Actress, born in Dublin, Ireland. At the Abbey Theatre she created the parts of Juno Boyle and Bessie Burgess in Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars (1926) respectively. In 1940 she settled in Hollywood, and appeared in over 30 films, including Jane Eyre (1943), The Lodger (1944), and Between Two Worlds (1944).
Early life
Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Career
Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was frequently featured in early Hitchcock films, such as Blackmail and Sabotage.
Allgood was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1942 for her role as Beth Morgan in the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley.
Private life
She was married for a short time to British stage actor Gerald Henson.
After becoming a United States citizen in 1945, Allgood died of a heart attack in 1950 at the age of 70, in Woodland Hills, California.
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