Georgia Backus

Georgia Belden Backus was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen, and a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System, to guide the development of the new art of the radio play. A member of the repertory company presenting Orson Welless Mercury Theatre radio programs, she played supporting roles in somefilms during the 1940s and 1950s. Her first screen credit was Citizen Kane , in which she played the severe assistant in the Thatcher library. Her career was ended by the Hollywood blacklist.

Georgia Belden Backus was born October 13, 1901, in Columbus, Ohio, to a theatrical family. She was named for her uncle, George Backus, a light comedic actor who performed in Florenz Ziegfelds original stage production of Way Down East. She earned a place in a local stock company at the age of 14. She attended Smith College, and as a student at Ohio State University she toured the state as leading lady and manager of the campus dramatic society. After she received her diploma she chose a career in the theatre.

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