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Queenie Smith
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 79
GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn07/09/1898Born inNew York City, New York, USADied05/08/1978 (aged 79)Died inBurbankCausecancerWikidataQ3414025 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#120010 ↗

Queenie Smith was an American stage, television, and film actress. In later life she became a talent agent. Today's audiences may know her best for her Southern-belle character roles in the W. C. Fields-Bing Crosby film Mississippi (1935) and the Irene Dunne-Allan Jones musical Show Boat (1936); her role as Jimmy Durante's wife in the Christmas perennial The Great Rupert (1950); and for her appearances as The Bowery Boys' Irish landlady (1956–57).

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Filmography48 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2014Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls ChristmasMovieMrs. Amanda 'May' Whipple116
1978Foul PlayMovieElsie80
1978The EndMovieOld Lady in Driving School Car80
1977The Love BoatSeriesHelen Lindsay79
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesSeries—79
1977FishSeries—79
1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayMovieOld Woman78
1976All's FairSeries—78
1975Barney MillerSeriesMrs. Fuller77
1975HustleMovieCustomer77
1975The Day of the LocustMoviePalsied Lady77
1974Little House on the PrairieSeriesAmanda Whipple76
1974RhodaSeries—76
1974Chico and the ManSeries—76
1973The Girls of Huntington HouseMovieAgnes Swenton75
1972The WaltonsSeries—74
1971The Funny SideSeriesElderly Wife73
1970The Odd CoupleSeriesMrs. Grapney72
1969Then Came BronsonSeriesCleaning Woman71
1969My World and Welcome to ItSeries—71
1968Hawaii Five-OSeriesLittle Old Lady70
1968Here's LucySeriesHelen70
1968The Legend of Lylah ClareMovieHairdresser70
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeriesSelf (uncredited)70
1967He & SheSeriesMrs. Gruber69
1966That GirlSeries—68
1966The MonkeesSeriesMrs. Filchok68
1962The Lucy ShowSeriesMrs. Collins64
1957Sweet Smell of SuccessMovieMildred Tam (uncredited)59
1957Hold That HypnotistMovieKate Kelly59
1956You Can't Run Away from ItMovieElderly Lady58
1956Hot ShotsMovieKate Kelly58
1955My Sister EileenMovieAlice (uncredited)57
1950The Great RupertMovieMrs. Amendola52
1950Union StationMovieLandlady (uncredited)52
1950CagedMovieMarie's Mother (uncredited)52
1950Prisoners in PetticoatsMovieBeatrice52
1949Massacre RiverMovieMrs. Johanssen51
1948The Snake PitMovieLola (uncredited)50
1948Sleep, My LoveMovieGrace Vernay50
1947The Long NightMovieMrs. Tully49
1946The KillersMovieMary Ellen 'Queenie' Daugherty (uncredited)48
1946NocturneMovieQueenie48
1939On Your ToesMovieMrs. Lil Dolan41
1936Show BoatMovieEllie May Chipley38
1936Special Agent K-7MovieOllie O'Dea38
1935MississippiMovieAlabam37
1934Masks and MemoriesMovieQueenie36