Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch was born on Feb 27, 1904 in USA. Elisabeth Welch's big-screen debut came with Death at a Broadcast directed by Reginald Denham in 1934. Elisabeth Welch is known for The Man Who Came to Dinner directed by Buzz Kulik, Orson Welles stars as Sheridan Whiteside and Lee Remick as Maggie Cutler. The upcoming new movie Elisabeth Welch plays is Arabian Adventure which will be released on Jul 19, 1979.

In British films of the 1930s and 1940s, American-born singer Elisabeth Welch made several memorable guest appearances in cabaret sequences, and starred opposite Paul Robeson in two features. Sophisticated, glamorous and charming, her appearances were a refreshing departure from the stereotype of black women perpetuated by Hollywood films of that time. One of her best screen roles was Beulah, the nightclub owner and hostess, in Ealing's Au coeur de la nuit (1945). After a long and distinguished career in West End musical theater, Elisabeth returned to the screen in 1979, making a memorable appearance as "A Goddess" in Derek Jarman's La tempête (1979), singing her theme song, "Stormy Weather".