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Georgia Backus

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 13, 1900 (Columbus), Died September 7, 1983 (Sun City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor MS-75301 16-in. 2/17/1933 Vanished voices N.W. Ayer & Son Radio program audition speaker  
Victor MS-75302 16-in. 2/17/1933 Vanished voices N.W. Ayer & Son Radio program audition speaker  
Victor LBS-76700 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) 7/26/1933 Records made for Jay Hanna Jay Hannah Sound effects speaker  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Backus, Georgia," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/115338.

Backus, Georgia. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/115338.

"Backus, Georgia." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/115338

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