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
Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown
Madame Queen Zimba
Son of Dracula
Grandma
Come Live with Me
Grandma Diedrich
Street of Chance
The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds)
Witness to Murder
Librarian
The Human Comedy
Mama Ruau
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Madame Zimba (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Mrs. Burnside
The Sickle or the Cross
Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited)
Lydia Bailey
Himself
Edge of Hell
Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited)
Going My Way
Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
Happy Land
Aunt Amy (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
Pony Soldier
Grandma (uncredited)
Iceland
Dona Lucia Castillo
The Little Witch
Grandmother
Behind the Rising Sun
Old Woman Reading (uncredited)
The Corn Is Green
Old woman
The Girl from Manhattan
Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Vadney
Three Lives
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
23
Gender
Female
Birthday
1862-09-19
Place of Birth
Iowa, USA
Also Known As