21 Facts About Sara Allgood

Sarah Ellen Allgood, known as Sara Allgood, was an Irish-American actress.

Sara Allgood first studied drama with the Irish nationalist Daughters of Ireland and was at the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society.

Sara Allgood's acting career continued in Dublin, London, and the US She appeared in a number of films, most notably being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley.

Sara Allgood became an American citizen in 1945 and died of a heart attack in 1950.

Sara Allgood's mother was Catholic, while her father was Protestant.

Sara Allgood had two baptisms, a Catholic baptism on 3 November 1880 and a Church of Ireland baptism on 21 November 1880.

Sara Allgood had seven siblings, one of whom was fellow actress Maire O'Neill, although the two were later reportedly estranged.

Sara Allgood began work as soon as she was able, apprenticed to a French polisher near her mother's workplace who sold high quality antique and modern furniture from their warerooms at 19 and 20 Bachelors Walk, Dublin, and who operated as cabinet-makers, upholsterers, valuers, house agents, and auctioneers.

Sara Allgood joined the Irish nationalist Daughters of Ireland, where she first began to study drama under the direction of Maud Gonne and William Fay.

Sara Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society.

In 1915, Allgood was cast as the lead in J Hartley Manners' comedy Peg o' My Heart which toured Australia and New Zealand in 1916.

Sara Allgood played the lead role opposite her Peg o' My Heart co-star and then-husband Gerald Henson in J A Lipman's 1918 silent film Just Peggy, shot in Sydney.

Sara Allgood won acclaim in London when she played Bessie Burgess in O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars in 1926.

Sara Allgood was frequently featured in early Hitchcock films, such as Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, and Sabotage.

Sara Allgood had a significant role in Storm in a Teacup.

Sara Allgood was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley.

Sara Allgood had memorable roles in the 1941 retelling of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, It Happened in Flatbush, Jane Eyre, The Lodger, The Keys of the Kingdom, The Spiral Staircase, The Fabulous Dorseys, and the original Cheaper by the Dozen.

In September 1916, Sara Allgood married her Peg o' My Heart co-star Gerald Henson while they were touring in Melbourne.

Sara Allgood settled in Hollywood in 1940 and became an American citizen in 1945.

On 13 September 1950, at the age of 69, Sara Allgood died of a heart attack at her home in Woodland Hills, California.

Sara Allgood was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.