1. Constance Cummings CBE was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.
12 Facts About Constance Cummings
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Constance Cummings' parents separated when she was 10 years old, and she never saw her father again.
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Constance Cummings debuted on Broadway as a chorus girl, a member of the ensemble in Treasure Girl by the age of 18.
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Between 1931 and 1934, Constance Cummings appeared in more than 20 films, including Movie Crazy opposite Harold Lloyd, and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra.
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Constance Cummings was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy from July 3,1933 until his death in 1973.
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Constance Cummings played Mary Tyrone in the Royal National Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night opposite Laurence Olivier and later recreated the role for television.
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In 1979, Constance Cummings won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Emily Stilson in the drama Wings, a play about a former aviator who has suffered a stroke, from which she struggles to recover.
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Constance Cummings received an Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night.
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On January 1,1974, Constance Cummings, who resided in Britain for many decades until her death, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry.
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Constance Cummings was a committee member of the Royal Court Theatre and the Arts Council.
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Constance Cummings has a star in the Motion Pictures section on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Constance Cummings Levy died in Wardington, Oxfordshire, England on November 23,2005, aged 95, from natural causes.