Cora Witherspoon
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 4, 1890
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Libeled Lady
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
It Should Happen to You
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.
A Peach of a Pair
Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
Dark Victory
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Personal Property
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.
Dodge City
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
The First Time
A married couple welcomes their first child.
On the Avenue
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Filmography
as Macy's Saleslady (uncredited)
as Mrs. Angevine
as Nurse Salisbury
as Mrs. Williamson
as Edwina Blythe
as Mrs. Abigail Ellsworth
as Carrothers
as Aunt Emeline
as Mrs. Clara Meigs
as Mrs. Peterson - Patient (uncredited)
as Woman
as Mrs. Gates
as Mrs. J.B. Hamlin
as Agatha Sousé
as Aunt Cecile
as Susie Watson
as Mrs. Van Adams
as Carrie
as Mrs. McCoy
as Mamie Thompson
as Fanny
as Aunt Julia Ramsby
as Mrs. Herford
as Countess de Noailles
as Mrs. Ophelia Pitts
as Claudine
as Mrs. Coney
as Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
as Nora
as Elizabeth Simms
as Fanny Worthington
as Patty
as Mrs. Burns
as Aunt Fritz
as Gypsy
as Mrs. Burns-Norvell
as Nesta Pett, Ann's Aunt
as Mrs. Lumpy Thornton
as Suzy Woodbury (uncredited)
as Elizabeth McGrath
as Dottie's Mother
as Lily Pratt
as Aggie Bruno
as Head Nurse
as Saleslady