The Actress

1953 film by George Cukor
Movie film Q1373591
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Summary

The Actress is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,477 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: George Cukor[3]
  • Director: George Cukor[4]
  • Screenwriter: Ruth Gordon[5]
  • Composer: Bronisław Kaper[6]
  • Genre: comedy drama[7], drama film[8], biographical film[9]
  • Cast member: Spencer Tracy[10], Jean Simmons[11], Teresa Wright[12], Anthony Perkins[13], Ian Wolfe[14], Mary Wickes[15], Jackie Coogan[16], Matt Moore[17], Erville Alderson[18]
  • Producer: Lawrence Weingarten[19]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[20]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[21]
  • Director of photography: Harold Rosson[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 6/10[25], 60%[26]
  • Color: black-and-white[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: September 25, 1953[29]
  • Distributed by: Loews Cineplex Entertainment[30]
  • Narrative location: Massachusetts[31]
  • Film editor: George Boemler[32]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[33]
  • Title: The Actress[34]
  • Different from: The Actress[35]
  • Duration: 90 minutes[36]
  • Costume designer: Walter Plunkett[37]
  • Production designer: Cedric Gibbons[38]

Why It Matters

The Actress has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt',
    Ampas collections film id → W070080
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 121774
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 121774, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Cedric Gibbons
    Publication date → +1953-09-25T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Ruth Gordon
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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