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Almira Sessions(1888-1974)

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Almira Sessions
A member of a very socially prominent Washington family, Sessions played vaudeville, radio, television and film for sixty years. Sessions made her debut in 1909 in a comic opera. She has appeared over 500 times in movies and on television. Session sang comic songs in cabarets before going to New York to act on the stage. In 1940, she went to Hollywood to appear on Bob Hope's radio show and made her West Coast film debut that same year, having already appeared in numerous films on the East Coast during the preceding decade, usually playing bit parts as aunts, landladies, gossips and the like; Sessions retired from films in 1971.
BornSeptember 16, 1888
DiedAugust 3, 1974(85)
BornSeptember 16, 1888
DiedAugust 3, 1974(85)
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Known for

Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels
7.9
  • Ursula
  • 1941
Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young in The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Bishop's Wife
7.6
  • First Lady in Michel's
  • 1947
Paulette Goddard and Hurd Hatfield in The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.5
  • Marianne
  • 1946
Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, and John Loder in Woman Who Came Back (1945)
Woman Who Came Back
5.7
  • Bessie
  • 1945

Credits

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Actress



  • Stuart Margolin and Julie Newmar in Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    6.8
    TV Series
    • The Operator (segment "Love and the Bathtub")
    • 1972
  • Bruce Davison in Willard (1971)
    Willard
    6.2
    • Carrie Smith
    • 1971
  • Rod Serling in Night Gallery (1969)
    Night Gallery
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Old Woman (segment "The House")
    • 1970
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Truscott
    • 1970
  • Watermelon Man (1970)
    Watermelon Man
    6.7
    • Woman on Bus (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Jim Brown in Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
    Tick, Tick, Tick
    6.7
    • Townswoman (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Jack Elam in The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)
    The Over-the-Hill Gang
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Mrs. Fletcher
    • 1969
  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Old Lavinia (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • The Boston Strangler (1968)
    The Boston Strangler
    7.0
    • Emma Hodak
    • 1968
  • Carol Burnett in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
    The Carol Burnett Show
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Sketch Performer
    • 1968
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Rosemary's Baby
    8.0
    • Mrs. Sabatini (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    The Andy Griffith Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Fletcher
    • 1968
  • Firecreek (1968)
    Firecreek
    6.8
    • Townswoman at Wake (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • CBS Playhouse (1967)
    CBS Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mary
    • 1967
  • Laredo (1965)
    Laredo
    7.6
    TV Series
    • First Matron
    • 1967

Soundtrack



  • June Haver and Mark Stevens in I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
    I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
    6.6
    • performer: "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" (uncredited)
    • 1947

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Elmira Sessions
  • Born
    • September 16, 1888
    • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Died
    • August 3, 1974
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Albert AllenMay 5, 1936 - 1940 (divorced)
  • Other works
    In 1962, she co-starred in "Suzuki Beane" one of the pilot episodes produced for a proposed TV anthology series called "The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre."
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    A Washington member of society, she scandalized her social set by becoming a comedy vaudeville singer.
  • Quotes
    I never was the pretty one, but I've got character. A character is somebody who isn't good-looking. And they want old women regularly around here for films, television and ads--commercials, that is. All this gives me a soft cushion under where I sit, a fine car out in front and anything I want to order at the best restaurants in town. What else could a girl want?

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