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name: "Georgia Backus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/georgia-backus"
roles: []
born: "12 October 1900"
died: "7 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 91
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:44:01.104899+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Georgia Backus

Actor. Born 12 October 1900 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Died 7 September 1983.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 October 1900, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 7 September 1983
- **Also known as:** Georgia Belden Backus
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Backus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5547351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105021

## Biography

Georgia Backus, also credited as Georgia Belden Backus, was an American character actress who worked on stage, radio and screen. She appeared in supporting roles, often uncredited, in around 30 films during the 1940s and 1950s, including *Citizen Kane* (1941) as Miss Anderson and *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942) as Matron.

She began her career in stock theatre and on Broadway before moving into radio, where she acted, wrote and directed. In 1930 she was appointed dramatic director of CBS. She later joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company for radio productions. Her film career ended after she was named during 1950s congressional investigations into communism in Hollywood.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Citizen Kane* (1941), Fi1m 93, as Bertha Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Fi1m 89, as Matron (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mark of the Renegade* (1951), as Duenna Concepcion
- *Apache Drums* (1951), as Mrs. Keon
- *Cause for Alarm!* (1951), as Mrs. Warren
- *Copper Canyon* (1950), as Martha Bassett
- *Force of Evil* (1950), as Mrs. Sylvia Morse (uncredited), Sylvia Morse (uncredited)
- *No Man of Her Own* (1950), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *Too Late for Tears* (1949), as Woman (uncredited)
- *Dream Girl* (1948), as Edna
- *Suddenly It's Spring* (1947), as WAC Maj. Cheever
- *The Moon Is Down* (1943), as Villager (uncredited)
- *Lucky Jordan* (1942), as Toy Shop Clerk
- *My Heart Belongs to Daddy* (1942), as Miss Peel
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), as Older Woman (uncredited)
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), as Matron (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *Not a Ladies' Man* (1942), as Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
- *Shut My Big Mouth* (1942), as Townswoman
- *The Lady Is Willing* (1942), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *They Dare Not Love* (1941), as German Secretary
- *Citizen Kane* (1941), as Bertha Anderson — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)
- *Repent at Leisure* (1941), as Nurse
- *So Ends Our Night* (1941), as Mrs. Kern (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Stage and radio actor Georgia Backus. Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/346333/gallery-0e7b3c7a6ceb.jpg) Stage and radio actor Georgia Backus. Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1930) — Harold Stein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Stage_and_radio_actor_Georgia_Backus_%28SAYRE_2357%29.jpg/1280px-Stage_and_radio_actor_Georgia_Backus_%28SAYRE_2357%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photograph of Georgia Backus, appointed dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1930](https://film.one/media/person/346333/gallery-7128ec86a772.jpg) Publicity photograph of Georgia Backus, appointed dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1930 — Columbia Broadcasting System, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Georgia-Backus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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