Rita Quigley

Nacimiento : 1923-03-31, Los Angeles, California, USA

Muerte : 2008-08-25

Historia

Rita Allene Quigley (March 31, 1923 – August 25, 2008) was an American actress who later became Corporate Secretary, and the first woman on the board of directors, of the Petroleum Club of Los Angeles. She was the elder sister of Juanita Quigley, who was also an actress, beginning in films at the age of three in 1934.

Películas

The Love God?
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.
The Trap
Clementine
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Whispering Footsteps
Brook Hammond
An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
Women in Bondage
Herta Rumann
Women in Bondage is a 1943 World War II film about conditions for women under Hitler's regime. The plot involves two women imprisoned for speaking out against the government. It was directed by Steve Sekely and starred Gail Patrick and Nancy Kelly.
Isle of Forgotten Sins
Diane
An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.
La llama sagrada
Un notable periodista (Spencer Tracy) quiere publicar un homenaje a un respetado y admirado patriota muerto en un accidente de coche. Hepburn es la viuda del hombre sobre el que Tracy quiere escribir.
La comedia humana
Helen Elliot
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Cuando su hermano mayor se va a la guerra, el entrañable Homer Macauley se queda al cuidado de su madre y de su hermano pequeño. El chico trabaja en la oficina de telégrafos del pueblo y, de cuando en cuando, la familia recibe noticias de la guerra.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Martha Daley
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Riot Squad
Mary Davis
Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
Blonde Inspiration
Regina
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Ellen Martin
Jockey (Stephens) struggles against gamblers with the help of stable trainer (Pallette) and horse onwer's daughter (Quigley).
Third Finger, Left Hand
Elvira Kelland
Margot (Myrna Loy), la editora de una glamurosa revista femenina, para evitar el continuo asedio de sus colegas masculinos y la cólera de sus celosas esposas, decide ponerse un anillo de oro en el tercer dedo de la mano izquierda, haciendo ver que está casada. Todo se complica cuando el artista Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), harto de sus continuos fracasos con Margot, decide fingir ante todo el mundo ser su marido, que se creía desaparecido hace mucho tiempo.
Pasión de libertad
Mary Howard at 17
Guerra de Independencia norteamericana (1775-1783). Una joven virginiana reniega de sus orígenes aristocráticos y se casa con un plebeyo con ideas democráticas. Su nueva situación le ocasionará tremendos conflictos con su padre.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Peggy
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Susana y Dios
Blossom
Susana está casada y tiene una hija, pero tras un viaje por Europa, comienza a sentir una ferviente vocación religiosa que le hará abandonar todo aquello que ha construido. Su marido Barrie intentará no perderla.