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Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Geraldine Fitzgerald is note-perfect as the silly yet determined Isabella, Cathy's sister-in-law and Heathcliff's wife. On the DVD she contributes a frank and funny interview, depicting Wyler as the exhausting taskmaster of a turbulent set and Olivier as the "only actor I knew who was completely unafraid" -- both to convey the unvarnished truth of his character and to give controversial advice. She was occasionally furious at him, but now appreciates his honesty and instinct. Counseling Fitzgerald on how Isabella should approach Heathcliff as a prospective lover, Olivier said, "The virgin presents the pelvis, and the mother the womb." In sum, Fitzgerald says, "Wuthering Heights" was "the kind of picture you just get through -- and then it turns out afterwards it was something very special."
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[O]ne day in 1981, Breen learned that Irish-born actress Geraldine Fitzgerald was coming to the Steel City to perform a cabaret act, particularly for a deaf audience. Fitzgerald, best known for her role as Isabella in "Wuthering Heights" in 1939, was "so wonderful," said "so concerned," said Breen.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald, RN, CPNP, IBCLC has over 33 years experience in Maternal-Child Health. A certified pediatric nurse practitioner and licensed registered nurse, Mrs. Fitzgerald first graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, then received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from Catholic University with a Masters of Science in Nursing and training as a pediatric nurse practitioner. After an internship in pediatrics, Mrs. Fitzgerald became certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
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The daughter of a Dublin attorney, Geraldine Fitzgerald was still in her teens when she made her theatrical bow with the {~Gate Theatre}. In films from 1934, she played a series of petulant ingénues in a string of forgettable quota quickies; in later years, she sarcastically summed up her early screen roles by repeating her most frequent snatch of dialogue, But daddy, it's my birthday! With her first husband, she moved to New York in 1938, where she was hired by her old {~Gate Theatre} colleague Orson Welles to star in the {~Mercury Theater} production {+Heartbreak House}.
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Unbowed and undaunted, Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald), on the last day of her life, recounts the successes and failures of her long years, including a missed opportunity she's always regretted. Beneath her strong-willed exterior, she remains haunted by the memory of lost love. Henry Fonda (who ... co-stars) narrates this production of Katherine Anne Porter's short story. Mia Dillon and Lois Smith co-star. Randa Haines directs.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald was born at Greystones, near Dublin, in 1913. Her father was Ned Fitzgerald, a lawyer; her mother Edith had been born into another Anglo-Irish legal family, the Richardses. Geraldine was educated in Dublin and after an introduction by her aunt, the formidable Dublin actress Shelah Richards, she began to get sizeable roles at the Edwards-MacLiammoir Gate Theatre. In fact she played Isabella Linton in a Gate production as early as 1934, when she was only 20.
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