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Invisible Ghost (1941) -- The town's leading citizen becomes a homocidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Under the Big Top (1938) -- A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering mother to be the best aerialist in the world...
Roar of the Press (1941) -- While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
The Great Gabbo (1929) -- An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
Zis Boom Bah (1941) -- "Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who's sent to college to spy on his bratty son.

Overview

Date of Death:
18 April 1974, Glendale, California, USA more
Trivia:
After retiring from film she and her husband ran a business called 'Ashtrays... more
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Down 10% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. Here Comes Trouble (1948) .... Martha Blake
    ... aka Laff-Time Part 1 (USA: subtitle)
  2. Second Chance (1947) .... Mrs. Davenport
  3. Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947) .... Selena Webster
  4. Her Adventurous Night (1946) .... Miss Spencer
  5. Claudia and David (1946) (uncredited)
  6. Danger! Women at Work (1943) .... Madame Sapho
  7. Zis Boom Bah (1941) .... Mame
    ... aka College Sweethearts
  8. Invisible Ghost (1941) .... Mrs. Kessler
  9. Roar of the Press (1941) .... Mrs. Thelma Tate
  10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) .... Gertie
  11. The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941)
  12. Escort Girl (1941) .... Ruth Ashley
  13. Laughing at Danger (1940) .... Mrs. Van Horn
  14. Mad Youth (1940) .... Lucy Morgan
    ... aka Girls of the Underworld (USA: reissue title)
  15. Strange Cargo (1940) (uncredited) .... Suzanne
  16. Cafe Hostess (1940) (uncredited) .... Cafe Hostess
    ... aka Street of Missing Women

  17. Cowboys from Texas (1939) .... Belle Starkey
  18. News Is Made at Night (1939) .... Kitty Truman
  19. Hotel Imperial (1939) .... Soubrette
  20. Under the Big Top (1938) .... Marie
  21. Religious Racketeers (1938) .... Ada Bernard
    ... aka The Mystic Circle Murder (USA: reissue title)
  22. The Beloved Brat (1938) (uncredited) .... Eleanor Sparks
    ... aka A Dangerous Age (UK)
  23. Two Gun Justice (1938) .... Kate
  24. Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) .... Kitty, Gomez's Moll
    ... aka Trouble in Panama (UK)
  25. A Slight Case of Murder (1938) .... Loretta
  26. Port of Missing Girls (1938) .... Chicago
  27. Blondes at Work (1938) .... Blanche Revelle
  28. Federal Bullets (1937) .... Sue, Gang Moll
  29. God's Country and the Man (1937) .... Roxey Moore
    ... aka The Avenging Stranger (UK)
  30. Circus Girl (1937) .... Carlotta
  31. Two Minutes to Play (1936) .... 'Fluff' Harding
  32. Killer at Large (1936) .... Kate
    ... aka Killer on the Loose (USA: alternative title)
  33. Bulldog Edition (1936) .... Billie Blake, aka Aggie, Enright's Moll
    ... aka Lady Reporter (UK)
  34. Hollywood Boulevard (1936) .... Betty
  35. The Drag-Net (1936) .... Mollie Cole
  36. The Millionaire Kid (1936) .... Gloria Neville
  37. Laughing Irish Eyes (1936) .... Molly
  38. August Weekend (1936) .... Ethel Ames
    ... aka Weekend Madness
  39. False Pretenses (1935) .... Clarissa Stanhope
  40. Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
    ... aka Midnight Butterfly (UK)
  41. No Sleep on the Deep (1934)
  42. Notorious But Nice (1933) .... Millie Sprague
  43. Destination Unknown (1933) .... Ruby Smith
  44. West of Singapore (1933) .... Lou
  45. Guilty or Not Guilty (1932) .... Maizie
  46. The Silver Lining (1932) .... Kate Flynn
    ... aka Big House for Girls (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Thirty Days
  47. Hollywood Halfbacks (1931)
  48. The Gay Diplomat (1931) .... Baroness Alma Corri
  49. Three Who Loved (1931) .... Helga Larson Hanson
  50. The Virtuous Husband (1931) .... Inez Wakefield
    ... aka What Wives Don't Want
  51. The Lady Refuses (1931) .... June
  52. The Boudoir Diplomat (1930) .... Helene
  53. She Got What She Wanted (1930) .... Mahyna
    ... aka Discontent
  54. The Spoilers (1930) .... Cherry Malotte
  55. Inside the Lines (1930) .... Jane Gershon
  56. Midnight Mystery (1930) .... Sally Wayne
  57. Czar of Broadway (1930) .... Connie Colton
  58. Those Who Dance (1930) .... Kitty
  59. Isle of Escape (1930) .... Stella
  60. The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930) .... Babka

  61. Blaze o' Glory (1929) .... Helen Williams
  62. The Show of Shows (1929) .... (songs "The Pirate Number"/"Lady Luck")
  63. Woman to Woman (1929) .... Deloryce/Lola
  64. The Great Gabbo (1929) .... Mary
  65. Skin Deep (1929) .... Sadie Rogers
  66. Street Girl (1929) .... Frederika Joyzelle
  67. The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929) .... Doris Ward
  68. On with the Show! (1929) .... Nita French
  69. Weary River (1929) .... Alice Gray
  70. Scarlet Seas (1928) .... Rose
  71. The Barker (1928) .... Carrie
  72. The Docks of New York (1928) .... Mae
  73. Court-Martial (1928) .... Belle Starr
  74. Life's Mockery (1928) .... Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
    ... aka Reform
  75. The Masked Angel (1928) .... Betty
    ... aka Her Love Cottage (UK)
  76. The Desert Bride (1928) .... Diane Duval
  77. The Big City (1928) .... Helen
  78. Cheating Cheaters (1927) .... Nan Carey
  79. Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927) .... Mitzel
    ... aka The Affairs of Hannerl (USA: alternative title)
  80. Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927) .... Ruth Harrington
  81. Say It with Diamonds (1927) .... Betty Howard
  82. The Ladybird (1927) .... Diane Wyman
  83. The Belle of Broadway (1926) .... Marie Duval
  84. The Wise Guy (1926) .... Hula Kate
    ... aka Into the Night (UK)
    ... aka Wise Guy (USA)
  85. The Palace of Pleasure (1926) .... Lola Montez
  86. Counsel for the Defense (1925) .... Katherine West
  87. The Pony Express (1925) .... Molly Jones
  88. Paths to Paradise (1925) .... Molly
  89. Beggar on Horseback (1925) .... Princess in Pantomime
  90. Eve's Secret (1925) .... Eve
  91. New Lives for Old (1925) .... Olympe
  92. Locked Doors (1925) .... Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
  93. The Garden of Weeds (1924) .... Dorothy Delbridge
  94. The Fast Set (1924) .... Margaret Stone
  95. Ramshackle House (1924) .... Pen Broome
  96. The Female (1924) .... Dalla
  97. The Enemy Sex (1924) .... Dodo Baxter
  98. The Prude's Fall (1924)
    ... aka Dangerous Virtue (USA)
  99. Miami (1924) .... Joan Bruce
  100. The Stranger (1924) .... Peggy Bowlin
  101. The Woman with Four Faces (1923) .... Elizabeth West
  102. The Rustle of Silk (1923) .... Lala De Breeze
  103. The White Flower (1923) .... Konia Markham
  104. The Royal Oak (1923) .... Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
  105. The White Shadow (1923) .... Nancy Brent/Georgina Brent
    ... aka White Shadows (USA)
  106. Woman to Woman (1923) .... Louise Boucher/Deloryse
  107. Kick In (1922) .... Molly Brandon
  108. To Have and to Hold (1922) .... Lady Jocelyn Leigh
  109. The Bonded Woman (1922) .... Angela Gaskell
  110. Always the Woman (1922) .... Celia Thaxter
  111. Over the Border (1922) .... Jen Galbraith
  112. The Green Temptation (1922) .... Joan/Genelle/Coralyn Parker
  113. The Law and the Woman (1922) .... Margaret Rolfe
  114. The Little Minister (1921) .... Lady Babbie
  115. Ladies Must Live (1921) .... Christine Bleeker
  116. At the End of the World (1921) .... Cherry O'Day
  117. For Those We Love (1921) .... Bernice Arnold
  118. Prisoners of Love (1921) .... Blanche Davis

  119. The Miracle Man (1919) .... Rose
  120. The Devil's Trail (1919) .... Rose
  121. The Little Diplomat (1919) .... Phyllis Dare
  122. The Light of Victory (1919) .... Jane Ravenslee
  123. The Prodigal Liar (1919) .... Hope Deering
  124. Terror of the Range (1919) .... Thelma Grant
  125. The Sheriff (1918/I) .... School teacher
  126. Border Raiders (1918) .... Rose Hardy
  127. All Dressed Up (1918)
  128. Never Surprise Your Wife (1918)
  129. Betty's Adventure (1918) .... Betty
  130. Somebody's Baby (1918)
  131. Here Comes the Groom (1918) (unconfirmed)
  132. Circumstantial Evidence (1918)
  133. Whose Wife? (1918)
  134. Many a Slip (1918)
  135. Cupid's Camouflage (1917)
  136. Help! Help! Police! (1917)
  137. Their Seaside Tangle (1917)
  138. Betty Wakes Up (1917) .... Sally
  139. Almost Divorced (1917)
  140. Nearly a Papa (1917)
  141. Love and Locksmiths (1917)
  142. Almost a Bigamist (1917)
  143. Betty's Big Idea (1917)
  144. Crazy by Proxy (1917)
  145. A Smoky Love Affair (1917)
  146. Won in a Cabaret (1917)
  147. Down by the Sea (1917)
  148. Five Little Widows (1917)
  149. A Bold, Bad Knight (1917)
  150. Almost a Scandal (1917)
  151. Those Wedding Bells (1917)
  152. His Last Pill (1917)
  153. Father's Bright Idea (1917)
  154. Suspended Sentence (1917)
  155. Sauce for the Goose (1917)
  156. As Luck Would Have It (1917)
  157. Out for the Coin (1917)
  158. Hubby's Night Out (1917)
  159. Small Change (1917)
  160. Her Friend, the Chauffeur (1917)
  161. Her Crooked Career (1917)
  162. Cupid's Uppercut (1916)
  163. Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916)
  164. Sea Nymphs (1916)
  165. Some Kid (1916)
  166. Her Sun-Kissed Hero (1916)
  167. A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916)
  168. Nearly a Hero (1916)
  169. Dad's Masterpiece (1916)
  170. When Clubs Were Trumps (1916) .... Wifie
  171. He Loved the Ladies (1916)
  172. That Doggone Baby (1916)
  173. He Wouldn't Tip (1916)
  174. The Making Over of Mother (1916)
  175. Those Primitive Days (1916)
  176. Inoculating Hubby (1916)
  177. His Baby (1916)
  178. The Browns See the Fair (1916)
  179. Almost a Widow (1916)
  180. Wanted: A Husband (1916)
  181. All Over a Stocking (1916) .... The Stenographer
  182. Her Celluloid Hero (1916)
  183. The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (1916)
  184. He's a Devil (1916)
  185. Potts Bungles Again (1916)
  186. Lem's College Career (1916)
  187. The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (1916)
  188. Eddie's Night Out (1916)
  189. A Leap Year Tangle (1916)
  190. He Almost Eloped (1916)
  191. The Janitor's Busy Day (1916)
  192. A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916)
  193. Love and Vaccination (1916)
  194. The Deacon's Waterloo (1916)
  195. When Lizzie Disappeared (1916)
  196. Cupid Trims His Lordship (1916)
  197. Her Friend, the Doctor (1916)
  198. When the Losers Won (1916)
  199. A Quiet Supper for Four (1916)
  200. Her Steady Carfare (1916)
  201. Mingling Spirits (1916)
  202. Jed's Trip to the Fair (1916)
  203. Lovers and Lunatics (1916)
  204. Some Chaperone (1915)
  205. Love and a Savage (1915)
  206. Where the Heather Blooms (1915) .... Lady Mary
  207. Their Quiet Honeymoon (1915)
  208. Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915)
Soundtrack:
  1. The Great Gabbo (1929) (performer: "I'm In Love With You", "Web Of Love")
  2. Street Girl (1929) (performer: "My Dream Memory")
  3. On with the Show! (1929) ("Let Me Have My Dreams")
Self:
  1. Voice of Hollywood (1931) .... Herself
  2. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (1930) .... Herself

  3. Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
    ... aka Joligud
  4. A Trip to Paramountown (1922) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
  2. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) .... Herself
  3. Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth)
  4. Movie Memories (1935)
  5. The House That Shadows Built (1931)


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