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She was born Geraldine Sue Page in Kirksville,
Missouri. She attended the Goodman Theatre
Dramatic School and studied acting with Uta Hagen.
She began appearing in stock at the age of
seventeen. She earned critical accolades for her
performances in several Tennessee Williams plays
like Summer and Smoke and Sweet Bird of Youth.

She was active in film as well as Broadway
theatre|Broadway. Her film debut was in Out of the
Night (1947). Her role in Hondo, garnered her a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress.  In all, despite her
relatively small filmography, Page received eight
Academy Award nominations. She won for her final
nomination for The Trip to Bountiful (1985). She
also voiced the hilariously evil Madame Medusa in
the Disney animated film The Rescuers. 

Page has also appeared in television productions
and won Emmy Awards for two Truman Capote stories,
A Christmas Memory (1967) and The Thanksgiving
Visitor (1969).

She was married to violinist Alexander Schneider
from 1954 to 1957.

She was married to actor Rip Torn from 1963 until
her death. They have three children, a daughter
and twin sons.

She died of a heart attack in 1987 while appearing
in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit on Broadway.


==Academy Awards and Nominations==
*1986 -  Won Academy Award for Best Actress|Best
Actress in a Leading Role for The Trip to
Bountiful
*1985 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for The Pope of Greenwich Village
*1979 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Interiors
*1973 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for Pete 'n' Tillie
*1967 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for You're a Big Boy Now
*1963 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sweet
Bird of Youth
*1962 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role for Summer
and Smoke
*1954 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role for Hondo