Georgia Backus
Biography
Georgia Backus was an American actress and radio director who worked on stage, radio and screen. Born in Columbus, Ohio, into a theatrical family, she joined a local stock company at 14, attended Smith College and Ohio State University, and performed as leading lady and manager of her campus dramatic society. After moving to New York she acted in stock and on Broadway while writing plays and short stories, then turned to radio as an actor, writer and director. In 1930 CBS put her in charge of its dramatic presentations, and she directed The Columbia Experimental Dramatic Laboratory from 1931 to 1932. She was a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre radio repertory, appearing on The Campbell Playhouse. Her first screen credit came in Citizen Kane (1941), and she played supporting roles in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), I Married a Witch (1942), and Cause for Alarm! (1951).
82years old at death
- Born Columbus
- Died Sun City
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Georgia Belden Backus
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 10 years1941 to 1951
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A first
Georgia Backus was named dramatic director of CBS in 1930, put in charge of all the network's dramatic presentations to guide the new art of the radio play.
Behind the camera
Backus directed a series called The Columbia Experimental Dramatic Laboratory in 1931, and it would lay the foundation for the Columbia Workshop.
First role
Backus received her first screen credit in Citizen Kane (1941), playing Miss Anderson, the severe attendant at Walter Parks Thatcher's library.
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Most often with
Orson Welles directed two of these films. Six 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.
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Agnes Moorehead's page
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Barry Kelley's page
Erskine Sanford's page
Online
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