Georgia Backus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georgia Backus

American actress

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1900

Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1983

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georgia Belden Backus (October 13, 1901 – September 7, 1983) was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen.
She was also 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 Welles's Mercury Theatre radio programs, she played supporting roles in some 30 films during the 1940s and 1950s.
Her first screen credit was Citizen Kane (1941), in which she played the severe assistant in the Thatcher library.
Her career was ended by the Hollywood blacklist.