Dark Victory for Geraldine Fitzgerald

Eve · July 19, 2005, 12:59am

From the AP:

NEW YORK (AP) - Geraldine Fitzgerald, who appeared in such classic 1930s films as “Dark Victory” and “Wuthering Heights” and later had a career on the New York stage, died Sunday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 91. The Irish-born actress received an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Isabella Linton in “Wuthering Heights” (1939), appearing with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in director William Wyler’s memorable screen version of the Emily Bronte novel. That same year she starred with Bette Davis, George Brent and Humphrey Bogart in the popular Hollywood tearjerker “Dark Victory.” Fitzgerald received a Tony nomination in 1982 for directing “Mass Appeal,” Bill C. Davis’ play about the conflicts between an older and younger priest. Among her New York stage appearances were roles in several Eugene O’Neill revivals, most notably as Mary Tyrone in a 1971 off-Broadway production of “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” starring Robert Ryan. In 1977, she starred with Jason Robards in a revival of O’Neill’s “A Touch of the Poet.”

Eve · July 19, 2005, 12:43pm

An early-morning bump . . .

Lissa · July 19, 2005, 3:31pm

It’s sad . . . . . the vetrans of Old Hollywood are slipping away almost unnoticed.

lno · July 19, 2005, 3:43pm

Huh, the obit didn’t even mention her bid to be veep in 1984.

Eve · July 19, 2005, 5:26pm

No, no—you’re thinking of Geraldine Farrar.