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Murder Is My Beat

as Beatrice Abbott

1955
Robot Monster

as Mother

1953
He Ran All the Way

as Mrs. Dobbs

1951
The Damned Don't Cry

as Patricia Longworth

1950
Branded

as Mrs. Lavery

1950
My Dream Is Yours

as Freda Hofer

1949
Moonrise

as Aunt Jessie

1948
Summer Holiday

as Mrs. Essie Miller

1948
A Date with Judy

as Mrs. Foster

1948
Smart Woman

as Mrs. Wayne

1948
You Were Meant for Me

as Cora Mayhew

1948
The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Sairy MacBean

1947
The Harvey Girls

as Miss Bliss

1946
Courage of Lassie

as Mrs. Merrick

1946
Till the End of Time

as Mrs. Kincheloe

1946
No Leave, No Love

as Mrs. Hanlon

1946
This Man's Navy

as Maude Weaver

1945
The Fighting Sullivans

as Mrs. Alleta Sullivan

1944
Selena Royle Selena Royle

Birthday

1904-11-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Selena Royle (November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983) was an American actress (of stage, radio, television and film), and later, an author. Royle was born in New York City to playwright Edwin Milton Royle and actress Selena Fetter (April 12, 1860 - May 10, 1955). She had an older sister, Josephine Fetter Royle (1901–1992). Her mother recounted in a newspaper article that she used to take Selena along with her to her rehearsals and performances. One night, then seven-year-old Selena went missing. While the mother frantically searched for her, holding up act two, the audience became restless. The youngster finally turned up - she had gone on stage dressed in her mother's second-act costume; she made a bow, much to the audience's amusement. She later remarked, "And that is the first time I was ever on stage, and I liked it so well I stayed." Her father wrote the 1921 Broadway play Lancelot and Elaine to provide both her and sister Josephine with their first professional roles, as Guinevere and Elaine respectively. Eventually, she landed a part on her own in the 1923 Theatre Guild production of Peer Gynt, with Joseph Schildkraut, and became a respected Broadway actress. She made one film in the 1930s, Misleading Lady, but otherwise worked on the stage and on radio. Royle began her radio career in 1926 or 1927 and performed "almost continuously since", according to a 1939 newspaper item. Her body of work includes playing the title role in Hilda Hope, M.D. She also played Martha Jackson in Woman of Courage, Mrs. Allen in Against the Storm, Joan in The O'Neills, and Mrs. Gardner in Betty and Bob, and appeared in Kate Hopkins. In the 1940s, she returned to film and had a successful run, mainly playing maternal characters such as the bereaved mother of The Fighting Sullivans (1944), mother to Jane Powell in the big screen adaptation of A Date with Judy (1948) and the title character's mother opposite Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc (1948). She made several appearances on early television. However, in 1951, when she refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. She sued the American Legion, which had published Red Channels, in which her name was listed, and won but her acting career ended. She made only three more roles, the last being Murder Is My Beat (1955). She also wrote several books, including Guadalajara: as I Know It, Live It, Love It (which went through several editions) and a couple of cookbooks, and some magazine articles. She was the "radio editor" of the short-lived New York periodical Swank.
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