Post by Miss Retro on Sept 18, 2007 15:03:24 GMT -5
I was browsing around and came across a silent era actress many don't know about her but I think it's cool I came across her. Her name was Merna Kennedy, here's some info. about her.
Merna Kennedy
Merna Kennedy [1] (b. 7 September 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, d. 20 December 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress of the late silent era.
Kennedy (born Maude Kahler) is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928).
Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. It is rumored she had an affair with Chaplin during the filming of this movie, and Grey used this infidelity in her divorce proceedings from Chaplin in 1927.
Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, at thirty-six years of age.
SILENT FILMS
1928 The Circus
1929 Broadway
1929 Barnum Was Right
1929 Skinner Steps Out
TALKIES
1930 The Rampant Age
1930 Embarrassing Moments
1930 The King of Jazz
1930 Worldly Goods
1930 Midnight Special
1931 Stepping Out
1932 The Gay Buckaroo
1932 Lady with a Past
1932 Ghost Valley
1932 Come On, Tarzan
1932 The All-American
1932 The Red-Haired Alibi
1933 Laughter in Hell
1933 Emergency Call
1933 Easy Millions
1933 Don't Bet on Love
1933 I Love That Man (scenes deleted)
1933 Arizona to Broadway
1933 Police Call
1933 The Big Chance
1933 Son of a Sailor
1934 Wonder Bar
1934 Jimmy the Gent
1932 I Like It That Way
Here are a few more pics of her...she was gorgeous, in some of these pics she reminds me of Clara Bow...
Merna Kennedy
Merna Kennedy [1] (b. 7 September 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, d. 20 December 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress of the late silent era.
Kennedy (born Maude Kahler) is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928).
Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. It is rumored she had an affair with Chaplin during the filming of this movie, and Grey used this infidelity in her divorce proceedings from Chaplin in 1927.
Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, at thirty-six years of age.
SILENT FILMS
1928 The Circus
1929 Broadway
1929 Barnum Was Right
1929 Skinner Steps Out
TALKIES
1930 The Rampant Age
1930 Embarrassing Moments
1930 The King of Jazz
1930 Worldly Goods
1930 Midnight Special
1931 Stepping Out
1932 The Gay Buckaroo
1932 Lady with a Past
1932 Ghost Valley
1932 Come On, Tarzan
1932 The All-American
1932 The Red-Haired Alibi
1933 Laughter in Hell
1933 Emergency Call
1933 Easy Millions
1933 Don't Bet on Love
1933 I Love That Man (scenes deleted)
1933 Arizona to Broadway
1933 Police Call
1933 The Big Chance
1933 Son of a Sailor
1934 Wonder Bar
1934 Jimmy the Gent
1932 I Like It That Way
Here are a few more pics of her...she was gorgeous, in some of these pics she reminds me of Clara Bow...