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Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood (born October 31, 1879 in Dublin, Ireland and died September 13, 1950 in Woodland Hills, California, United States), was an Irish character-actress.
She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1942 for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley. She also had memorable roles in the 1941 retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, It Happened in Flatbush , Jane Eyre, and the original Cheaper By the Dozen .
She began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was frequently featured in early Hitchcock films, such as Blackmail and Sabotage. She was married for a short time to British stage actor Gerald Henson . Sadly, both Henson and their newborn daughter died of influenza in the outbreak of 1917. After becoming a United States citizen in 1945, Allgood died of a heart attack in 1950.
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