Almira Sessions

Almira Sessions

actress, soundtrack

Almira Sessions was born on Sep 16, 1888 in USA. Almira Sessions's big-screen debut came with Little Nellie Kelly directed by Norman Taurog in 1940. Almira Sessions is known for Rosemary's Baby directed by Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow stars as Rosemary Woodhouse and John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse. The upcoming new movie Almira Sessions plays is Willard which will be released on Jul 30, 1971.

A member of a very socially prominent Washington family, Sessions played vaudeville, radio, television and film for sixty years. Sessions made her debut in 1909 in a comic opera. She has appeared over 500 times in movies and on television. Session sang comic songs in cabarets before going to New York to act on the stage. In 1940, she went to Hollywood to appear on Bob Hope's radio show and made her West Coast film debut that same year, having already appeared in numerous films on the East Coast during the preceding decade, usually playing bit parts as aunts, landladies, gossips and the like; Sessions retired from films in 1971.

Birthday
Sep 16, 1888
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known For

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

19688.0

The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler

19687.1

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

19557.6

19517.1

19507.9

Apartment for Peggy

Apartment for Peggy

19497.3

The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

19487.6

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

19478.6

Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux

19477.8

19457.1

Movies & TV Shows

1971
Willard
Willard
actress
as Carrie Smith
6.2
1970
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man
actress
as Woman on Bus (uncredited)
6.7
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick
Tick, Tick, Tick
actress
as Townswoman (uncredited)
6.6
1969
The Over-the-Hill Gang
The Over-the-Hill Gang
actress
as Mrs. Fletcher
6.0
1968
The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler
actress
as Emma Hodak
7.1
1968
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
actress
as Mrs. Sabatini (uncredited)
8.0
1968
Firecreek
Firecreek
actress
as Townswoman at Wake (uncredited)
6.8
1966
The Last of the Secret Agents?
The Last of the Secret Agents?
actress
as Middle-Aged Lady at Topless a Go-Go (uncredited)
4.5
1965
A Rage to Live
A Rage to Live
actress
as Carnival Fortune Teller (uncredited)
6.2
1961
Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke
actress
as Committee Woman (uncredited)
6.9
1958
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy Comes Home
actress
as Carvel Citizen at Meeting (uncredited)
5.9
1958
The Badlanders
The Badlanders
actress
as Old Woman Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
6.4
1958
The Female Animal
The Female Animal
actress
as Mabel (uncredited)
6.1
1957
Loving You
Loving You
actress
as Bit Part (uncredited)
6.5
1956
Calling Homicide
Calling Homicide
actress
as Mrs. Ida Dunsetter
6.5
1956
The Scarlet Hour
The Scarlet Hour
actress
as Landlady (uncredited)
6.9
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
actress
as Old Lady Teacher (uncredited)
7.6
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
It's Always Fair Weather
actress
as Longwood House Manager (uncredited)
7.0
1954
Hell's Outpost
Hell's Outpost
actress
as Mrs. O'Sullivan's Companion (uncredited)
5.8
1953
Paris Model
Paris Model
actress
as Mrs. Boggs
4.8
1953
The Moonlighter
The Moonlighter
actress
as Angelica Usqubaugh (uncredited)
5.8
1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
actress
as Aunt Naomi
6.1
1953
Sweethearts on Parade
Sweethearts on Parade
actress
as Townswoman (uncredited)
6.7
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Ride, Vaquero!
actress
as Woman in Bank (uncredited)
6.1
1953
Code Two
Code Two
actress
as Nurse (uncredited)
6.2
1953
The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia
actress
as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
6.9
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright
actress
as Society Matron at the Ball (uncredited)
6.9
1952
Wagons West
Wagons West
actress
as Ada, Old Maid
6.1
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
actress
as Mrs. Mergatroyd (uncredited)
5.8
1952
Oklahoma Annie
Oklahoma Annie
actress
as Mrs. Fudge
5.2
1951
Journey Into Light
Journey Into Light
actress
as Voice of Woman in Saloon (voice, uncredited)
6.4
1951
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
actress
as Wife on Airplane (uncredited)
6.3
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
actress
as Mrs. Santoro (uncredited)
7.0
1951
Oh! Susanna
Oh! Susanna
actress
as Officer's Wife at Dance (uncredited)
5.7
1951
Valentino
Valentino
actress
as Fan Mail Sorter (uncredited)
5.7
1950
Harvey
Harvey
actress
as Mrs. Halsey (uncredited)
7.9
1950
The Blazing Sun
The Blazing Sun
actress
as Mrs. Purty (uncredited)
6.1
1950
Summer Stock
Summer Stock
actress
as Constance Fliggerton (uncredited)
7.1
1950
Fancy Pants
Fancy Pants
actress
as Belle (uncredited)
6.5
1950
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
actress
as Mrs. Hardwig
6.4
1950
Please Believe Me
Please Believe Me
actress
as Receptionist (uncredited)
5.6
1950
Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire
actress
as Wife of Man on Telephone / Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
6.3
1950
Black Hand
Black Hand
actress
as Tourist (uncredited)
6.4
1950
Tarnished
Tarnished
actress
as Mrs. Fennelly (uncredited)
6.1
1950
Montana
Montana
actress
as Widowed Townswoman (uncredited)
6.1
1949
Undertow
Undertow
actress
as Miss Prentiss (uncredited)
6.6
1949
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
actress
as Dominique's Housekeeper at Quarry (uncredited)
7.0
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
actress
as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
6.7
1949
Dynamite
Dynamite
actress
as Jennie (uncredited)
5.5
1948
Ladies of the Chorus
Ladies of the Chorus
actress
as Old Lady at Engagement Party (uncredited)
6.1
1948
Family Honeymoon
Family Honeymoon
actress
as Maid (uncredited)
6.3
1948
Apartment for Peggy
Apartment for Peggy
actress
as Mrs. Landon (uncredited)
7.3
1948
Good Sam
Good Sam
actress
as Landlady (uncredited)
6.3
1948
Julia Misbehaves
Julia Misbehaves
actress
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
6.8
1948
Arthur Takes Over
Arthur Takes Over
actress
as Mrs. Barnafogle
5.5
1948
On Our Merry Way
On Our Merry Way
actress
as Mrs. Cotton (deleted sequence) (uncredited)
5.7
1947
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
actress
as First Lady in Michel's
7.6
1947
Cass Timberlane
Cass Timberlane
actress
as Tilda Hatter (uncredited)
6.3
1947
Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies
actress
as Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)
6.3
1947
Love and Learn
Love and Learn
actress
as The Bride (uncredited)
6.0
1947
For the Love of Rusty
For the Love of Rusty
actress
as Sarah Johnson (uncredited)
5.5
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux
actress
as Lena Couvais
7.8
1947
West of Dodge City
West of Dodge City
actress
as Mrs. Throckbottom (uncredited)
6.2
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
actress
as Potter's Secretary (uncredited)
8.6
1946
Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart
actress
as Old Hag (uncredited)
6.2
1946
The Missing Lady
The Missing Lady
actress
as Miss Effie
5.2
1946
Night and Day
Night and Day
actress
as Woman in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
6.1
1946
Do You Love Me
Do You Love Me
actress
as Miss Wayburn (uncredited)
6.4
1946
Fear
Fear
actress
as Mrs. Williams
5.7
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Diary of a Chambermaid
actress
as Marianne
6.6
1945
Woman Who Came Back
Woman Who Came Back
actress
as Bessie
5.8
1945
State Fair
State Fair
actress
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
7.0
1945
The Southerner
The Southerner
actress
as Store Customer (uncredited)
7.1
1945
The All-Star Bond Rally
The All-Star Bond Rally
actress
as Woman Next to Fibber in Audience
7.4
1945
Two O'Clock Courage
Two O'Clock Courage
actress
as Mrs. Daniels (uncredited)
6.4
1944
Can't Help Singing
Can't Help Singing
actress
as Lemuel's Wife (uncredited)
6.3
1944
San Diego I Love You
San Diego I Love You
actress
as Mrs. Mainwaring (uncredited)
6.6
1944
The Doughgirls
The Doughgirls
actress
as Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
6.2
1944
Dixie Jamboree
Dixie Jamboree
actress
as Ellabella Jackson
4.5
1944
I Love a Soldier
I Love a Soldier
actress
as Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
6.4
1944
Bathing Beauty
Bathing Beauty
actress
as Ms. Phillips (uncredited)
6.4
1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
actress
as Aunt Maude
8.3
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
actress
as Justice's Wife (uncredited)
7.6
1943
The Heat's On
The Heat's On
actress
as Hannah Bainbridge
5.0
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
My Kingdom for a Cook
actress
as Hattie
5.6
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars
actress
as Boardinghouse Manager (uncredited)
6.8
1943
Assignment in Brittany
Assignment in Brittany
actress
as Madame Perro (uncredited)
6.6
1943
Happy Go Lucky
Happy Go Lucky
actress
as Spinster (uncredited)
6.1
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident
actress
as Miss Swanson (uncredited)
8.0
1942
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen
actress
as Prospective Tenant (uncredited)
7.0
1942
I Married an Angel
I Married an Angel
actress
as Mrs. Scallion (uncredited)
5.7
1942
Lone Star Ranger
Lone Star Ranger
actress
as Mrs. Strong
5.4
1942
Obliging Young Lady
Obliging Young Lady
actress
as Maid
5.7
1941
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels
actress
as Ursula
7.9
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
Sun Valley Serenade
actress
as Nurse
7.1
1941
Ringside Maisie
Ringside Maisie
actress
as Mrs. Muldowny (uncredited)
6.4
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust
actress
as Mrs. Brown, With the Vase (uncredited)
6.9
1941
Blondie in Society
Blondie in Society
actress
as Furious Woman With Broom (uncredited)
6.7
1941
She Knew All the Answers
She Knew All the Answers
actress
as Elaine Wingate
6.4
1940
Jennie
Jennie
actress
as Mrs. Willoughby
7.7
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
Little Nellie Kelly
actress
as Miss Corrigan - Nellie's Nurse (uncredited)
6.4