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Laura La Plante (1904–1996)

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Laura La Plante was 15 years old when she entered films as a Christie Comedy Bathing Beauty. By 1921, she had played a number of roles including a Tom Mix Western called The Big Town Round-Up for Fox and The Old Swimmin' Hole for First National. Laura, now 17, next signed with Universal, where she appeared in shorts... See full bio »

Born:

Laura La Plant
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 91) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1957 Spring Reunion
May Brewster
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Belva Lockwood
– She Also Ran (1956) … Belva Lockwood (as Laura la Plante)
 
1955 It's a Great Life (TV series)
Laura
– The Movie Star (1955) … Laura
 
1947 Little Mister Jim
Mrs. Glenson
 
1935 Man of the Moment
Mary Briany
 
1935 Widow's Might
Nancy Tweesdale
 
1934 The Church Mouse
Betty 'Miss Church Mouse' Miller
 
1934 The Girl in Possession
Eve Chandler
 
1933 Lost in Limehouse (short)
Lady Esmerelda
 
1933 Her Imaginary Lover
Celia
 
1931 The Sea Ghost
Evelyn Inchcape
 
1931 Arizona
Evelyn Palmer Bonham
 
1931 Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (short)
The Heroine
 
1931 Meet the Wife
Gertrude Lennox
 
1931 God's Gift to Women
Diane Churchill
 
1931 Lonely Wives
Diane O'Dare
 
1930 King of Jazz
Editor ("Ladies of the Press")/Stenographer ("In Conference")
 
1930 Captain of the Guard
Marie Marnay
 
1929 Hold Your Man
Mary
 
1929 The Love Trap
Evelyn Todd
 
1929 Scandal
Laura Hunt
 
1929 Show Boat
Magnolia Hawks
 
1929 The Last Warning
Doris Terry
 
1928 Home, James
Laura Elliot
 
1928 Finders Keepers
Barbara Hastings
 
1928 Thanks for the Buggy Ride
Jenny
 
1927 Silk Stockings
Molly Thornhill
 
1927 The Cat and the Canary
Annabelle West
 
1927 Beware of Widows
Joyce Bragdon
 
1927 The Love Thrill
Joyce Bragdon
 
1926 Butterflies in the Rain
Tina Carteret
 
1926 Her Big Night
Frances Norcross/Daphne Dix
 
1926 Poker Faces
The wife
 
1926 The Midnight Sun
Olga Morova aka The Midnight Sun
 
1926 Skinner's Dress Suit
Mrs. Honey Skinner
 
1926 The Beautiful Cheat
Mary Callahan/Maritza Callahansky
 
1925 The Teaser
Ann Barton
 
1925 Dangerous Innocence
Ann Church
 
1925 Smouldering Fires
Dorothy Vale
 
1924 The Fatal Plunge
Undetermined Role
 
1924 The Fast Worker
Connie
 
1924 Butterfly
Dora Collier
 
1924 Young Ideas
Octavia Lowden
 
1924 The Dangerous Blonde
Diana Faraday
 
1924 Excitement
Nila Lyons
 
1924 Ride for Your Life
Betsy Burke
 
1924 Sporting Youth
Betty Rockford
 
1923 The Thrill Chaser
Cameo appearance
 
1923 Crooked Alley
Norine Tyrell/Olive Sloan
 
1923 The Ramblin' Kid
Carolyn June
 
1923 Out of Luck
Mae Day
 
1923 True Gold (short)
Sheriff's Daughter
 
1923 Shootin' for Love
Mary Randolph
 
1923 Burning Words
Mary Malcolm
 
1923 Dead Game
Alice Mason
 
1923 Around the World in Eighteen Days
Madge Harlow
 
1922 The Speed Boy (short)
Jimmy's Sweetheart
 
1922 Perils of the Yukon
Olga
 
1922 Should Watchmen Sleep? (short)
 
1922 The Wall Flower
Prue Nickerson
 
1922 Easy to Cop (short)
The Mayor's Daughter
 
1922 A Shaky Family Tree (short)
 
1922 The Big Ranger (short)
 
1922 Taking Things Easy (short)
Betty
 
1922 Society Sailors (short)
 
1922 A Treacherous Rival (short)
The Niece of the Smuggler Chief
 
1922 The Minute Man (short)
 
1922 The Call of Courage (short)
The Newspaper Editor's Daughter
 
1922 Desperation (short)
 
1922 The Trail of the Wolf (short)
The Daughter of the Owner of the Trading Post
 
1922 His Inheritance Taxi (short)
The Wife
 
1922 Matching Wits (short)
Mary Newton
 
1922 A Bottle Baby (short)
The Newlywed Wife
 
1922 Fighting Back (short)
 
1922 The Ranger's Reward (short)
The Ranger Captain's Daughter
 
1922 The Deputy's Double Cross (short)
Marty - Dick's Sweetheart
 
1921 The Alarm (short)
Ruth Miller - the Schoolteacher
 
1921 Brand of Courage (short)
Mary Dunn
 
1921 Old Dynamite (short)
Old Dynamite's Daughter
 
1921 Should Husbands Do Housework? (short)
 
1921 The Call of the Blood (short)
Ruth
 
1921 Play Square
May Laverne
 
1921 The Big Town Round-Up
Mildred Hart
 
1921 Big Town Ideas
Molly Dorn
 
1921 The Old Swimmin' Hole
Myrtle
 
1921 His Four Fathers (short)
 
1920 Back from the Front (short)
 
1920 813
Genevieve
 
1920 Father's Close Shave (short)
 
1920 Jiggs in Society (short)
 
1920 Jiggs and the Social Lion (short)
 
1919 The Great Gamble (uncredited)
 
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1929 Show Boat (performer: "Deep River" - uncredited, "I've Got Shoes" - uncredited, "Coon, Coon, Coon" 1900 - uncredited, "Ol' Man River" 1927 - uncredited, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 1927 - uncredited)
 
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1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1954 You Bet Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.35 (1954) … Herself (as Laura Asher)
 
1933 The 42nd. Street Special (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1928 Fashion News (documentary)
Herself
 
1924 The City of Stars (short)
Herself
 
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1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1989 The Show Boat Story (TV documentary)
Magnolia Hawks (clip from 1929 film of "Show Boat") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Laura Asher | Laura la Plante

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Trivia:

She had two children with Irving Asher: Tony and Jill. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio