Jorja Curtright, also known after marriage as Jorja Sheldon (1923–1985) was an American stage and film actress, who later became an interior designer.
Life
editJorja Curtright was born Aug 14, 1923, in Amarillo, Texas.[1] In her first film, the wartime propaganda film Hitler's Madman (1943), she played a young woman, Clara Janek, who leaps to her death from a hospital window rather than submit to Nazi sterilization.[2] In 1952 she married the novelist and producer Sidney Sheldon, and the pair had a daughter Mary.[3]
Jorja and Sidney Sheldon were good friends of Groucho Marx, who thought highly of her ability as an actress.[4] In later life Jorja Sheldon became an interior designer.[5] By the time of her death she had decorated over 200 homes for friends and celebrities across the United States. She also edited her husband's novels.[3]
She died May 11, 1985, aged 61, from a heart attack, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[3]
Filmography
edit- Hitler's Madman (1943).
- Whistle Stop (1946).
- Heaven Only Knows (1947).
- M (1951).
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956).
- Bonanza (1966) S7E27
- I Dream of Jeannie (1966) S1E25
References
edit- ^ Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2006). "Curtright, Jorja (1923–1985)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Herzberg, Bob (19 November 2016). The Third Reich on Screen, 1929-2015. McFarland. p. 101. ISBN 9781476626970.
- ^ a b c "Jorja Sheldon, 64; Decorator, Actress Edited Husband's Work". Los Angeles Times. May 14, 1985. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ Chandler, Charlotte (11 December 2012). Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends. Simon and Schuster. pp. 171–2. ISBN 9781471105852.
- ^ Tuber, Keith (December 1987). "Master of the Game". Orange Coast Magazine: 236.