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Edward Macdonald Carey, actor: born Sioux City, Iowa 5 March 1913; married 1941 Betty Heckscher (three sons, three daughters; marriage dissolved 1969); died Beverly Hills, California 21 March 1994.
THE STAR or featured player in over 50 films, including Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and Losey's The Damned, Macdonald Carey was also a prolific radio, theatre and television performer who, despite a nearly lifelong addiction to alcohol, rarely stopped working.
Born in Iowa in 1913 and educated at the Sioux City and Wisconsin Universities, Carey gained a Masters degree in Drama and made his stage debut in 1936 at the Globe Theatre in Dallas. His rich, virile voice led to extensive radio work and starring roles in popular soap operas of the period, including the deliciously titled John's Other Wife. By the time he made his Broadway debut as one of Gertrude Lawrence's leading men in...