Cora Witherspoon | |
|---|---|
 As Gypsy in Dangerous Number (1937) | |
| Born | January 5, 1890 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1957 (aged 67) Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Resting place | Metairie Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1905–1954 |
Cora Witherspoon (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1957) was an American stage and film character actress whose career spanned nearly half a century. She began in theatre where she remained rooted even after entering motion pictures in the early 1930s. As Witherspoon's career progressed, she carved a niche playing haughty society women or harridan housewives such as Princess Lina in Ferenc Molnár's 1928 play Olympia, or Agatha Sousè, W.C. Fields’ domineering spouse in the 1940 film The Bank Dick.[1][2] John Springer and Jack Hamilton, authors of They Had Faces Then: Super Stars, Stars, and Starlets of the 1930s (1974), wrote that "Witherspoon was blessed with a face that might have been drawn by one of those cartoonists who specialize in dealing with the war between men and women."[3]
- ^ The Play. The New York Times, October 17, 1928, p. 26
- ^ Hémard, Ned – New Orleans Nostalgia Retrieved August 26, 2013
- ^ Nissen, Axel - Actresses of a Certain Character, 2006, p. 213 Retrieved August 26, 2013