Portrait of Geraldine Fitzgerald

Acting

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Career

Active from 1934 to 1997, busiest in 1935 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Do You Remember Love
Do You Remember Love
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Actress in a Supporting Role

    1940 ยท Nominated ยท 12th Academy Awards

    Wuthering Heights

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Geraldine Fitzgerald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Redemption Arc 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Classic Melodrama 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Slow Burn Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 60
Chalk
Chalk (1997)

TV show ยท as Janet Slatt

Bump in the Night
Bump in the Night (1991)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mrs. Beauchamps

1980s

18 titles ยท average score 62
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
GoodWatch score 29

as Martha Bach

Night of Courage
Night of Courage (1987)

as Abby Abelsen

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986)

as Charlotte Kessling

Do You Remember Love
Do You Remember Love (1985)
GoodWatch score 86

as Lorraine Wyatt

The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Martha / Anna

Easy Money
Easy Money (1983)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. Monahan

Blood Link
Blood Link (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

as Mrs. Thomason

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Margaret Ryan

Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Arthur
Arthur (1981)
GoodWatch score 74

as Martha Bach

Lovespell
Lovespell (1981)
GoodWatch score 53

as Bronwyn

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

as Granny Weatherall

1970s

17 titles ยท average score 65
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Bag lady

Bye Bye Monkey
Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mrs. Toland

Tartuffe
Tartuffe (1978)

as Madame Pernelle

The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree (1977)

as Grandma Carr

Yesterday's Child
Yesterday's Child (1977)

as Emma Talbot

Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead (1976)

as Maud Kennaway

Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness! (1976)

as Essie Miller

Echoes of a Summer
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sara

Harry and Tonto
Harry and Tonto (1974)
GoodWatch score 77

as Jessie

The Last American Hero
The Last American Hero (1973)
GoodWatch score 61

as Frau Jackson

Me
Me (1973)

as Ma

Great Performances
Great Performances (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Mrs.Atkins / Grandmother

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel, Rachel (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

as Rev. Wood

The Pawnbroker
The Pawnbroker (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Marilyn Birchfield

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Agatha Tomlin

The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Lila Windell

The Fiercest Heart
The Fiercest Heart (1961)

as Tante Marie

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 68
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)

as Amy Strickland

Naked City
Naked City (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Lillian Clinton / Brigid Delito

Ten North Frederick
Ten North Frederick (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

as Edith Chapin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Burton

Dark Possession
Dark Possession (1954)

as Charlotte Bell Wheeler

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Miriam Lambert

Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate (1952)

as Claudia Procula

The Late Edwina Black
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
GoodWatch score 66

as Elizabeth Grahame

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mary Todd Lincoln

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as Elizabeth

1940s

14 titles ยท average score 63
So Evil My Love
So Evil My Love (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

as Susan Courtney

Three Strangers
Three Strangers (1946)
GoodWatch score 61

as Crystal Shackleford

Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gladys Halvorsen

O.S.S.
O.S.S. (1946)
GoodWatch score 56

as Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lettie Quincey

Wilson
Wilson (1944)
GoodWatch score 70

as Edith Bolling Galt

Ladies Courageous
Ladies Courageous (1944)

as Virgie Alford

Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Marthe de Brancovis

The Gay Sisters
The Gay Sisters (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

as Evelyn Gaylord

Shining Victory
Shining Victory (1941)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Mary Murray

Flight from Destiny
Flight from Destiny (1941)
GoodWatch score 61

as Betty Farroway

'Til We Meet Again
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Bonny Coburn

1930s

13 titles ยท average score 71
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1939)
GoodWatch score 68

as Isabella Linton

A Child is Born
A Child is Born (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Grace Sutton

Dark Victory
Dark Victory (1939)
GoodWatch score 78

as Ann King

The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss (1937)

as Maggie Tulliver

Debt of Honour
Debt of Honour (1936)

as Peggy Mayhew

Turn of the Tide
Turn of the Tide (1935)

as Ruth Fosdyck

Department Store
Department Store (1935)

as Jane Grey

The Lad
The Lad (1935)

as Joan Fandon

The Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades (1935)

as Evelyn Daventry

Three Witnesses
Three Witnesses (1935)

as Diane Morton

Blind Justice
Blind Justice (1935)

as Peggy Summers

Open All Night
Open All Night (1934)

as Jill