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- Birth nameConstance Halverstadt
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Coming from a musical family - her mother was a concert soprano - Constance Cummings made her show business debut in 1926 in regional stock theater, and by 1928 had appeared in her first Broadway play. Her success in the theater resulted in an invitation to Hollywood, where she went 1931. Although she played in more than 20 films, she was never really comfortble in Hollywood nor satisfied with the parts she was getting, and in 1934 she left for England, UK. She continued her stage and film career there. but few of those films ever made it back to the U.S.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous - Constance Cummings. was married to English dramatist and Laour MP Benn W Levy. and bought a 400 acre farm and 12 bedroom Elizabethan manor house in the Vale of the White Horse in about 1965, He died in 1973 and she sold the house and farm in 1975 after moving into one of the farm cottages, and having an extension built on to it , Her son, Jonathan is a doctor who lives in London with his wife and children while her daughter Jemina lives in Cannes with her Italian husband and their daughter. Previously Constance used to live on Sunset Boulevard, Her career began on Broadway in the 20's and continued in Hollywood in the early 30's with such stars as Harold Lloyd and Mae West and in 1932 she made her English stage debut in the play Sour Grapes and went on to play Juliet and St Joan and in 1971 an acclaimed performance opposite Laurence Olivier, her favourite leading man, at the National Theatre in A Long Days Journey Into Night, which was later shown on television
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpouseBenn W. Levy(July 3, 1933 - December 7, 1973) (his death, 2 children)
- In 1974, the American-born Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry.
- Discovered by Samuel Goldwyn while she was appearing on Broadway.
- From an early age she wanted to be a classical dancer, but in her mid-teens, after a walk-on bit as a prostitute in a summer stock production of "Seventh Heaven", she switched gears and began acting and dancing in stage musicals.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1974 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- Won Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "Wings" in a tie with Carole Shelley for "The Elephant Man." Ms. Cummings recreated her Tony-winning performance in a television version with the same title, Wings (1983).
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