
Acting
Constance Cummings
Born — Died
1910-05-15 — 2005-11-23
Place of birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
51 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constance Cummings, CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage. Born Constance Halverstadt in Seattle, Washington to Dallas Halverstadt and Kate Cummings, she began as a stage actress, landing her first role on Broadway by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Sam Goldwyn, who brought her to Hollywood in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra. She was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy MBE from 1933 until his death…
Known for
6.6American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982
7.0ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.0Anthology series of dramatic works.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.7Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Lux Video Theatre
1950
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Menace
1970
6.9While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
Blithe Spirit
1945
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
6.4During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Dead Man's Folly
1986
8.0An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke.
Wings
1983
The life of a successful student couple at Cambridge University.
Love Song
1985
1960s · 5 titles
6.6Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
5.8After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
In the Cool of the Day
1963
6.3After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
Sammy Going South
1963
7.3Hilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
1962
NRHelga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together the more age difference becomes a rift between them.
Late Summer
1963
1950s · 4 titles
10.0Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
Into the Blue
1950
6.1Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.
The Intimate Stranger
1956
4.9The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
John and Julie
1955
At the beginning of the 20th century, a rich American boy touring Europe with his uncle stops at a trendy German resort and meets a pretty young girl who is there with her mother, a widow. The young couple fall for each other, until the young girl's mother's past begins to have an effect on their relationship.
The Bitter Waters
1956
1940s · 4 titles
6.9While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
Blithe Spirit
1945
6.9Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
This England
1941
6.6Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
The Foreman Went to France
1942
6.0When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
Busman's Honeymoon
1940
1930s · 25 titles
6.9Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
American Madness
1932
5.9The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.
This Man Is Mine
1934
6.2Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
6.6A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
Attorney for the Defense
1932
5.5After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in, but his investigation is hampered by the fact that the partiers drank so much the previous night that nobody remembers anything that happened.
Remember Last Night?
1935
7.5Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932
5.8A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
Behind the Mask
1932
NRAn ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
6.1After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
The Criminal Code
1931
3.3Tempress Vivian Marsh (Betty Bronseon) lures Tom Evans (Jack Mulhall) away from stenographer Connie Lee (Constance Cummings), the girl he really loves. Connie, on the rebound, has an affair with her married boss Yates (Jameson Thomas). Vivian, not content with her successful conquest of milquetoast Tony, decides to have a romantic liaison with Yates as well. Tony discovers her infidelity, gets a divorce, and returns to Connie, who is a bit less pure than when he abandoned her.
Lover Come Back
1931
6.7Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Looking for Trouble
1934
Instead of accepting a well-to-do suitor, an orphan marries a tramp as a bet, but he turns out to be an English peer on the run for a murder he did not commit.
Strangers on Honeymoon
1936
6.2The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.
The Guilty Generation
1931
6.4After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
Movie Crazy
1932
8.0A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Heads We Go
1933
4.2An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.
Glamour
1934
6.2Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform.
The Mind Reader
1933
4.6Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.
The Big Timer
1932
6.0A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Traveling Husbands
1931
9.0The villainous Marsden plans to sink a ship owned by Mr. Wingate to collect the insurance money, while also hoping to win over Wingate's daughter, Marian. Suez Canal Company detective Bannister tracks the criminals through the dangerous streets of Port Said and eventually lures the culprit out by arranging a shipment of $1,000,000 in gold. Marsden accompanies Marian and Wingate on the voyage to seize the gold and the girl. Bannister sneaks aboard at the last minute to protect them.
The Last Man
1932
9.0During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.
The Last Parade
1931
6.2Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
Seven Sinners
1936
Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon swordsman, poet, and philosopher, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). Secretly and passionately in love with beautiful Roxane, Cyrano, who is embarrassed by his elongated nose, is shocked to find out that she has fallen head-over-heels in love with the handsome but superficial recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne, Christian de Neuvillette. As a result, convinced that he stands no chance against the handsome but tongue-tied suitor, Cyrano steps aside and becomes Christian's tutor in the delicate matters of love, composing poems and ardent letters to help him woo Roxane.
Cyrano de Bergerac
1938
6.3A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.
Night After Night
1932
8.0Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value system is thrown into turmoil.
Channel Crossing
1933
Series credits
6.6American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982
7.0ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.0ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.0Anthology series of dramatic works.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.7Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Lux Video Theatre
1950
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Menace
1970
7.2Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
An anthology of self-contained plays focused on the personal experiences of characters who find themselves taking a break from their normal lives—such as going on holiday, taking a retreat, or travelling.
Away from It All
1973
6.0Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Armchair Theatre
1956

