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Louise Fazenda (1895–1962)

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When top silent screen comedienne Mabel Normand would gripe to Mack Sennett about making classier films, Sennett's retort would always be "I'll send for Fazenda." This gawky, highly popular slapstick funny girl put in her time first in two-reelers and Universal's Joker Comedies from 1913 on, but unleashed her real gift for getting laughs when she join the Keystone Studios... See full bio »

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in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 66) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1939 The Old Maid
Dora
 
1938 Down on the Farm
Aunt Ida
 
1938 Swing Your Lady
Sadie
 
1937 First Lady
Mrs. Lavinia Mae Creevey
 
1937 Merry Go Round of 1938
Mrs. Penelope Updike
 
1937 Ever Since Eve
Abbie Belldon
 
1937 Mountain Music
Hillbilly Woman (uncredited)
 
1937 The Road Back
Angelina
 
1937 Ready, Willing and Able
Clara Heineman
 
1936 I Married a Doctor
Bea Sorenson
 
1936 Doughnuts and Society
Kate Flannagan
 
1936 Colleen
Alicia Ames
 
1935 The Widow from Monte Carlo
Rose Torrent
 
1935 Bad Boy
Mrs. Harris - Landlady
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier
Mrs. Flaggenheim
 
1935 The Casino Murder Case
Becky
 
1935 The Winning Ticket
Nora Tomasello
 
1934 Caravan
Governess Bessie Opitz
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Mrs. Pratt
 
1934 Mountain Music (short)
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
White Queen
 
1933 Out of Gas (short)
 
1933 Stung Again (short)
 
1933 Hunting Trouble (short)
 
1932 The Unwritten Law
Lulu Potts
 
1932 Hesitating Love (short)
 
1932 Once in a Lifetime
Helen Hobart
 
1932 Union Wages (short)
 
1932 Racing Youth
Daisy Joy
 
1931 The Cuban Love Song
Elvira
 
1931 The Mad Parade
Fanny Smithers
 
1931 Newly Rich
Maggie Tiffany
 
1931 Blondes Prefer Bonds (short)
The Wife
 
1931 Misbehaving Ladies
Aunt Kate Boyd
 
1931 Gun Smoke
Hampsey Dell
 
1931 Second Hand Kisses (short)
 
1931 The Itching Hour (short)
Gwendolyn Sheepshire
 
1930 Viennese Nights
Gretl Kruger
 
1930 Too Hot to Handle (short)
 
1930 A Fall to Arms (short)
 
1930 Pure and Simple (short)
 
1930 Leathernecking
Hortense
 
1930 Rain or Shine
Frankie - 'The Princess'
 
1930 Bride of the Regiment
Teresa
 
1930 Spring Is Here
Emily Braley
 
1930 High Society Blues
Mrs. Granger
 
1930 The Bearded Lady (short)
Mlle Rosa, The Bearded Lady
 
1930 Loose Ankles
Aunt Sarah Harper
 
1930 Wide Open
Agatha Hathaway
 
1930 So This Is Paris Green (short)
 
1930 No, No, Nanette
Sue Smith
 
1929 The Broadway Hoofer
Jane
 
1929 The Show of Shows
'Recitations' Sketch
 
1929 Faro Nell (short)
Faro Nell
 
1929 Hard to Get
Ma Martin
 
1929 On with the Show!
Sarah
 
1929 Hot Lemonade (short)
 
1929 Hot Stuff
Aunt Kate
 
1929 House of Horror
Louise
 
1929 The Desert Song
Susan
 
1929 Stark Mad
Mrs. Fleming
 
1928 Riley the Cop
Lena Krausmeyer
 
1928 Outcast
Mable
 
1928 Taxi 13
 
1928 Noah's Ark
Hilda/Tavern Maid
 
1928 The Terror
Mrs. Elvery
 
1928 Heart to Heart
Aunt Katie Boyd
 
1928 Five and Ten Cent Annie
Annie
 
1928 Vamping Venus
Maggie Cassidy / Circe
 
1928 Pay as You Enter
Mary Smith
 
1928 Domestic Troubles
Lola
 
1928 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie, a Runaway
 
1927 Ham and Eggs at the Front
Cally Brown
 
1927 A Texas Steer
Mrs. Ma Brander
 
1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
Cynthia Botts
 
1927 Simple Sis
Sis
 
1927 The Cradle Snatchers
Susan Martin
 
1927 Babe Comes Home
Laundry Girl
 
1927 The Gay Old Bird
Sisseretta Simpkins
 
1927 The Red Mill
Gretchen
 
1927 Finger Prints
Dora Traynor
 
1926 Ladies at Play
Aunt Katherine
 
1926 The Lady of the Harem
Yasmin
 
1926 The Old Soak
Annie
 
1926 Millionaires
Reba, Esther's Sister
 
1926 Tin Gods
 
1926 The Passionate Quest
Madame Mathilde
 
1926 Miss Nobody
Mazie Raleigh
 
1926 Footloose Widows
Flo
 
1926 The Bat
Lizzie Allen
 
1925 Hogan's Alley
Dolly
 
1925 Bobbed Hair
Sweetie
 
1925 Compromise
Hilda
 
1925 The Love Hour
Jenny Tibbs
 
1925 Grounds for Divorce
Marianne
 
1925 Hello Goodbye (short)
 
1925 The Night Club
Carmen
 
1925 A Broadway Butterfly
Cookie Dale
 
1925 Declassée
Mrs. Walton
 
1925 The Price of Pleasure
Stella Kelly
 
1925 Cheaper to Marry
Flora
 
1924 The Lighthouse by the Sea
Flora Gale
 
1924 What a Night! (short)
 
1924 This Woman
Rose
 
1924 Being Respectable
Deborah Carpenter
 
1924 Dizzy Daisy (short)
 
1924 Listen Lester
Arbutus Quilty
 
1924 True As Steel
Miss Leeds
 
1924 The Galloping Fish
Undine
 
1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Sally, a Country Girl
 
1923 The Old Fool
Dolores Murphy
 
1923 The Wanters
Mary
 
1923 The Gold Diggers
Mabel Munroe
 
1923 Tea: With a Kick!
Birdie Puddleford
 
1923 The Spoilers
Tilly Nelson
 
1923 Cold Chills (short)
 
1923 Main Street
Bea Sorenson
 
1923 The Spider and the Rose
Dolores
 
1923 Pest of the Storm Country (short)
 
1923 The Fog
Millie Richards
 
1922 The Beautiful and Damned
 
1922 Quincy Adams Sawyer
Mandy Skinner
 
1922 Home Made Movies (short)
 
1922 Bow Wow (short)
 
1922 The Beauty Shop
Cremo Panatella
 
1921 A Rural Cinderella (short)
 
1921 Country Chickens (short)
 
1921 The Love Egg (short)
 
1921 Astray from the Steerage (short)
His wife
 
1921 Made in the Kitchen (short)
 
1921 Wedding Bells Out of Tune (short)
 
1921 A Small Town Idol
 
1920 Bungalow Troubles (short)
 
1920 My Goodness (short)
 
1920 It's a Boy (short)
 
1920 The Quack Doctor (short)
 
1920 You Wouldn't Believe It (short)
 
1920 Married Life
Wife
 
1920 Let 'er Go (short)
 
1920/I Down on the Farm
Louise - the Farmer's Daughter
 
1920 The Gingham Girl (short)
 
1920 The Star Boarder (short)
 
1919 Bullin' the Bullsheviki
 
1919 Salome vs. Shenandoah (short)
 
1919 Back to the Kitchen (short)
 
1919 Treating 'Em Rough (short)
A Simple Miss
 
1919 Hearts and Flowers (short)
A Flower Girl
 
1919 Why Beaches Are Popular (short)
 
1919 The Foolish Age (short)
Who Wanted a Sweetheart
 
1919 The Village Smithy (short)
 
1919 Rip & Stitch: Tailors (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1919 Never Too Old (short)
 
1918 The Village Chestnut (short)
Pupil
 
1918 Her First Mistake (short)
 
1918 The Summer Girls (short)
 
1918 Her Screen Idol (short)
 
1918 Those Athletic Girls (short)
The Janitress
 
1918 The Kitchen Lady (short)
The Kitchen Lady
 
1917 Are Waitresses Safe? (short)
Only a Working Girl
 
1917 His Precious Life (short)
 
1917 Lost: A Cook (short)
 
1917 Her Torpedoed Love (short)
The Servant Girl
 
1917 The Betrayal of Maggie (short)
 
1917 Her Fame and Shame (short)
 
1917 Maggie's First False Step (short)
 
1916 Bombs! (short)
Italian's Daughter
 
1916 Maid Mad (short)
 
1916 Pills of Peril (short)
 
1916 Her Marble Heart (short)
 
1916 A Bath House Blunder (short)
 
1916 A Love Riot (short)
 
1916 The Judge (short)
 
1916 The Marble Heart
 
1916 His Hereafter (short)
 
1916 A Movie Star (short)
 
1916 The Feathered Nest (short)
 
1915 A Submarine Pirate (short)
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
 
1915 The Great Vacuum Robbery (short)
1st Thief
 
1915 A Game Old Knight (short)
Princess Maggie
 
1915 Fatty's Tintype Tangle (short)
Edgar's Wife
 
1915 When Ambrose Dared Walrus (short)
Hotel Guest with Pitcher (uncredited)
 
1915 A Hash House Fraud (short)
The Cashier
 
1915 A Versatile Villain (short)
The Sheriff's Daughter
 
1915 Crossed Love and Swords (short)
The Guest of Honor
 
1915 A Bear Affair (short)
The Lodgekeeper's Wife
 
1915 Ambrose's Nasty Temper (short)
Proprietress
 
1915 The Butler's Busted Romance (short)
The Cook
 
1915 Ambrose's Lofty Perch (short)
 
1915 Ambrose's Fury (short)
The Neighbor Wife
 
1915 Raindrops and Girls (short)
 
1915 Ambrose's Little Hatchet (short)
The Wife
 
1915 Ambrose's Sour Grapes (short)
Shooting Victim in Park (uncredited)
 
1915 The Water Cure (short)
 
1915 Willful Ambrose (short)
Ma Ambrose
 
1915 Won with Dynamite (short)
 
1915 The Blank Note (short)
 
1915 Hubby's Cure (short)
Miss Newlywed
 
1915 Only a Farmer's Daughter (short) (unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1915 Stark Mad (short)
 
1914 His Doctor's Orders (short)
Henry's Wife
 
1914 Lizzie's Fortune (short)
Lizzie Prune
 
1914 Love Disguised (short)
Mandy
 
1914 A Dream of a Painting (short)
Princess De Egyptienne
 
1914 He Married Her Anyhow (short)
Mandy - the Chief's Daughter
 
1914 Battle of the Nations (short)
Marie
 
1914 The De-feet of Father (short)
Tootsie
 
1914 Two Pals and a Gal (short)
Widow Clemons (unconfirmed)
 
1914 When Their Wives Joined the Regiment (short)
 
1914 Across the Court (short)
Mandy
 
1914 Cruel, Cruel World! (short)
 
1914 The Baseball Fans of Fanville (short)
 
1914 In the Clutches of the Villain (short)
 
1914 The New Butler (short)
 
1914 Love and Graft (short)
 
1914 Jam and Jealousy (short)
 
1914 Oh! What's the Use? (short)
 
1914 Well! Well! (short)
 
1914 The Diamond Nippers (short)
 
1914 What Happened to Schultz? (short)
 
1914 That's Fair Enough (short)
 
1914 Wifie's Busy Day (short)
 
1914 The Polo Champions (short)
 
1914 His Wife's Family (short)
 
1914 Love, Roses and Trousers (short)
 
1914 Captain Kidd's Priceless Treasure (short)
Lucy
 
1914 Love and Electricity (short)
 
1914 The Fatal Letter (short)
 
1914 Mike Searches for His Long-Lost Brother (short)
 
1914 Their First Anniversary (short)
 
1914 Schultz the Barber (short)
 
1914 The Bucket Sharpers (short)
 
1914 The Sharps Want a Flat (short)
 
1914 Mike and Jake in the Clutch of Circumstances (short)
 
1914 Schultz the Paperhanger (short)
The Lady of the House
 
1914 The Headwaiter (short)
 
1914 Mike and Jake Go in for Matrimony (short)
 
1914 A Mexico Mix (short)
 
1914 The Tender Hearted Sheriff (short)
 
1914 The Chicken Chasers (short)
 
1914 The Midnight Alarm (short)
Max's Wife
 
1914 Love and Politics (short)
 
1914 In the Year 2014 (short)
 
1914 A Freak Temperance Wave (short)
Max's Wife
 
1914 Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl (short)
Little Nellie
 
1914 Mike and Jake Join the Army (short)
 
1914 The Mystery of a Taxicab (short)
Squabina
 
1914 Saving the Child (short)
The Distraught Mother
 
1914 Some Nightmare (short)
Max's Wife
 
1914 Mike and Jake Live Close to Nature (short)
 
1914 Their Little Ones (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Mike and Jake in Society (short)
Miss Goldollar
 
1913 She Should Worry (short)
Mrs. Schultz
 
1913 Mike and Jake as Pugilists (short)
 
1913 For Art and Love (short)
Mandy
 
1913 Mike and Jake as Heroes (short)
 
1913 The Joy Riders (short)
Mandy
 
1913 Mike and Jake in Mexico (short)
Chilita
 
1913 Mike and Jake in the Wild, Wild West (short)
 
1913 When Joe Went West (short)
 
1913 Lazy Louis (short)
Mrs. Schultz - Louis' Wife
 
1913 Hilda of the Mountains (short)
Hilda Darwin
 
1913 Mike and Jake Go Fishing (short)
 
1913 Mike and Jake in the Oil Fields, or The Stinger Stung (short)
Louise
 
1913 Mike and Jake at the Beach (short)
Louise
 
1913 Almost an Actress (short)
Susie
 
1913 Mike and Jake at College (short)
The College Widow
 
1913 Mike and Jake Among the Cannibals (short)
Queen Lil
 
1913 The Cheese Special (short)
May Schmaltz
 
1913 Thou Shalt Not Rubber (short)
Mrs. Schmaltz
 
1913 Poor Jake's Demise (short)
Servant
 
1913 The Romance of the Utah Pioneers (short)
 
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1938 Swing Your Lady ("Dig Me a Grave in Missouri" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1930 Loose Ankles (performer: "Heaven Will Protect Us")
 
1929 The Show of Shows (performer: "Your Mother and Mine" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1928 Noah's Ark (performer: "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Mack Sennett (1954) … Herself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Herself - Arriving Celebrity (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Herself
 
1931 Voice of Hollywood (short)
Herself
 
1931 How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (short)
Herself
 
1929 Players at Play (documentary short)
Herself
 
1923 Mary of the Movies
Herself (uncredited)
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (documentary short)
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1918 It's a Cinch (short)
Herself
 
1918 Grauman Special (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (documentary short)
 
1950 Animal Antics (short)
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Herself
 
1944 Once Over Lightly (short)
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
(uncredited)
 
1939 A Small Town Idol (short)
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
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Vaudeville actress.

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5' 6" (1.68 m)
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