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Perhaps her most highly praised performance was as Fanny Farrelly in Lillian Hellman's anti-Nazi play, 'Watch on the Rhine,' which starred Paul Lucas and opened in 1941.
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In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play
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The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age
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Watson was primarily a stage actress, appearing in 39 Broadway plays.
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Watson as Fanny Farrelly in the original Broadway production of
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Lucile Watson biography by Film historian T. R. Bourgeois
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lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
Photo of Lucile Watson from her appearance in the Broadway play Late Love
Quebec City
Quebec
Quebec
Ottawa

Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine
Paul Lukas
film adaptation
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
No More Ladies
Watch on the Rhine

My Forbidden Past
The Royal Family of Broadway
What Every Woman Knows
The Bishop Misbehaves
The Garden of Allah
A Woman Rebels
Three Smart Girls
The Young in Heart
Sweethearts
Made for Each Other
The Women
Waterloo Bridge

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