Spotlight on: Estelle Winwood

Name: Estelle Winwood
Birth Name: Estelle Ruth Goodwin
Date of Birth: 24 January 1883, Lee, Kent, England, UK
Date of Death: 20 June 1984, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Soap Opera Occupation: actress
Soap Opera Roles:

• Adeline Blair, Dr. Kildare, 15 October 1964
• Mrs. Bradburg, Love, American Style, 6 October 1969
• Flora, Love, American Style, 20 October 1972

Family Connections:

• wife of motion picture actor, Arthur Chesney, who was the brother of motion picture actor, Edmund Gwenn
• wife of motion picture director, Guthrie McClintic

Trivia:

• Her first husband, Arthur Chesney, was the brother of Edmund Gwenn
• Winwood's best friend from the 1920's until her death in the 1960's was Tallulah Bankhead.
• George Cukor died only hours after sending her a telegram for her 100th birthday.
• At the time of her death (at age 102) she was the all-time oldest member of the Screen Actor's Guild.
• Winwood was married four times but had no children. One husband, Guthrie McClintic, was a gay man who had also been married to lesbian actress Katharine Cornell; another of her husbands was a brother of the Welsh Oscar-winning actor Edmund Gwenn (The Miracle on 34th Street).
• On her 100th birthday, she was asked how it felt to have lived so long. Her response was, "How rude of you to remind me!"
• Bette Davis, an old co-star, was photographed at Winwood's side on the occasion in Hollywood.

More Info:

• IMDb
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