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Jean Darling is a Actor American born on 23 august 1922 at Santa Monica (USA)

Jean Darling

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Birth name Dorothy Jean LeVake
Nationality USA
Birth 23 august 1922 at Santa Monica (USA)
Death 4 september 2015 (at 93 years)

Jean Darling (August 23, 1922 – September 4, 2015) was an American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927-29. Prior to her death, she was one of four surviving cast members from the silent era cast of Our Gang (Lassie Lou Ahern, Mildred Kornman and Dorothy Morrison being the others). At the time of her death in 2015, Darling was, along with Baby Peggy, one of the last surviving actors who worked in the silent film era.

Biography

Darling married Reuben Bowen; they had a son, Roy. Reuben Bowen died of cancer on August 22, 1980. She never remarried. She later lived with her son in Rodgau, Germany.

She died at a nursing home in Rödermark after a sudden illness on September 4, 2015, aged 93. Her death was reported two days later.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(35 films)
Robert F. McGowan
Robert F. McGowan
(26 films)
Robert A. McGowan
Robert A. McGowan
(28 films)
Allen Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
(34 films)
Joe Cobb
Joe Cobb
(34 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean Darling (38 films)

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Actress

The I Don't Care Girl
The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
, 1h18
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Levant, Julie Newmar, Warren Stevens, David Wayne, Craig Hill
Roles Lilyan Tashman
Rating60% 3.0493453.0493453.0493453.0493453.049345
The story of vaudeville performer Eva Tanguay (Mitzi Gaynor) is told to a couple of writers who plan to do a script about her for Hollywood producer George Jessel.
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland (1934)
, 1h17
Directed by Charley Rogers, Gus Meins, Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films, Films about toys, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, Charlotte Henry, Baldwin Cooke, Jean Darling
Roles Curly Locks (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.543393.543393.543393.543393.54339
Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy), live in a shoe (as in the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe), along with Mother Peep (the Old Woman), Bo Peep (Charlotte Henry), a mouse resembling Mickey Mouse (and actually played by a live monkey in a costume), and many other children. The mortgage on the shoe is owned by the villainous Silas Barnaby (Henry Brandon), who is looking to marry Bo Peep. Knowing the Widow Peep is having a difficult time paying the mortgage, Barnaby offers the old woman an ultimatum – unless Bo Peep agrees to marry him he will foreclose on the shoe. Widow Peep refuses, but is worried about where she'll get the money to pay the mortgage. Ollie offers her all the money he has stored away in his savings can, only to learn that Stannie has taken it to buy peewees (a favored toy consisting of a wooden peg with tapered ends that rises in the air when struck with a stick near one end and is then caused to fly through the air by being struck again with the stick). He and Stannie set out to get the money for the mortgage from their boss, the Toymaker (William Burress). But Stannie has mixed up an order from Santa Claus (building 100 wooden soldiers at six feet tall, instead of 600 soldiers at one foot tall) and one of the soldiers, when activated, wrecks the toy shop. Stannie and Ollie are fired without getting the money.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1934)
, 1h2
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, Aileen Pringle, David Torrence, Jean Darling
Roles Jane Eyre as a Child
Rating43% 2.1839352.1839352.1839352.1839352.183935
A Victorian orphan secures a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. She falls in love with her employer.
Bouncing Babies
Bouncing Babies (1929)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Harry Spear
Roles Jean
Rating69% 3.470933.470933.470933.470933.47093
Wheezer is jealous of his baby brother, who gets all the attention from his family while Wheezer is ignored and expected to behave like a "big boy". After a failed attempt at making his own breakfast (and being spanked for doing so), Wheezer attempts to run away from home with Pete the Pup. After he happens upon Farina, they both find themselves on the receiving end of Halloween pranks from the gang in their costumes.
Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves (1929)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Joe Cobb, Norman Chaney, Allen Hoskins, Jean Darling, Harry Spear, Mary Ann Jackson
Roles Jean
Rating67% 3.368293.368293.368293.368293.36829
Joe's and Chubby's friendship is tested when their affections for Jean cause the two best friends to fight. At the same time, Farina and Harry have been unsuccessfully trying to go into business as fight promoters, and find in Joe's and Chubby's rivalry the ingredients for a perfect boxing match.
Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co. (1929)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mary Ann Jackson, Jean Darling, Harry Spear
Roles Jean
Rating65% 3.2581453.2581453.2581453.2581453.258145
Joe, Farina, and Harry are racing their dog-powered cars when they are stopped and reported to the President of the Be Kind to Animals Society. After promising to be kind to animals, the boys are made honorary society members. They soon convince other children to be kind to animals, and they release them from their cages to ensuing chaos.
Lazy Days
Lazy Days (1929)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Harry Spear, Jean Darling
Roles Jean
Rating63% 3.1754253.1754253.1754253.1754253.175425
A lethargic Farina lounges about, waited upon by his girlfriend Trellis and half-minding his baby brother. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are preparing their younger brothers and sisters for entry in a baby contest - including Joe's unsubtle attempt to pass off eleven-year-old Chubby as an infant. When Farina learns about the contest, he slowly begins bathing and dressing his younger brother, only to learn from Joe on the way to the contest that whole thing was actually over a month ago.
Railroadin'
Railroadin' (1929)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney, Harry Spear, Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby Hutchins
Roles Jean
Rating65% 3.26923.26923.26923.26923.2692
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times.
Small Talk
Small Talk (1929)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Jean Darling, Harry Spear
Roles Jean
Rating60% 3.0469253.0469253.0469253.0469253.046925
The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.