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Glenda Farrell is a Actor American born on 30 june 1904 at Enid (USA)

Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 june 1904 at Enid (USA)
Death 1 may 1971 (at 66 years) at New York City (USA)

Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress, best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the 1930s film series.

Biography

Farrell was born to Charles and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Farrell of Irish and German descent in Enid, Oklahoma, and she had two brothers named Richard and Gene. Her son with her first husband Thomas Richards was B-Western "sidekick" actor Tommy Farrell. She dated Hollywood film writer Robert Riskin in the early 1930s and married Jack Durant of the Mitchell and Durant vaudeville team in June 1931. In 1941 Farrell became the wife of Dr. Henry Ross, a West Point graduate and Army physician who served on General Eisenhower's staff. In 1971, she died from lung cancer, aged 66, at her home in New York City and was interred in the West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York. When Ross, who did not remarry, died in 1991, he was buried with her.

Best films

Susan Slept Here (1954)
(Actress)
Little Caesar (1931)
(Actress)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
(Actress)
Lady for a Day (1933)
(Actress)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
(Actress)

Usually with

Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(27 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(18 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(13 films)
Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Glenda Farrell (67 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

Kissin' Cousins, 1h36
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Yvonne Craig, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Cynthia Pepper
Roles Ma Tatum
Rating52% 2.649942.649942.649942.649942.64994
Elvis plays the dual role of look-alike cousins Josh Morgan, a dark-haired U.S. Air Force second lieutenant, and Jodie Tatum, a blond hillbilly. The film is set in the hills of Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains, but is mostly shot on Hollywood sets and in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California. Josh, along with Captain Robert Jason Salbo (Jack Albertson), has to persuade the Tatums, his distant relatives on his mother's side, to sell their land to the U.S. government so that it can be used as an ICBM missile base.
The Disorderly Orderly, 1h29
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Freeman, Everett Sloane, Karen Sharpe
Roles Dr. Jean Howard
Rating62% 3.1493853.1493853.1493853.1493853.149385
Jerome Littlefield (Lewis) is an orderly at the Whitestone Sanatorium and Hospital who suffers from "neurotic identification empathy"—a psychosomatic problem that causes him to suffer the symptoms of others and interferes with his ability to function effectively on the job. His unwitting propensity for slapstick-style mayhem sorely tries the patience of Dr. Howard (Glenda Farrell) and Nurse Higgins (Kathleen Freeman).
Middle of the Night, 1h58
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Fredric March, Kim Novak, Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Grant
Roles Mrs. Mueller
Rating70% 3.543373.543373.543373.543373.54337
A 24-year-old divorcee, Betty Preisser, a receptionist for a clothing manufacturer, takes some office work home. Her boss, widower Jerry Kingsley, a man of 56, drops by to pick up the documents.
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, 1h49
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger, Luther Adler, Glenda Farrell, Cornelia Otis Skinner
Roles Mrs. Nesbit
Rating63% 3.195843.195843.195843.195843.19584
The film relates the fictionalized story of Evelyn Nesbit. Nesbit was a model and actress who became embroiled in the scandal surrounding the June 1906 murder of her former lover, architect Stanford White, by her husband, rail and coal tycoon Harry Kendall Thaw. Nesbit served as a technical adviser on the film.
Secret of the Incas, 1h40
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, Glenda Farrell, Michael Pate
Roles Mrs. Winston
Rating59% 2.9976552.9976552.9976552.9976552.997655
American adventurer Harry Steele (Heston) earns a living as a tourist guide in Cusco, Peru but plans to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure. He possesses an ancient carved stone which gives the location of the Sunburst but has no means to travel there. He is also menaced by his dubious associate Ed Morgan (Mitchell) who wants the treasure for himself and tries to have Harry killed.
Susan Slept Here, 1h38
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Christmas films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell, Alvy Moore, Les Tremayne
Roles Maude Snodgrass
Rating63% 3.197533.197533.197533.197533.19753
Mark Christopher (Powell) is a successful thirty-five-year-old Hollywood screenwriter who has suffered from partial writer's block since winning an Academy Award and has been unable to produce a decent script. One Christmas Eve, he receives an unexpected and very unwanted surprise present.
Girls in the Night, 1h23
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Harvey Lembeck, Glenda Farrell, Leonard Freeman, Jeff Chandler, Don Gordon, Anthony Ross
Roles Alice Haynes
Rating67% 3.35673.35673.35673.35673.3567
Hannah Haynes, a pretty girl who competes in a beauty contest, dreams of moving away from her New York slum neighborhood. So does older brother Chuck, who has a chance to land a new job on Long Island, but is hit by a car and needs to recover first.
I Love Trouble, 1h33
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter, Glenda Farrell, Adele Jergens, John Ireland
Roles Hazel Bixby
Rating66% 3.3435053.3435053.3435053.3435053.343505
A wealthy politician, Ralph Johnston, hires detective Stuart Bailey to investigate his missing wife's background. Bailey discovers that the wife had been a dancer under her maiden name of Jane Breeger and had left her Oregon home town with Buster Buffin, a nightclub entertainer, who says Jane changed her name to Janie Joy and enrolled at UCLA. Buffin is killed before Bailey can question him further.
Lulu Belle
Lulu Belle (1948)
, 1h26
Directed by Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker, Otto Kruger, Glenda Farrell, Addison Richards
Roles Molly Benson
Rating59% 2.950082.950082.950082.950082.95008
Famous Broadway singer Lulu Belle (Dorothy Lamour) and Harry Randolph (Otto Kruger), her rich suitor, are found shot and severely wounded in her dressing room one night after the show. They are discovered by Lulu's best friend, Molly Benson (Glenda Farrell), and taken unconscious to the hospital.
Heading For Heaven, 1h5
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell, Irene Ryan, Milburn Stone, George O'Hanlon, Charles Williams
Roles Nora Elkins
Rating53% 2.678472.678472.678472.678472.67847
Henry Elkins (Stu Erwin) has been left a large parcel of land by his father and grandfather in what is now the eastern part of the city of Elkinsville. Having been told never to sell the property by his ancestors, Henry has refused several lucrative offers wanting to purchase the land for a cemetery, incinerator or the city dump in favour of wishing to develop a housing estate.
The Talk of the Town, 1h58
Directed by George Stevens, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram, Edgar Buchanan, Charles Dingle
Roles Regina Bush
Rating74% 3.7471353.7471353.7471353.7471353.747135
Mill worker and political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the fire. In the middle of his trial, Dilg escapes from jail and seeks shelter in a house owned by former schoolmate Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur), now a schoolteacher on whom he has had a crush for years. Shelley has the house rented for the summer to distinguished law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman), who plans to write a book. Both Lightcap and Dilg arrive within minutes of each other.