Florence Wix
Florence Wix was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s.
Biography
Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix would make her screen debut in the 1924 film Secrets, starring Betty Compson and Noah Beery. While some sources indicate that she appeared in over 100 films, the American Film Institute Database only has her listed in 48. Some of the more notable films she appeared in include: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, and Claude Rains; William Wyler's 1942 classic drama, Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; and 1947's comedy, The Farmer's Daughter, starring Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, and Ethel Barrymore. Her final screen appearance would be in The Story of Three Loves. Wix died on 23 November 1956 in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California, and was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Filmography
The Female as Lady MaleteSecrets as Lady LessingtonEnticement as Mrs. KerryFor Alimony Only as Christmas Party Guest Ladies Beware as Mrs. RingNaughty Nanette as Mrs. TrainorThe Return of Boston Blackie as Mrs. John MarkhamBeyond London Lights as Mrs. DrummondShe Goes to War as Knitting LadyThe Office Scandal as Party Guest Cocktail Hour as Party Guest My American Wife as Mrs. Van Dusen And Sudden Death as Miss Allenby Three Cheers for Love as Mrs. Courtney NetherlandMr. Deeds Goes to Town as Party Guest Gentle Julia as Aunt Fannie Yours for the Asking as Woman Wells Fargo as Pioneer Woman This Way Please Easy Living as Woman in Hat Shop The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Woman Paradise for Three as Bridge Player Romance in the Dark as Woman With Balint The Missing Guest as Linda BaldrichWhen G-Men Step In as Society Woman King of Chinatown as Nightclub Patron In Name Only as Party Guest Outside These Walls as Miss Strawbridge Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Committeewoman The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Nightclub Patron Free and Easy as Lady Next to Lady Ridgeway Sunny as Mrs. H. Warren Unfinished Business as Woman Hi, Neighbor as Guest Mrs. Miniver as Woman with Dog Take a Letter, Darling as Nightclub Patron We Were Dancing as Sporting Woman Laugh Your Blues Away as Mrs. JamisonThe Man from Down Under as Minister's Wife Two Girls and a Sailor as Middle-Aged Woman The Brighton Strangler as Mrs. Kent - Dorothy's Mother The Fatal Witness as Dinner Guest George White's Scandals as Nightclub Patron Those Endearing Young Charms as Customer Devotion as Englishwoman The Farmer's Daughter as Party Guest Green Dolphin Street as Wife B.F.'s Daughter as Wedding Guest Hollow Triumph as Hotel Guest Please Believe Me as Guest in Dining Room The Story of Three Loves as Minor Role
Selected Television Appearances
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Club Patron