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GERALDINE FITZGERALD was an Irish actress and director, born in Dublin, the daughter of an attorney, was educated at the Dublin Art School, and first acted professionally at the Gate Theatre in her hometown. Fitzgerald made her Broadway debut as the innocent Ellie Dunn opposite Orson Welles in the Mercury Theatre production of Heartbreak House in 1938. Among her memorable New York stage performances were the determined artist's wife Jennifer Dubedat in The Doctor's Dilemma (1955), Goneril to Welles's King Lear (1956), the haunted Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night (1971), the motherly Essie Miller in Ah, Wilderness! (1975), the senile Felicity hanging onto life in The Shadow Box (1977), and Nora, the put-upon wife of a braggart, in A Touch of the Poet (1977). Films included a 1939 Oscar nomination for Wuthering Heights, Watch on the Rhine in 1943, Ten North Frederick in 1958, The Pawnbroker in 1964, Harry and Tonto in 1974 and Arthur in 1981. Fitzgerald is also a respected director, and later in life she became popular as a singer of Irish folk songs in concert.
Bio as of June, 2009.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Playwright and Director - April, 1993 - Watch now.
SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio)
Geraldine Fitzgerald and John Houseman - September, 1985 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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