Queenie Smith
Queenie Smith | |
|---|---|
Smith in 1920 | |
| Born | September 8, 1898 Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 1978 (aged 79) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1915–1978 |
| Spouse |
Robert Garland
(m. 1931; div. 1937) |
Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was an American stage, television, and film actress. In later life she became a talent agent. Today's audiences may know her best for her Southern-belle character roles in the W. C. Fields-Bing Crosby film Mississippi (1935) and the Irene Dunne-Allan Jones musical Show Boat (1936); her role as Jimmy Durante's wife in the Christmas perennial The Great Rupert (1950); and for her appearances as The Bowery Boys' Irish landlady (1956–57).