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Adeline De Walt Reynolds

She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temple's Storybook production of "Sleeping Beauty", although she is probably seen most often in "Going My Way" as Father Fitzgibbon's elderly mother. Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USA Date of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA


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Born:
Sep 19, 1862
Movie/TV Credits:
21
First Appeared:
In the movie Come Live with Me 1941-01-31
Latest Project:
Movie Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991-01-01
Known For
Poster of Pony Soldier
Poster of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Poster of Going My Way
Poster of The Tuttles of Tahiti
Filmography
Movie Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Madame Zimba (archive footage) 1991-01-01
Movie Edge of Hell Himself 1956-07-01
Movie Witness to Murder The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds) 1954-04-15
Movie Pony Soldier White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds) 1952-04-01
Movie Lydia Bailey Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited) 1952-05-30
Movie Here Comes the Groom Aunt Amy 1951-09-20
Movie Stars in My Crown Granny Gailbraith (uncredited) 1950-05-11
Movie The Girl from Manhattan Old woman 1948-10-01
Movie The Corn Is Green Old Woman Reading (uncredited) 1945-03-29
Movie A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Mrs. Waters (uncredited) 1945-02-28
Movie The Little Witch Dona Lucia Castillo 1945-12-28
Movie Going My Way Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited) 1944-01-01
Movie Behind the Rising Sun Grandmother 1943-08-01
Movie The Human Comedy Librarian (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds) 1943-03-02
Movie Son of Dracula Madame Queen Zimba 1943-11-05
Movie Happy Land Mrs. Schneider (uncredited) 1943-11-10
Movie Tales of Manhattan Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence) 1942-08-05
Movie The Tuttles of Tahiti Mama Ruau 1942-05-01
Movie Iceland Grandma (uncredited) 1942-09-21
Movie Street of Chance Grandma Diedrich 1942-10-03
Movie Come Live with Me Grandma 1941-01-31