Biography

Queenie Smith was born in New York City in 1898. She is described as 5 feet 1 inch with blue eyes and blonde hair and weighing 108 pounds. Her father was English and mother, German. She was educated at the Horace Mann School, and matriculated at age 13 with the Ballet School of Metropolitan Opera. While a teenager, Queenie was solo danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Company in "Aida", "Samson and Delilah", "Faust", and "La Traviata". She also appeared in musical comedies including "Helen of Troy, New York", "Sitting Pretty", "Tip Toes", "Hit the Deck", and "The Street Singer". She appeared in "Lilly Turner", "The Greeks Had a Word for It", "Little Women", "Three Cornered Moon", "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Every Thursday".
- IMDb mini biography by: Dave Curbow <dcurbow@acm.org>

Was once engaged to Archie Leach, AKA Cary Grant!.

Queenie Smith spent many years as high school drama teacher at Hollywood Professional School, which was attended by many professional child actors, dancers, singers, etc.

Her final film appearance was in Foul Play (1978), where she and Hope Summers were two sweet, elderly ladies playing a hilariously risque game of Scrabble. Sadly, Ms. Smith passed away within a month after the film was released and Ms. Summers passed away the following June.

Three of Ms. Smith's first four films had a Mississippi River setting ("Masks and Memories", "Mississippi", and the 1936 version of "Show Boat").

Father: Charles Smith; Mother: Emma Koenigheim.