Lovely Connecticut-born blonde Astrid Allwyn, with her foreign-sounding name and icy countenance, spruced up a number of 1930s and early 1940s films. Of Swedish descent, she studied dancing and dramatics in New York and later gathered experience joining a stock company. Allwyn made her Broadway debut in 1929 in Elmer Rice's "Street Scene" and, on ...
November 27, 1905, Manchester, Connecticut, United States
Died
March 31, 1978, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
South Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Charles O. Fee (m. 1941–1978), Robert Kent (m. 1937–1941)
Children
Melinda O. Fee, Vicki Fee
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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In 1931 MGM publicity announced that the studio had signed Astrid Allwyn due to her success in the recent theatrical productions "Once in a Lifetime" and "Young Sinners" and that her first movie for MGM would be West of Broadway (1931).
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Born of Swedish parents, blonde Astrid Allwyn was brought to Hollywood in 1932 on the wave of Garbo-mania. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, she never reached the lofty heights of stardom and, instead, played a succession of icy, predatory 'other women' who would tempt or seduce the hero and make life difficult for the heroine - but only momentarily. She made her stage debut in 'Street Scene' in 1929.