Florence Eldridge: Florence Eldridge. Actress: Inherit the Wind. Versatile character actress Florence Eldridge seemed often better served by the stage than by her roles in motion pictures. On the boards from the age of seventeen as a chorine in "Rock-a-Bye Baby" in 1918, she acted with touring companies and on Broadway and soon found herself playing leading parts. The Brooklyn-born actress was bitten by the acting bug at an early age and...
Known For: Inherit the Wind (Sarah Brady), The Divorcee (Helen), Les Misérables (Fantine), Thirteen Women (Grace Coombs)