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Selena Royle (November 6 1904, New York
New York

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, United States
United States

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 - April 23 1983, Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco

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, Mexico
Mexico

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) was a stage and film actress.

Her father was playwright Edwin Milton Royle
Edwin Milton Royle

Edwind Milton Royle was an American playwright. He was born in Lexington, Missouri.Over 30 of his plays were performed. His best known is The Squaw Man ....
. She turned to acting despite the objections of her parents. Nonetheless, her first professional role was as Guinevere
Guinevere

Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first appears in Chr?tien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart....
 in her father's play Lancelot and Elaine. Eventually however, she landed a part on her own in the 1923 Theatre Guild
Theatre Guild

The Theatre Guild is a theatre society founded in New York City in 1919 by Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, and Armina Marshall. It evolved out of the work of the Washington Square Players....
 production of Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is a five-Act play in Verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian people personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance....
 with Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13226, Josef Schildkraut und Maria Olszewska.jpgJoseph Schildkraut was an Academy Award-winning Austria stage and film actor....
 and became a respected Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 actress.






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Selena Royle (November 6 1904, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 - April 23 1983, Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital city of the Mexico state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
) was a stage and film actress.

Her father was playwright Edwin Milton Royle
Edwin Milton Royle

Edwind Milton Royle was an American playwright. He was born in Lexington, Missouri.Over 30 of his plays were performed. His best known is The Squaw Man ....
. She turned to acting despite the objections of her parents. Nonetheless, her first professional role was as Guinevere
Guinevere

Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first appears in Chr?tien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart....
 in her father's play Lancelot and Elaine. Eventually however, she landed a part on her own in the 1923 Theatre Guild
Theatre Guild

The Theatre Guild is a theatre society founded in New York City in 1919 by Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, and Armina Marshall. It evolved out of the work of the Washington Square Players....
 production of Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is a five-Act play in Verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian people personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance....
 with Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13226, Josef Schildkraut und Maria Olszewska.jpgJoseph Schildkraut was an Academy Award-winning Austria stage and film actor....
 and became a respected Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 actress. She made one film in the 1930s, Misleading Lady
Misleading Lady

Misleading Lady is a 1932 in film film directed by Stuart Walker , and starring Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe.Paramount Pictures closed its studio in Astoria, Queens upon the completion of this film on 1 March 1932....
, but otherwise worked on the stage and on radio, starring on the shows Hilda Hope, M.D. and Kate Hopkins. In the 1940s, she returned to film and had a successful run, mainly playing maternal characters such as Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman

was a Swedish people three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Actor. She also won the Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in the 1st Tony Awards in 1947....
's mother in Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1948 film)

Joan of Arc is a 1948 in film Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the Joan of Arc. It was produced by Walter Wanger....
 (1948). She also made several appearances on early television
Television

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. However, in 1951, when she refused to testify about her alleged Communist sympathies before the House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Committee on Un-American Activities was an investigative United States Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives....
, her acting career came to a sudden standstill. She appeared in only two more films afterwards, including the low-budget Robot Monster
Robot Monster

Robot Monster is a 1953 in film science fiction B-movie made in 3-d film by Phil Tucker. Like the more famous "Plan 9 from Outer Space" it is known in bad-film fandom for being "so bad, it's good" and has the dubious honor of being considered one of the "Worst films ever"....
, considered one of the worst films ever made.

Her first husband was Earle Larrimore. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1942. She was married to actor Georges Renavent
Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent was a star of American classic films, Broadway theatre plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France....
 from 1948 until his death in 1969.

Partial filmography

  • Misleading Lady
    Misleading Lady

    Misleading Lady is a 1932 in film film directed by Stuart Walker , and starring Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe.Paramount Pictures closed its studio in Astoria, Queens upon the completion of this film on 1 March 1932....
     (1932)
  • The Fighting Sullivans
    The Fighting Sullivans

    The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 in film biographical film war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C....
     (1944)
  • Mrs. Parkington
    Mrs. Parkington

    Mrs. Parkington is a 1944 in film drama film which tells the story of a woman's life, told in flashback s, from hotel maid to society matron....
     (1944)
  • This Man's Navy
    This Man's Navy

    This Man's Navy is a World War II film about U.S. Navy airships starring Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, and James Gleason, and directed by William A....
     (1945)
  • The Harvey Girls
    The Harvey Girls

    The Harvey Girls is a MGM musical film based on a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams about Fred Harvey 's famous Harvey House restaurants. Directed by George Sidney, the film stars Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Virginia O'Brien, Ray Bolger, and Marjorie Main....
     (1946)
  • The Green Years
    The Green Years (film)

    The Green Years is a 1946 comedy-drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, and Jessica Tandy, based on A....
     (1946)
  • Gallant Journey
    Gallant Journey

    Gallant Journey is a historical film about early U.S. aeronautical experimenter John Joseph Montgomery. It depicts his efforts to build and fly gliders, from his childhood through to his death in 1911....
     (1946)
  • Night and Day (1946)
  • The Romance of Rosy Ridge
    The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    The Romance of Rosy Ridge is a 1947 in film drama film about a rural community still bitterly divided in the aftermath of the American Civil War....
     (1947)
  • Cass Timberlane
    Cass Timberlane

    Cass Timberlane is a 1947 in film Romance film drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner, based upon Sinclair Lewis's novel, and directed by George Sidney....
     (1947)
  • Summer Holiday
    Summer Holiday (1948 film)

    Summer Holiday is a musical film, starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. It is based on the play Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill, which had been filmed as Ah, Wilderness! by MGM in 1935....
     (1948)
  • A Date with Judy
    A Date with Judy (film)

    A Date with Judy is a 1948 musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie was based on a A Date with Judy....
     (1948)
  • Moonrise
    Moonrise (film)

    Moonrise is a black-and-white 1948 in film film noir directed by Frank Borzage....
     (1948)
  • Joan of Arc
    Joan of Arc (1948 film)

    Joan of Arc is a 1948 in film Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the Joan of Arc. It was produced by Walter Wanger....
     (1948)
  • My Dream Is Yours
    My Dream Is Yours

    My Dream Is Yours is a 1949 in film musical film romantic comedy film starring Doris Day, Jack Carson and Lee Bowman.The film is perhaps best remembered today for an extended dream sequence combining animation and live action which featured a cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny, dancing with Jack Carson and Doris Day to the tune of the Hunga...
     (1949)
  • The Heiress
    The Heiress

    The Heiress is a 1949 drama film by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz adapted from their 1947 The Heiress that was based on the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James....
     (1949)
  • Branded
    Branded (film)

    Branded is a 1950 in film western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides Again by Max Brand....
     (1950)
  • He Ran All the Way
    He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way is a 1951 in film Crime Drama, considered a film noir, starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. The film was Garfield's last as heart problems forced him to end his career....
     (1951)
  • Robot Monster
    Robot Monster

    Robot Monster is a 1953 in film science fiction B-movie made in 3-d film by Phil Tucker. Like the more famous "Plan 9 from Outer Space" it is known in bad-film fandom for being "so bad, it's good" and has the dubious honor of being considered one of the "Worst films ever"....
     (1953)


See also

  • Hollywood blacklist
    Hollywood blacklist

    The Hollywood blacklist?more precisely the entertainment industry blacklist, into which it expanded?was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S....


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