Audrey Totter Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Audrey Mary Totter (December 20, 1917 – December 12, 2013) was an American actress and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star.
Net Worth
$13 Million
Date Of Birth
December 20, 1917
Died
2013-12-12
Place Of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse
Leo Fred ; child
Nicknames
Audrey Mary Totter, Audrey Totter, Totter, Audrey Mary
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Often portrayed jilted lovers, bad girls, unfaithful wives, and women with a past
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Quote
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I liked Louis B. Mayer - I thought he was a nice man. Of course, he was the best actor at MGM, especially if somebody asked him for more money, and he'd cry! 'I'm selling glamor,' Mayer would say. All his MGM women were pure and wonderful. When they took pictures, you never had a cigarette in your hand or a glass of alcohol; and when you did a scene, your hair was never mussed - you were always beautiful. Warner Bros. films, for example, were more realistic, but Mayer said, "I'm selling illusion.'
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When today's stars curse, you don't even hear them, but when Clark Gable said 'damn,' you gasped.
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Fact
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After graduating high school Totter joined Ian Keith's repertory company. She referred to him as 'a beautiful, talented man.'.
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She was given advice at MGM by Lionel Barrymore, "You're one of the best actresses I've ever seen, but you're never going to be a star. You're too versatile. If you want to be a star, start projecting your own personality.".
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Following her high school graduation, she worked as a radio actress in New York City, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, prior to her moving to Hollywood, California during the middle of World War II to establish herself in motion pictures.
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Turned down the role of Old Rose in Titanic (1997) wanting to remain in retirement.
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She was a staunch Republican and conservative.
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Her granddaughter, Eden Totter, is a voice actress.
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Director George Stevens originally sought Totter for the role of Alice Tripp for his film A Place in the Sun (1951) but MGM refused to loan her out. The part was later secured by Shelley Winters.
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Upon her death, her body was donated to science at the UCLA Medical School.
In August 2013, she moved out of the Motion Picture and Television Hospital to live with her daughter and family in West Hills, California.
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Was an expert fudge maker.
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From June 2004 until August 2013, she lived at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital, Woodland Hills, Califonia.
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Dated Clark Gable, John Payne and Ross Hunter during her heyday. She ended up marrying a non-professional, Leo Fred, Assistant Dean of Medicine at UCLA.
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Was supposed to play the female lead in the film noir classic The Killers (1946) with Burt Lancaster but filming Lady in the Lake (1947) became too long and involved so she couldn't do the part. Instead MGM took a chance on Ava Gardner in the role and, of course, she became a star.
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Her father emigrated from Vienna, Austria. Her mother was of Swedish heritage.
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In the late 1940s, made a television commercial for Lustre Creme's shampoo campaign.
