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Connie Cezon

{{Short description|American actress (1925–2004)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Connie Cezan

| image = ConnieCezan007.jpg

| caption = Cezon in the late 1940s

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|3|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|2|26|1925|3|28}}

| death_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

| resting_place =

| yearsactive = 1951–1966

}}

Consuelo Lord Cezon (March 28, 1925 – February 26, 2004), known professionally as Connie Cezon, was an American film actress. She made over 30 film and television appearances between 1951 and 1964.

Early years

Born in Oakland, California, Cezon attended the Hollywood Community School of the Theater as a child.{{cite news |title=Juveniles in Dance Recital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22994676/the_los_angeles_times/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 7, 1931 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=40|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 20, 2018}} {{Open access}} She has a younger brother, Ricardo.{{cite web |title=Consuelo Lord Cezon in the 1940 Census |url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/California/Consuelo-Lord-Cezon_2krk4r |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry |access-date=18 November 2022}}

Movies and television

Cezon appeared in Ken Murray's Blackouts.{{cite news |title=Consuelo Cezon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22994201/connie_cezon/ |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 2, 1949 |location=Massachusetts, Boston |page=25|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 20, 2018}} {{Open access}} She played a blond "gold digger" in several Three Stooges films. Her flair for physical comedy helped, and she made memorable appearances in Corny Casanovas, Up in Daisy's Penthouse, and Tricky Dicks.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} After leaving the Columbia shorts department, Cezon had a recurring role as Perry Mason's receptionist Gertrude "Gertie" Lade on Perry Mason between 1957 and 1964.{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=825|edition=2nd}} She also worked as Bette Davis' stand in and body double, most notably in the 1964 thriller Dead Ringer.{{cite news |title=Introducing Gertie the Receptionist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/370827758/?terms=%22Connie%2BCezon%22%2Bactress |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=The Evening Sun |date=February 27, 1964 |location=Maryland, Baltimore |page=43|via = Newspapers.com}}

After retiring from the screen in 1966, Cezon operated and ran a cat-boarding service in Los Angeles called Connie's Kitty Castle.Capello, Bill. The Three Stooges Journal #117 (2006) p. 18

Though her surname was spelled "Cezan" in the Three Stooges films, it appears as "Cezon" in all her other appearances. Cezon confirmed that the correct spelling is the latter.

Death

Cezon died on February 26, 2004, in Glendale, California, of complications from breast cancer surgery.{{Citation needed |date=July 2019}} She was interred alongside her parents, Pedro and Mireio, in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

Selected filmography

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0149201}}
  • {{Find a Grave|8702173}}

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Category:1925 births

Category:2004 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:21st-century American women

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