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Born: November 27, 1905 in South Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Died: March 31, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death: Cancer
Spouse 1: Robert Kent (?-?) (divorced)
Spouse 2: L.J. Fee (?-March 31, 1978) (her death)
Biography: A very lovely actress who shined like a star in the 1930s-1940s. She had the looks and the talent to be a major star, but pretty much stayed as leading ladies in B-pictures, and supporting roles in A-pictures.
Astrid was so much fun, and so plucky. It looked like she was having a great time on the screen, and she gave us a great time just watching her.
A standout role would have to be her Phoebe Lane, the leading lady in 1938's "International Crime". This movie featured the famous crimefighter The Shadow, although you'd never know it. "International Crime" was the second-ever Shadow movie, and like the first, The Shadow was not a superhero, only a detective. As you might know, The Shadow's girlfriend is supposed to be named Margo Lane. Here she is known as Phoebe Lane. Anyway, Phoebe is a newspaper reporter aspiring to greatness, so she's trying to help out Lamont Cranston aka The Shadow, solve a puzzling crime.
Phoebe Lane is a competent reporter, but delightfully goofy. And she always seems to be positive. Astrid Allwyn is as funny as she is sexy, which is not an easy balance to maintain, but she does it beautifully.
Astrid began her career as a singer and a broadway actress before turning to Hollywood. She is the mother of actresses Melinda O. Fee and Vicki Fee. Astrid did a lot of work from 1932-1941, did one more show in 1943, then completely dropped out of sight. She was only 37 when she retired from the screen. It's a pity, because Astrid would have even been entertaining as an older actress. She could have found her niche in playing "goofy old lady" characters that we see so commonly in movies and television. The world will never know what it missed.
I'd like to know more about Astrid Allwyn. If you know anything, please CONTACT ME.
Filmography:
| Title |
Year |
Character |
| Lady With a Past (aka Reputation) |
1932 |
Lola Goadby |
| Love Affair |
1932 |
Linda Lee |
| Night Mayor |
1932 |
Patsy |
| Hat Check Girl (aka Embassy Girl
[UK]) |
1932 |
Party guest |
| The Girl from Calgary |
1932 |
Mazie Williams |
| Bachelor Mother |
1932 |
Lola Butler |
| The Iron Master |
1933 |
Flo Lancert |
| Hello, Sister! (aka Clipped
Wings [UK]) |
1933 |
Girl |
| Only Yesterday |
1933 |
uncredited |
| He Couldn't Take It (aka One of
the Many [UK]) |
1933 |
Blonde |
| All of Me |
1934 |
Ray |
| Beggars in Ermine |
1934 |
Mrs. Vivian Dawson |
| Mystery Liner (aka The Ghost of
John Holling) |
1934 |
Lila Kane |
| Monte Carlo Nights |
1934 |
Blondie Roberts |
| Servant's Entrance |
1934 |
Sigrid Hansen |
| The White Parade |
1934 |
Gertrude Mack |
| One More Spring |
1935 |
Girl at Auction |
| The Great Hotel Murder |
1935 |
Nora at Bookstand, uncredited |
| It's a Small World |
1935 |
Nancy Naylor |
| Dante's Inferno |
1935 |
Girl in Stoke-Hold, uncredited |
| Accent on Youth |
1935 |
Genevieve Lang |
| Ladies Love Danger |
1935 |
Chorus Girl, uncredited |
| Way Down East |
1935 |
Kate |
| Hands Across the Table |
1935 |
Vivian Snowden |
| Charlie Chan's Secret |
1936 |
Janice Gage (daughter) |
| Follow the Fleet |
1936 |
Mrs. Iris Manning |
| Star for a Night |
1936 |
Josephine Hall |
| Dimples |
1936 |
Cleo Marsh |
| Flying Hostess |
1936 |
Phyllis Crawford |
| Stowaway |
1936 |
Kay Swift |
| Woman-Wise |
1937 |
"Bubbles" Carson |
| Murder Goes to College |
1937 |
Greta Barry |
| Venus Makes Trouble |
1937 |
Iris Randall |
| It Could Happen to You! |
1937 |
Angela |
| The Westland Case |
1937 |
Miss Brentino |
| Love Takes Flight |
1937 |
Diane Audre |
| International Crime |
1938 |
Phoebe Lane |
| Love Affair |
1939 |
Lois Clarke |
| Miracles for Sale |
1939 |
Mrs. Zelma La Claire |
| Honeymoon in Bali (aka Husbands
or Lovers [UK], My Love for Yours [US video]) |
1939 |
Fortune Teller at Egret Room |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
1939 |
Susan Paine |
| Reno |
1939 |
Mrs. Flora McKenzie Kane |
| The Lone Wolf Strikes |
1940 |
Binnie Weldon |
| Gangs of Chicago |
1940 |
Virginia Brandt |
| The Leather Pushers |
1940 |
Pat Danbury |
| Meet the Missus |
1940 |
Violet Stevens |
| Melody for Three |
1941 |
Gladys McClelland |
| City of Missing Girls |
1941 |
Nora Page |
| There's Magic in Music (aka The
Hard-Boiled Canary) |
1941 |
Girl, uncredited |
| Puddin' Head (aka Judy Goes to
Town [UK]) |
1941 |
Yvonne |
| Cracked Nuts |
1941 |
Ethel Mitchell |
| Unexpected Uncle |
1941 |
Sara Cochran |
| No Hands on the Clock |
1941 |
Gypsy Toland |
| Hit Parade of 1943 (aka Change
of Heart [US reissue]) |
1943 |
Joyce Germaine |
Photos:
Astrid Allwyn with William Gargan.
Astrid Allwyn, in an advertisement for the December, 1931 issue of Cinelandia. Cinelandia was a magazine from Argentina.
Astrid Allwyn in a 1930s publicity photo.