Constance Cummings

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

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

1950s · 4 titles

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 25 titles

American Madness poster
6.9

Socially-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

This Man Is Mine poster
5.9

The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.

This Man Is Mine

1934

Broadway Thru a Keyhole poster
6.2

Racketeer 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

Attorney for the Defense poster
6.6

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

Attorney for the Defense

1932

Remember Last Night? poster
5.5

After 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

Washington Merry-Go-Round poster
7.5

Button 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

Behind the Mask poster
5.8

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

Behind the Mask

1932

The Billion Dollar Scandal poster
NR

An 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

The Criminal Code poster
6.1

After 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

Lover Come Back poster
3.3

Tempress 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

Looking for Trouble poster
6.7

Joe 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

No artwork available
7.0

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

The Guilty Generation poster
6.2

The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.

The Guilty Generation

1931

Movie Crazy poster
6.4

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

Movie Crazy

1932

Heads We Go poster
8.0

A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.

Heads We Go

1933

Glamour poster
4.2

An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.

Glamour

1934

The Mind Reader poster
6.2

Con-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

The Big Timer poster
4.6

Loud-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

Traveling Husbands poster
6.0

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.

Traveling Husbands

1931

The Last Man poster
9.0

The 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

The Last Parade poster
9.0

During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.

The Last Parade

1931

Seven Sinners poster
6.2

Ed 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

No artwork available
8.0

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

Night After Night poster
6.3

A 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

Channel Crossing poster
8.0

Money 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

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

ITV Playhouse poster
7.0

ITV 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

ITV Playhouse poster
7.0

ITV 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

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
7.0

Anthology series of dramatic works.

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Lux Video Theatre poster
6.7

Lux 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

No artwork available
NR

This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

Menace

1970

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster
7.2

Schlitz 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Armchair Theatre poster
6.0

Armchair 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