Esther Michelson

Highlighted works

Glamorous conwoman Barbara Stanwyck gets millionaire boffin Henry Fonda in her sights in Preston Sturges’s sparkling screwball comedy.

Filmography

1940

The Great Dictator woman in the ghetto
Christmas in July [Sophie's mother]

1941

Sullivan's Travels [woman on 'Poor Street']
The Lady Eve [wife on boat]

1942

The Palm Beach Story [near-sighted woman]

1944

The Great Moment [patient]

1945

Rhapsody in Blue [housewife]
Anchors Aweigh [hamburger woman]

1946

Humoresque [customer]

1948

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes Mrs Finkelstein

1949

Take Me out to the Ball Game [fisherman's wife]