Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Biography

She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temple's Storybook production of "Sleeping Beauty", although she is probably seen most often in "Going My Way" as Father Fitzgibbon's elderly mother. Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USA Date of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

Going My Way

as Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon

Son of Dracula

as Madame Queen Zimba

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Mrs. Waters (uncredited)

Witness to Murder

as The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds)

Stars in My Crown

as Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)

The Corn Is Green

as Old Woman Reading (uncredited)

Tales of Manhattan

as Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)

The Human Comedy

as Librarian (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)

Pony Soldier

as White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)

Come Live with Me

as Grandma