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Elizabeth Wilson(1921-2015)

Elizabeth Wilson

A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.

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Elizabeth Wilson was born April 4, 1921, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Marie Ethel and Dunning Wilson. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and studied withSanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Elizabeth's film debut was inNotorious (1946) in an uncredited role. She later appeared inPatterns (1956), and her performance was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film. With over 70 film and television appearances, we should acknowledge her work in The Graduate (1967),9 to 5 (1980),The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981),The Addams Family (1991), andLaw & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).

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