Hilda Vaughn
Biography
Hilda Vaughn was an American actress who worked in film, radio, television and the theater. Born in Baltimore, she studied at Vassar College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and became an MGM regular in the early sound era, appearing in more than 50 films. She often played maids, waitresses or charwomen. Her best known films included Dinner at Eight (1933), as the maid who blackmails Jean Harlow's character, Today We Live (1933), Chasing Yesterday (1935) and Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940). In 1924 she went on tour as the star of Rain, then took Broadway roles in The Seed of the Brute and Glory Hallelujah. In 1942 she returned to the stage for Only the Heart, and in 1943 she appeared in Get Away Old Man, by William Saroyan. Later roles included the mother in George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple and the nurse opposite Judith Anderson in Medea. She also gave concert readings.
59years old at death
- Born Baltimore
- Died Baltimore
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 2 years1933 to 1935
Every film, newest first
- 1935The Wedding NightIMDb rating 6.6
- 1933Dinner at EightIMDb rating 7.5
- 1933Today We LiveIMDb rating 5.9
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Beyond film
Vaughn acted on Broadway, and in 1924 she went on tour as the lead in Rain, a play drawn from a W. Somerset Maugham story. Two years later her "smoldering quality" returned to Broadway in The Seed of the Brute at the Little Theatre.
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Worked with
Hilda Vaughn shares two films with Gary Cooper, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Gary Cooper's page
Louise Closser Hale's page
Joan Crawford's page
Walter Brennan's page
Sig Ruman's page
Lionel Barrymore's page
All films by George Cukor
All films by Howard Hawks
King VidorDirector, 1 film, 1935
All films by King Vidor
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