Adelaide Klein (July 8, 1900–March 18, 1983) was an actress who
performed on radio, television, films, and the stage. She was best known for
her dialects as a radio performer. Klein began her radio as a singer in the
late 1920s. However, demand for her talents with dialect and as a character
actress led her to acting full-time by 1933.
Klein performed in a variety of radio programs, including portraying Hilda, the maid in We, The Abbotts, Dragon Lady in Terry and the Pirates Agatha Meek in Meet Mr. Meek, and a Russian countess in The House on Q Street. She also was heard in Sometime Before Morning. Klein mastered use of 12 dialects in radio performances.
According to Wikipedia;
In the mid-1940s, Klein was
active in the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) and served as a
delegate for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944.. Klein was one
of 56 delegates for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944, where
she worked with others, including Donna Keath, Minerva Pious, Ann Shepherd,
Selena Royle, and Hester Sondergaard.
Klein was listed in the
blacklisting publication, Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in
Radio and Television in 1950. She
continued to perform in theatre, but television roles dried up as a consequence
of Klein being labelled a communist.”
Well, no. That’s not true at all.
Klein, a radio vice over actor since the
1920s, had a small career in TV and film,
a career never really too off at all. By 1952, when her career essentially
ended, she was 49 years old, ancient by Hollywood standards, and played mostly
bit part, going unaccredited in several of her prime time appearances.
1964 The Troublemaker (Film)
1963 Marathon '33 (Theater)
1958 Decoy (TV Series)
1958 Jane Eyre (Theater)
1955. Once Upon A Tailor (Theater)
1954 The Immoralist (Theater)
1952 Collector's Item Theater
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1951-1952 Lights Out (TV Series) She made three appearances
in three different episodes
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
(TV Series) She made three appearances in three different episodes.
1949-1951 The Clock (TV Series) She appeared
in two episodes
1951 The Enforcer (Film)
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1950 The Web (TV Series)
1950 Hands of Mystery (TV Series)
1950 The Philco Television
Playhouse (TV Series)
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV
Series)
1949 Studio One (TV Series)
Uncredited in two episodes that she
appeared in.
1949 The Boris Karloff Mystery
Playhouse (TV Series)
1949 The Big Story (TV Series)
1949 Suspense (TV Series)
1949 C'-Man (TV Series)
1949
The Guiding Light (Radio)
1948 The Naked City (Film)
1946 Lights Out (Film)
1942 Uncle Harry (Theater)
1941 Brooklyn USA (Theater)
1936 Double Dummy. (Theater)