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name: "Sara Allgood"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 November 1879"
died: "13 September 1950"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Sara Allgood

Actor. Born 28 November 1879 in Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now Dublin, Republic of Ireland]. Died 13 September 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 November 1879, Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now Dublin, Republic of Ireland]
- **Died:** 13 September 1950
- **Also known as:** Sara Ellen Allgood, Sarah Allgood
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Allgood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7381

## Biography

Sara Allgood was an Irish actress. She studied drama with the Irish nationalist Daughters of Ireland and appeared at the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society. In 1904 she had her first major role in *Spreading the News* and became a full-time actress the following year. She performed with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and created the role of Juno Boyle in Sean O'Casey's *Juno and the Paycock* (1924).

Allgood toured Australia and New Zealand in 1915 as the lead in *Peg o' My Heart*. Her career continued in Dublin, London and the United States. She made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's *Blackmail* (1929) and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Beth Morgan in *How Green Was My Valley* (1941). Other films include *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), *Jane Eyre* (1943), *The Lodger* (1944), *The Spiral Staircase* (1946) and *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950).

She became an American citizen in 1945 and died of a heart attack in 1950.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com, dib.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Fi1m 82, as Beth Morgan — [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Sierra* (1950), as Mrs. Jonas
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), as Mrs. Monahan
- *Challenge to Lassie* (1949), as Mrs. MacFarland
- *The Accused* (1949), as Mrs. Conner
- *The Girl from Manhattan* (1948), as Mrs. Beeler
- *One Touch of Venus* (1948), as Landlady
- *The Man from Texas* (1948), as Aunt Belle
- *My Wild Irish Rose* (1947), as Mrs. Brennan
- *Mourning Becomes Electra* (1947), as Landlady
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), as Grandmother McKinley
- *Ivy* (1947), as Martha Huntley
- *The Fabulous Dorseys* (1947), as Mrs. Dorsey
- *Cluny Brown* (1946), as Mrs. Maile
- *The Spiral Staircase* (1946), as Nurse Barker
- *Kitty* (1945), as Old Meg
- *The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry* (1945), as Nona
- *The Keys of the Kingdom* (1944), as Sister Martha
- *Between Two Worlds* (1944), as Mrs. Midget
- *The Lodger* (1944), as Ellen Bonting
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), as Bessie
- *City Without Men* (1943), as Mrs. Maria Barton
- *Life Begins at Eight-Thirty* (1942), as Alma Lothian, Robert's Aunt
- *The War Against Mrs. Hadley* (1942), as Mrs. Michael Fitzpatrick
- *It Happened in Flatbush* (1942), as Mrs. 'Mac' McAvoy
- *This Above All* (1942), as Waitress
- *Roxie Hart* (1942), as Mrs. Morton
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), as Beth Morgan — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *Lydia* (1941), as Mary
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), as Mrs. Higgins
- *That Hamilton Woman* (1941), as Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon
- *On the Night of the Fire* (1939), as Bridget O'Brien
- *Storm in a Teacup* (1937), as Honoria Hegarty
- *Kathleen Mavourneen* (1937), as Mary Ellen O'Dwyer
- *The Sky’s the Limit* (1937), as Mrs O'Reilly
- *Southern Roses* (1936), as Miss Florence
- *It's Love Again* (1936), as Mrs. Hopkins
- *The Passing of the Third Floor Back* (1935), as Mrs. de Hooley
- *Peg of Old Drury* (1935), as Irish Woman on Boat (uncredited)
- *Crime Unlimited* (1935), as Jewel Thief
- *Lazybones* (1935), as Bridget
- *Riders to the Sea* (1935), as Maurya
- *Lily of Killarney* (1934), as Mrs O'Connor
- *The Fortunate Fool* (1933), as Rose
- *The World, the Flesh and the Devil* (1932), as Emme Stanger
- *Juno and the Paycock* (1930), as Mrs Boyle, "Juno"
- *Blackmail* (1929), as Mrs. White
- *Just Peggy* (1918), as Peggy

## Gallery

- ![Sara Allgood](https://film.one/media/person/1232115/gallery-2b985811f4fd.jpg) Sara Allgood — Image via TMDB
- ![Sara Allgood](https://film.one/media/person/1232115/gallery-995f6da54805.jpg) Sara Allgood — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1942: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *How Green Was My Valley*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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