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Rose Hobart‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1906-05-01

Popularity

star3.2

Rose Hobart

New York City, New York, USA

Rose Hobart

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1906-05-01

Popularity

star3.2

Biography

Rose Hobart (born Rose Kefer) was an American actress and Screen Actors Guild official. When Hobart was 15, she debuted professionally in Cappy Ricks, a Chautauqua production. She was accepted for the 18-week tour because she told officials that she was 18. At that same age, she was cast in Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, which opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobart's Broadway stage debut was on September 17, 1923 at the Knickerbocker Theater, playing a young girl in Lullaby. In 1925, she played Charmian in Caesar and Cleopatra. Hobart was an original member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. In 1928, she made her London debut, playing Nona Rolf in The Comic Artist. During her career in theater, she toured with Noël Coward in The Vortex and was cast opposite Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows. Her performance as Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday won her a Hollywood contract. Hobart appeared in more than 40 motion pictures over a 20-year period. Her first film role was the part of Julie in the first talking picture version of Liliom, made by Fox Film Corporation in 1930, starring Charles Farrell in the title role, and directed by Frank Borzage. Under contract to Universal, Hobart starred in A Lady Surrenders, East of Borneo, and Scandal for Sale. On loan to other studios, she appeared in Chances and Compromised. In 1931, she co-starred with Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's original film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She played the role of Muriel, Jekyll's fiancée. In 1936, Surrealist artist Joseph Cornell, who bought a print of East of Borneo to screen at home, became smitten with the actress, and cut out nearly all the parts that did not include her. He also showed the film at silent film speed and projected it through a blue-tinted lens. He named the resulting work Rose Hobart. Hobart often played the "other woman" in movies during the 1940s, with her last major film role in Bride of Vengeance. The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Hobart in 1949, effectively ending her career. She believed that she first came to the attention of anti-Communist activists because of her commitment to improving working conditions for actors in Hollywood.

Movie Credits

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‌
star7.3
calendar 1931

Conflict

Conflict‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

Tower of London

Tower of London‌
star5.9
calendar 1939

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage‌
star6.6
calendar 1946

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter‌
star6.9
calendar 1947

The Soul of a Monster

The Soul of a Monster‌
star4.8
calendar 1944

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case‌
star3.7
calendar 1943

The Mad Ghoul

The Mad Ghoul‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

Mr. and Mrs. North

Mr. and Mrs. North‌
star4.5
calendar 1942

Cass Timberlane

Cass Timberlane‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

The Brighton Strangler

The Brighton Strangler‌
star5.9
calendar 1945

No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock‌
star4.9
calendar 1941

Liliom

Liliom‌
star6.6
calendar 1930

East of Borneo

East of Borneo‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Scandal for Sale

Scandal for Sale‌
star7.0
calendar 1932

Wolf of New York

Wolf of New York‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

Chances

Chances‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

Song of the Open Road

Song of the Open Road‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Convention Girl

Convention Girl‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Mickey

Mickey‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Claudia and David

Claudia and David‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

A Lady Surrenders

A Lady Surrenders‌
star3.5
calendar 1930

I'll Sell My Life

I'll Sell My Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

A Night at Earl Carroll's

A Night at Earl Carroll's‌
star3.5
calendar 1940

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

Susan and God

Susan and God‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

The Shadow Laughs

The Shadow Laughs‌
star4.6
calendar 1933

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Bride of Vengeance

Bride of Vengeance‌
star4.5
calendar 1949

Compromised

Compromised‌
star1.0
calendar 1931

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

A Gentleman at Heart

A Gentleman at Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart‌
star5.3
calendar 1936

Universal Horror

Universal Horror‌
star7.2
calendar 1998

Singapore Woman

Singapore Woman‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Who Is Hope Schuyler?‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Gallant Lady

Gallant Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Cat Creeps

The Cat Creeps‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant‌
star5.3
calendar 1942

Rose Hobart 2

Rose Hobart 2‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Tv Credits

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

The Invaders

The Invaders‌
star6.8
calendar 1967