Verree Teasdale
Biography
Teasdale trained for the stage at the New York School of Expression. Acting on the stage from 1924, and after appearing in the stage play "The Constant Wife" with Ethel Barrymore in 1927, Teasdale was offered a film contract. In films, she often played society wives, the 'other woman' and second leads in comedies. Teasdale married actor Adolphe Menjou in 1935, a union that lasted until his death in 1963. In the late 1940s Teasdale and her husband appeared on a popular radio show which lasted into the 1950s. Following Menjou's death, she busied herself with her hobby of costume design.
83years old at death
- Born Spokane
- Died Culver City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 8 years1933 to 1941
Every film, newest first
- 1941Come Live with MeIMDb rating 7.0
- 1939Fifth Avenue GirlIMDb rating 6.8
- 1938Topper Takes a TripIMDb rating 6.4
- 1935A Midsummer Night's DreamIMDb rating 6.8
- 1933Roman ScandalsIMDb rating 6.6
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First role
Teasdale went straight from the Institute Players to her Broadway debut in 1924, playing the caustic-tongued poseur Augusta Winslow Martin in The Youngest.
Early training
Teasdale went to Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. She also received stage acting training through the Institute Players at the Academy of Music.
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