Constance Gladys O'Shea (1892–1959), known professionally as Connie Emerald, was a British

stage actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

. She was born in England, of Irish descent. As well as her theatre work, Emerald also appeared in five films, including 1931's ''

A Safe Affair ''A Safe Affair'' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Herbert Wynne and starring Franklin Dyall, Connie Emerald and Douglas Jefferies. It was a quota quickie made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-upon-Thames, and distributed by the Holl ...

''. She was married to the entertainer and film star

Stanley Lupino Stanley Richard Lupino Hook (15 June 1893 – 10 June 1942), known professionally as Stanley Lupino, was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer. During the 1930s, Lupino appeared in a successful series of m ...

, with whom she had a daughter

Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...

who became a

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...

star. When Ida set up her own

film production Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

company in the 1950s, she named it Emerald Productions after her mother.Dixon p.135 Her sister was actress and film producer Nell Emerald.

References

Bibliography

* Dixon, Wheeler Winston. ''Lost in the Fifties: Recovering Phantom Hollywood''. SIU Press, 2005.

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* 1892 births 1959 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English emigrants to the United States Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) English people of Irish descent {{UK-film-actor-stub