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Louise Fazenda is a Actor American born on 16 june 1895 at Lafayette (USA)

Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 june 1895 at Lafayette (USA)
Death 17 april 1962 (at 66 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films.

Biography

Elle avait débuté au cinéma à l'âge de 14 ans après s'être produit dans des productions de vaudeville. Son habileté à grimacer et son sens aigu du pantomime fit d'elle une vedette et la principale star de films comme Gold Diggers, The Mad Parade, No, No, Nanette et Rain or Shine. Elle épousa le producteur et réalisateur Hal Wallis en 1927 ; tentée de se retirer à ce moment, elle poursuivit néanmoins sa carrière jusqu'en 1939. Parmi ses meilleurs films, on recense Tillie's Punctured Romance (1927) ; Alice in Wonderland (1933) ; Wonder Bar (1934) ; The Winning Ticket (1935) ; Ready, Willing and Able (1937) ; Swing Your Lady (1938) ; La Vieille Fille (The Old maid) et Down on the Farm (tous deux en 1939).
Elle possède également son étoile sur le Walk Of Fame.

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Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
(9 films)
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon
(7 films)
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Louise Fazenda (93 films)

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Actress

The Old Maid, 1h35
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, James Stephenson
Roles Dora
Rating73% 3.696623.696623.696623.696623.69662
Set during the American Civil War, the story focuses on Charlotte Lovell and her cousin Delia, whose wedding day is disrupted when her former fiance Clem Spender returns following a two-year absence. Delia proceeds to marry Jim Ralston, and Charlotte comforts Clem, who enlists in the Union Army and is later killed in battle. Shortly after his death, Charlotte discovers she is pregnant with Clem's child, and in order to escape the stigma of an illegitimate child, she journeys West to have her baby, a daughter she names Clementina (or "Tina").
Swing Your Lady, 1h17
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Louise Fazenda, Nat Pendleton, Ronald Reagan, Penny Singleton
Roles Sadie Horn
Rating50% 2.510662.510662.510662.510662.51066
Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith,
First Lady
First Lady (1937)
, 1h23
Directed by Stanley Logan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, Victor Jory
Roles Mrs. Lavinia Mae Creevey
Rating61% 3.0982953.0982953.0982953.0982953.098295
The granddaughter of a President of the United States, Lucy Chase Wayne (Kay Francis) discreetly campaigns to gain the presidential nomination for her beloved husband, Secretary of State Stephen Wayne (Preston Foster). She tries to gain the support of rising Senator Gordon Keane (Victor Jory), a victory that would be doubly sweet inasmuch as he is the protégé of her despised arch-rival, Irene Hibbard (Verree Teasdale).
Ever Since Eve, 1h20
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly, Allen Jenkins, Louise Fazenda
Roles Abbie Belldon
Rating65% 3.2968253.2968253.2968253.2968253.296825
Marge Winton (Marion Davies) is fed up with having to quit job after job to avoid the advances of lecherous bosses. When she goes to the employment agency, she is surprised to discover that she is too beautiful for one position. So she gives herself a makeover, hiding her blond curls under a dark, severe wig, putting on glasses, and wearing a drab, unflattering dress.
The Road Back, 1h37
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine, John Emery
Roles Angelina
Rating63% 3.193873.193873.193873.193873.19387
The despair and disillusionment of four men who return to civilian life in Germany after the First World War.
Colleen
Colleen (1936)
, 1h29
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda
Roles Alicia Ames
Rating59% 2.952112.952112.952112.952112.95211
Colleen is the manager of a dress shop named "The Ames Company", owned by Donald Ames. They try to keep Uncle Cedric from working, because he'll ruin the company. Troubles start when he hires schemer Joe as his personal assistant. He later also hires Minnie, a woman who has a great passion for fashion. When he buys the dress shop for Minnie where Colleen works as a bookkeeper, a scandal is soon followed. Donald decides to shut the shop, but is stopped because of his infatuation towards Colleen. It is Colleen who eventually makes a profit out of the things that happened. Meanwhile, a man named Cedric tries to adopt Minnie. Minnie refuses and thereby causes a scandal. This angers Alicia, but the press can't get enough of it. Donald loses Colleen's affection and thus is sued by Joe.
The Widow from Monte Carlo, 1h
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dolores del Río, Warren William, Louise Fazenda, Colin Clive, Herbert Mundin, Olin Howland
Roles Rose Torrent
Rating59% 2.9577952.9577952.9577952.9577952.957795
En vacances à Margate, une veuve est victime de chantage par une parvenue, mais elle est aidée par un homme qu'elle aime et qu'elle finit par épouser à la place de son fiancé un peu effacé.
Broadway Gondolier, 1h39
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Louise Fazenda, William Gargan, George Barbier
Roles Mrs. Flagenheim
Rating63% 3.1913253.1913253.1913253.1913253.191325
A taxi driver (Dick Powell) secretly works to achieve his dream of becoming a radio singer. One day he gives a radio station secretary a lift. She prattles on about a sponsor's new contest. The sponsor, a prominent cheese company, is looking for a singing gondolier to participate in their newest campaign.
The Casino Murder Case, 1h22
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy
Roles Becky
Rating61% 3.0510253.0510253.0510253.0510253.051025
Gentleman detective Philo Vance (Paul Lukas) begins an investigation when he receives an anonymous letter stating that society man Lynn Llewellyn (Donald Cook) will be in danger when he appears at the casino owned by his uncle, Kinkaid (Arthur Byron). Vance visits the Llewellyn estate, which is run by Mrs. Priscilla Kinkaid-Llewellyn (Alison Skipworth), the matriarch of the household, and stumbles into one of the family's many quarrels. At the end of the bitter quarrel, which involves Mrs. Llewellyn's son Lynn and his wife Virginia (Louise Henry), Virginia announces that she has decided to leave the house and go to Chicago. During the tiff, Vance and Doris (Rosalind Russell), Mrs. Llewellyn's secretary, are introduced to each other and Doris immediately takes a liking to Vance.