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Job Actress
Years active 1940—1993
Top Roles Amanda Waycross, Christine Gilbert, Allie Walker, Kay Garven, Jeanne Starr
Top Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance, Musical, Biographical, Film Noir
Top Topics True Story (based on), Book-Based, Marriage, New York, Musicians
Top Collaborators Jack Mower, Jack L. Warner (Producer), Frank Wilcox, Jack Carson, Monte Blue, James Flavin, Craig Stevens, Errol Flynn
Also Born on June 8
Also Born in 1921
Also a Gemini

Alexis Smith Overview:

Legendary actress, Alexis Smith, was born Gladys Smith on Jun 8, 1921 in Penticton, Canada. Smith died at the age of 72 on Jun 9, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA .

MINI BIO:

Blonde Canadian actress whose height (5ft 10in) and determined features got her cast as adventuresses of one kind or another, sometimes spirited, sometimes scheming. Also a dancer and light singer. Resident at Warners throughout the forties. Married to Craig Stevens from 1944. Died from cancer.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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Smith was never nominated for an Academy Award.

Alexis Smith BlogHub Articles:

Night and Day: Cary Grant and Alexis Smith

“Night and Day” is a 1946 Technicolor Warner Bros. biographical film about American composer and songwriter Cole Porter. The movie was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Arthur Schwartz, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Charles Hoffman, Leo... Read full article


Happy Birthday: Alexis Smith!

Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a stage, film, and television actress. She performed in Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972. Fun Facts: Tall, graceful, talented, Canadian-born actress who was married for... Read full article


Happy Birthday Alexis Smith

(1921-1993) Just recently saw Alexis in the screwball comedy, The Doughgirls, and she was awesome. Normally known for dramatic roles, she showed a natural flair for comedy. Happy Birthday Alexis. Alexis Smith Photos... Read full article


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Alexis Smith Quotes:

Clay Hardin: On the level. There's a desperate character on the loose...
Jeanne Starr: And his name's Clay Hardin.
— From: San Antonio

Victoria Ware: [after being kissed by Corbett] Fine way for a gentleman to behave.
James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: Oh, darling, that gentleman stuff never fooled you, did it? I'm no gentleman.
Victoria Ware: In that case, I'm no lady.
[they kiss again]
— From: Gentleman Jim

Victoria Ware: ...you know there really aren't two sides of the tracks to San Francisco. There's only the lucky and the unlucky, those that happened to grab the right moment and those that didn't, and don't you let this Nob Hill crowd deceive you either. After all, we all started out with the same wooden washtubs.
— From: Gentleman Jim

Dr. Mark Hamilton: [fishing] Any luck?
Richard Mason: [holds up his fish] Well if you call this luck.
Dr. Mark Hamilton: [laughs] I could use that for bait.
Evelyn Turner: I caught one bigger than that but I didn't like the way he looked at me so I threw him back.
— From: Conflict

Jeanne Starr: This town looks as if it's full of men who step on baby chickens.
— From: San Antonio
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Alexis Smith Facts
Won Broadway's 1972 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Follies." She was nominated in the same category in 1979 for "Platinum."

In her final years, she and husband Craig Stevens lived in the West Hollywood house formerly owned by Loretta Young. The living room still had the big white doors that Young has used for her entrances on her TV series.

Signed by Warner Brothers after being seen in a college drama production, she was subsequently billed as "The Dynamite Girl" and "The Flame Girl" in promotional articles.

Tall, graceful, talented, Canadian-born actress who was married for 49 years to actor Craig Stevens.

During the 1959 filming of The Young Philadelphians (1959) starring Paul Newman, she fell during a horse riding sequence and broke her back.

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