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
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 |