Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart is known for All About Eve (1950), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), I Was a Male War Bride (1949).
Biography
Randy Stuart, born as Elizabeth Shaubell (October 24, 1924 – July 20, 1996), was an American actress in film and television. A familiar face in several popular films of the 1940s and 1950s, and later in Western-themed television series, she is perhaps best remembered as Louise Carey, the wife of Scott Carey, played by Grant Williams, in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), a science-fiction classic named in 2009 as “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to be preserved for all time in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.
A screen test in the play The Women led to Stuart being placed under contract at 20th Century Fox. Her film debut was uncredited in the 1947 picture, The Foxes of Harrow. Stuart plays the birth mother of main character Stephen Fox, in the film's initial scene.
In 1948, she played Peggy, a knowing secretary (and collaborator with star Clifton Webb) in the comedy Sitting Pretty. She also appeared that year (sixth-billed) as the wife of a returning veteran in Apartment for Peggy with William Holden and Jeanne Crain.
In 1949, she portrayed Lieutenant Eloise Billings, an object of desire for Cary Grant, in the Howard Hawks film I Was a Male War Bride, also starring Ann Sheridan. That same year, she appeared opposite Jose Ferrer in Otto Preminger's psychological noir, Whirlpool. Stuart was billed on posters as a supporting player in the comedy / musical Dancing in the Dark, starring William Powell and Betsy Drake.
In 1950, Stuart was briefly in that year's Best Picture, All About Eve, as a telephone friend of Anne Baxter. She had fourth billing in the noir comedy Stella, with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature.
In 1951, she appeared as Marge Boyd in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, in what might have been her breakout role. In 1952, Stuart teamed again with Grant and Drake in the comedy Room for One More for Warner Bros.
After 1957's Incredible Shrinking Man, she was cast as Nancy Dawson in the 1958 western film, Man from God's Country, starring George Montgomery. She also guest-starred about that time in Montgomery's short-lived television western television series, Cimarron City.
n the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stuart (known by her married name, Betty Wallis) was instrumental in developing the alumni program at Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California, from which her two youngest children had graduated. She was listed as a resource for information for the school. She later was director of alumni affairs at Cal State Northridge.
Stuart was married to Kenneth Wayne Smith (1943-1945), Edward Charles George (1947-1954; one child), Lane Allan (aka Albert Wootten, 1954-1968; three children), and Ernest Dineen Wallis (1971-1982). The first three marriages ended in divorce, and the last ended with Wallis's death.
Stuart died of lung cancer on July 20, 1996, at the age of 71 in Bakersfield, California.
Questions about Randy Stuart
How many Randy Stuart films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 16 films with Randy Stuart, from 1948 to 1959.
What is the best rated Randy Stuart film?
The best rated Randy Stuart film in the catalogue is All About Eve (1950), rated 8.1.
What was the first Randy Stuart film?
The first Randy Stuart film in the catalogue is The Street with No Name, from 1948.
Who has Randy Stuart worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Randy Stuart shares the most credits with Cary Grant (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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8.1 All About Eve
1950
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7.5 The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
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6.9 I Was a Male War Bride
1949
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6.4 Whirlpool
1950
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5.1 Star in the Dust
1956
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7.1 Sitting Pretty
1948
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6.6 Room for One More
1952
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6.4 The Street with No Name
1948
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6.0 The Fan
1949
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5.0 Man from God's Country
1958
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6.0 Dancing in the Dark
1949
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8.2 Apartment for Peggy
1948
Full filmography
18 films — 16 in the catalogue
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The Silent Kill
1959 · Jan Barrett
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5.0
Man from God's Country
1958 · Nancy Dawson
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7.5
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Louise Carey
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5.1
Star in the Dust
1956 · Nan Hogan
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Hazard House
1954 · Mother
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Giving Thanks Always
1953 · Emily
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6.6
Room for One More
1952 · Mrs. Gladys Foreman
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6.0 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 · Marge Boyd
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8.1
All About Eve
1950 · Girl
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9.0 Stella
1950 · Claire
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6.4
Whirlpool
1950 · Miss Landau (uncredited)
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6.0
Dancing in the Dark
1949 · Rosalie Brooks
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6.9
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 · Lt. Eloise Billings
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6.0
The Fan
1949 · American Girl
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8.2
Apartment for Peggy
1948 · Dorothy
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6.4
The Street with No Name
1948 · Helen Jannings (Uncredited)
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7.1
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Peggy
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Emergency
no date · Doris Reeder
Series and TV shows
3 titles
7.5
7.0
6.8
People data: TMDb.
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