Georgia Backus

Known for

Acting

Born

October 12, 1900

Birthplace

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Died

September 7, 1983 (aged 82)

Biography

Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play.

Best known work

Citizen Kane

1941

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

I Married a Witch

1942

Force of Evil

1950

Too Late for Tears

1949

No Man of Her Own

1950

Cause for Alarm!

1951

Apache Drums

1951

Copper Canyon

1950

The Moon Is Down

1943

Filmography

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