Betty Garde
Posted: July 17th, 2023, 9:22 pm
Betty Garde (1905-1989) is one of my favorite supporting players. She's not as big a name as some, but she's as big a talent, and in many media.
In Broadway musical theater, she created the role of Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! (1943).
In the movies, two of her best known roles include Wanda Skutnik in Call Northside 777 (1948), in which she refuses to give James Stewart the information he seeks; and in Caged (1950), in which she plays Kitty Stark, who stabs Hope Emerson to death with a fork.
On television, on my favorite Honeymooners episode (1955), she played Thelma the Maid, and has some of the best lines in the whole series.
Also on television, she played in one of the best (and very timely) episodes of The Twilight Zone: "The Midnight Sun" (1961).
In addition, she appeared in many plays, films, and in numerous television shows. Great artist who gave us so many memorable performances.
With Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts in the original production of Oklahoma!
As Wanda Skutnik in Call Northside 777
With Hope Emerson in Caged
"Some guest and some employer: the simp and the blimp!"
Betty Garde, Lois Nettleton in "The Midnight Sun" (The Twilight Zone)
In Broadway musical theater, she created the role of Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! (1943).
In the movies, two of her best known roles include Wanda Skutnik in Call Northside 777 (1948), in which she refuses to give James Stewart the information he seeks; and in Caged (1950), in which she plays Kitty Stark, who stabs Hope Emerson to death with a fork.
On television, on my favorite Honeymooners episode (1955), she played Thelma the Maid, and has some of the best lines in the whole series.
Also on television, she played in one of the best (and very timely) episodes of The Twilight Zone: "The Midnight Sun" (1961).
In addition, she appeared in many plays, films, and in numerous television shows. Great artist who gave us so many memorable performances.
With Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts in the original production of Oklahoma!
As Wanda Skutnik in Call Northside 777
With Hope Emerson in Caged
"Some guest and some employer: the simp and the blimp!"
Betty Garde, Lois Nettleton in "The Midnight Sun" (The Twilight Zone)