Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was an American stage, television, and film actress. In later life she became a talent agent. Today's audiences may know her best for her Southern-belle character roles in the W. C. Fields-Bing Crosby film Mississippi (1935) and the Irene Dunne-Allan Jones musical Show Boat (1936); her role as Jimmy Durante's wife in the Christmas perennial The Great Rupert (1950); and for her appearances as The Bowery Boys' Irish landlady (1956–57).
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Queenie Smith 8 September 1898 New York City, New York
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5 August 1978 (aged 79) Burbank, CA.
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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