMystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and This Island Earth (1955)
- Rex ReasonMystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and This Island Earth (1955)
- Karl Ludwig LindtMystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and This Island Earth (1955)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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