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Linda Watkins

From Wikipedia Linda Watkins (born May 23, 1908 – October 31, 1976) was an actress in theater, motion pictures, and television. She was born Linda Mathews Watkins in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (Mathews) Watkins. At the age of sixteen Watkins' parents sent her to study at the Theatre Guild. After six months she began to appear with the guild's summer repertory program in Scarborough, New York. Instead of finishing her studies at the guild, she pursued a job at the office of Charles Hopkins. When he asked Watkins if she preferred playing comedy or drama, she replied, "Tragedy." He was casting for a comedy production and Watkins was offered the lead role She debuted in movies in Sob Sister (1931), a film in which she plays a female reporter. Reviewer Muriel Babcock remarked that Watkins "is cool, blond, poised, good to look upon. She plays the title role with admirable restraint and gives every evidence of being a comer in films." Her second movie was Good Sport (1931), a screen adaptation of a story by William J. Hurlbut. Produced by the Fox Film Company, Watkins depicts Marilyn Parker, a naive wife caught up in a love triangle. Her co-stars were Alan Dinehart and John Boles. She appeared in Charlie Chan's Chance, a lost 1932 film starring Warner Oland as the famous detective. Edmund Lowe and Watkins co-starred in Cheaters at Play (1932). Directed for Fox by Kenneth MacKenna, the motion picture was adapted from a story by Gene Towne. In 1938, Watkins also screen tested for the part of Scarlet O'Hara in the forthcoming Gone With The Wind (1939), however she was not selected. Watkins married film boards' lawyer, Gabriel L. Hess, at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, on January 28, 1932. Hess was attorney for Will Hays and the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. He got his start in the movie business with Samuel Goldwyn and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Watkins was a close friend of Hess' first wife, Katherine Hawley. She was one of the first to send sympathy when Hawley was thrown from a horse and killed. Watkins and Hess had a son, Adam Hess, who was an attorney and secretary for the Aetna until his death in 1969; he left three daughters, Elizabeth, Faye, and Emily, the only grandchildren of Watkins. Watkins obtained her release from Fox prior to her marriage. A later romance with actor Tom Drake ended in 1959. Linda Watkins died in Los Angeles in 1976.


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Born:
May 23, 1908
Movie/TV Credits:
39
First Appeared:
In the movie Good Sport 1931-12-12
Latest Project:
Movie The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988-10-01
Known For
Poster of The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Poster of Playthings of Desire
Poster of Good Sport
Filmography
Movie The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Self (archive footage) 1988-10-01
Movie Huckleberry Finn Mrs. Grangerford 1974-05-24
Movie Bad Ronald Mrs. Schumacher 1974-10-23
Series The Waltons Unknown 1972-09-14
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Series Mannix Unknown 1967-09-16
Series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Unknown 1966-09-13
Series Run for Your Life Unknown 1965-09-13
Movie Good Neighbor Sam Edna Bailey 1964-07-22
Series The Munsters Unknown 1964-09-24
Series Sam Benedict Unknown 1962-09-15
Movie The Parent Trap Edna Robinson 1961-05-13
Series Ichabod and Me Unknown 1961-09-26
Series Dr. Kildare Unknown 1961-09-27
Series The New Breed Unknown 1961-10-03
Series Thriller Unknown 1960-09-13
Movie Cash McCall Marie Austen 1960-01-20
Movie Because They're Young Frances McCalla 1960-04-01
Series My Three Sons Unknown 1960-09-29
Series Peter Loves Mary Unknown 1960-10-12
Series Route 66 Unknown 1960-10-07
Series Hawaiian Eye Unknown 1959-10-07
Series Johnny Staccato Unknown 1959-09-10
Series The Detectives Unknown 1959-10-16
Movie Going Steady Aunt Lola 1958-02-01
Movie Ten North Frederick Peg Slattery 1958-05-22
Movie As Young As We Are Mrs. Grace Hutchins 1958-09-01
Series 77 Sunset Strip Unknown 1958-10-10
Movie From Hell It Came Mrs. Mae Kilgore 1957-08-25
Series Perry Mason Unknown 1957-09-21
Series M Squad Unknown 1957-09-20
Series The Adventures of Jim Bowie Unknown 1956-09-07
Series Cheyenne Unknown 1955-09-20
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Movie Playthings of Desire Gloria Dawn 1933-09-01
Movie Charlie Chan's Chance Gloria Garland 1932-01-24
Movie Good Sport Marilyn Parker 1931-12-12
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