Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. She starred in at least two dozen feature films, but she was primarily known for her performances in American theater. She was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful in March 1986, just over a year before she died. Page was born in Kirksville, Missouri. She attended the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and studied acting with Uta Hagen in New York. She began appearing in stock theatre at 17 years of age. Page was a trained method actor... and worked closely with Lee Strasberg. Her appearance as Alma in the 1952 Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the downtown Circle in the Square Theatre is as legendary as anything that has ever happened in the American theater. Summer and Smoke had not been particularly well received in its Broadway incarnation.
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| Birthdate: | November 22, 1924 |
| Birthplace: | Kirksville, Missouri |
| Date of death: | June 13, 1987 |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Religion: | Methodism |
| Also known as: | Geraldine Sue Page |