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Osa Massen(1914-2006)

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Osa Massen
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Osa Massen (born Aase Madsen Iversen) was a newspaper photographer with an ambition to become a film editor. Prolific Danish film director Alice O'Fredericks gave her a role in her film Kidnapped (1935). After only two films in Denmark, she was given a screen test by 20th Century Fox and arrived in Hollywood in 1938.
BornJanuary 13, 1914
DiedJanuary 2, 2006(91)
BornJanuary 13, 1914
DiedJanuary 2, 2006(91)
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Known for

Noah Beery Jr., Lloyd Bridges, John Emery, Osa Massen, and Hugh O'Brian in Rocketship X-M (1950)
Rocketship X-M
4.9
  • Dr. Lisa Van Horn
  • 1950
Joan Crawford in A Woman's Face (1941)
A Woman's Face
7.2
  • Vera Segert
  • 1941
Paul Kelly and Osa Massen in Strange Journey (1946)
Strange Journey
6.0
  • Christine Jenner
  • 1946
Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen, and Blanche Yurka in Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
Cry of the Werewolf
5.3
  • Elsa Chauvet
  • 1944

Credits

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Actress

  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Lisa Pedersen
    • Sarah Werner
    • Lisa Bannister
    • 1958–1962
  • Behind Closed Doors (1958)
    Behind Closed Doors
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Tamara
    • 1959
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Minnie
    • 1958
  • Robert Hutton and Osa Massen in Outcasts of the City (1958)
    Outcasts of the City
    6.4
    • Leda Mueller
    • 1958
  • Richard Travis in Code 3 (1957)
    Code 3
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Marie Thayer
    • 1957
  • David Janssen in Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956)
    Richard Diamond, Private Detective
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Janet Morrisey
    • 1957
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Emilie Gallatin
    • 1957
  • Angela Lansbury and Howard Duff in The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Elena
    • Vlasta Heidrich
    • 1953–1957
  • Dan Duryea in Climax! (1954)
    Climax!
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Sister Veronica
    • 1957
  • Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)
    Telephone Time
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Eva Saxl
    • 1956–1957
  • Wiegenlied
    • Ernestine Schumann-Heink
    • 1955
  • Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
    Science Fiction Theatre
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Julie Bondar
    • 1955
  • Cradle Song
    TV Movie
    • Ernestine Schumann-Heink
    • 1955
  • Adventures of the Falcon (1954)
    Adventures of the Falcon
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Andrews
    • 1955
  • Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952)
    Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Jeanine
    • 1954

Additional Crew

  • John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
    The Long Voyage Home
    6.9
    • dialect coach (uncredited)
    • 1940

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Trailer 2:53
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Honeymoon For Three
Trailer 2:29
Honeymoon For Three
Rocketship X-M
Trailer 2:32
Rocketship X-M

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Aase Madsen
  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • January 13, 1914
    • Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Died
    • January 2, 2006
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(complications following surgery)
  • Spouses
      Stanley William VogelDecember 25, 1954 - November 1962 (divorced)

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    Her expert multi-lingual skills had her sidelining as a dialect coach throughout much of her career. She worked with John Wayne on his Swedish accent and Thomas Mitchell on his Irish in The Long Voyage Home (1940).
  • Nickname
    • Stephanie Paull

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