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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1904-06-30 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Enid, Oklahoma, USA

Glenda Farrell

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, and won an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the television series Ben Casey in 1963.

Known For

Acting

1970

Tiger by the Tail as Sarah Harvey

1968

1966

1964

The Disorderly Orderly as Dr. Jean Howard
Kissin' Cousins as Ma Tatum

1963

The Fugitive as Mrs. Maggie Lambert

1961

Dr. Kildare as Vera Dennis
The Defenders as Edna Holley

1960

The Islanders as Mrs. Dan King

1959

Middle of the Night as Mrs. Mueller
Rawhide as Mrs. Elizabeth Farragut

1955

1954

Secret of the Incas as Mrs. Winston
Susan Slept Here as Maude Snodgrass

1953

Girls in the Night as Alice Haynes

1952

Apache War Smoke as Fanny Webson

1951

1950

1948

I Love Trouble as Hazel Bixby
Lulu Belle as Molly Benson
Mary Lou as Winnie Winford
Studio One as Lucille Sears
Studio One as Mrs. Endsley
Studio One as Claire
Studio One as Irene

1947

Heading for Heaven as Nora Elkins

1944

Ever Since Venus as Babs Cartwright

1943

A Night for Crime as Susan Cooper
City Without Men as Billie LaRue
Klondike Kate as Molly

1942

The Talk of the Town as Regina Bush
Twin Beds as Sonya Cherupin

1941

Johnny Eager as Mae Blythe Edwarnowsky

1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor as Torchy Blane

1938

Hollywood Hotel as Miss Jones, 'Jonesy'
Blondes at Work as Torchy Blane
Torchy Gets Her Man as Torchy Blane
Prison Break as Jean Fenderson
Exposed as 'Click' Stewart
The Road to Reno as Sylvia Shane
Breakdowns of 1938 as Torchy Blaine (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

Breakfast for Two as Carol Wallace
Smart Blonde as Torchy Blane
Dance Charlie Dance as Fanny Morgan
Fly Away Baby as Torchy Blane
The Adventurous Blonde as Torchy Blane
You Live and Learn as Mamie Wallis

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937 as Genevieve Larkin
High Tension as Edith McNeil
Here Comes Carter as Verna Kennedy
Snowed Under as Daisy Lowell
The Law in Her Hands as Dorothy Davis
Nobody's Fool as Ruby Miller

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935 as Betty Hawes
We're in the Money as Dixie Tilton
Miss Pacific Fleet as Mae O'Brien
Traveling Saleslady as Claudette
Go Into Your Dance as Molly Howard
In Caliente as Clara

1934

The Big Shakedown as Lily 'Lil' Duran
Dark Hazard as Valerie 'Val' Wilson
The Secret Bride as Hazel Normandie
Hi, Nellie! as Gerry
Kansas City Princess as Marie Callahan
I've Got Your Number as Bonnie aka Madame Francis
Heat Lightning as Mrs. Tifton

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum as Florence Dempsey
Lady for a Day as Missouri Martin
Gambling Ship as Jeanne Sands
Bureau of Missing Persons as Belle Howard Saunders
Man's Castle as Fay La Rue
Grand Slam as Blondie
Girl Missing as Kay Curtis
Mary Stevens, M.D. as Glenda Carroll
Havana Widows as Sadie Appleby

1932

Life Begins as Florette
Three on a Match as Vivian's Friend (uncredited)

1931

Little Caesar as Olga Stassoff

1929

Lucky Boy as Secretary at theater (Unbilled)