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Sally O'Neil is a Actor American born on 23 october 1908 at Bayonne (USA)

Sally O'Neil

Sally O'Neil
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Birth name Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan
Nationality USA
Birth 23 october 1908 at Bayonne (USA)
Death 18 june 1968 (at 59 years) at Galesburg (USA)

Sally O'Neil (October 23, 1908 – June 18, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s. She was born as Virginia Louise Noonan, one of 11 children born to a judge in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of her sisters was actress Molly O'Day.

Convent-educated, she started her career in vaudeville, billed as "Chotsie Noonan". Known for her petite and curly brown hair. She was paired along with Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford in the MGM film Sally, Irene and Mary (1925), directed by Edmund Goulding, which brought her instant, but short-lived, fame.

She was paired with Crawford again as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1926. Her fame began to subside after "talkies" replaced silents; she also had a problem with stage fright which didn't help either. By the late 1930s, her film career was over, but she continued on stage and toured with the USO until the 1950s.

She died of pneumonia in Galesburg, Illinois, aged 59, in 1968.

Biography

Sally O'Neil (pseudonyme) débute au cinéma dans quatre films muets (dont deux courts métrages) sortis en 1925 ; l'un d'eux est Poupées de théâtre d'Edmund Goulding, avec Constance Bennett et Joan Crawford (cette dernière et elle-même figurent au nombre des treize jeunes actrices recevant le WAMPAS Baby Stars de l'année 1926).

Jusqu'en 1937, Sally O'Neil contribue en tout à quarante-cinq films (américains, sauf le dernier, irlando-britannique), majoritairement muets. Parmi eux, mentionnons aussi Le Dernier Round de (et avec) Buster Keaton (1926), Hold Everything de Roy Del Ruth (1930, avec Joe E. Brown et Winnie Lightner), ainsi que The Brat de John Ford (1931, avec Alan Dinehart et Frank Albertson).

Après son retrait de l'écran, elle joue encore au théâtre, apparaissant à Broadway (New York) dans deux pièces, en 1939-1940.

Sally O'Neil est la sœur de Molly O'Day (1911-1998), également actrice.

Elle meurt en 1968, dans sa soixantième année, de complications résultant d'une pneumonie.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(3 films)
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
(3 films)
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sally O'Neil (32 films)

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Actress

Kathleen Mavourneen, 1h15
Directed by Norman Lee
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Sally O'Neil, Tom Burke, Sara Allgood, Jeanne Stuart, Ethel Griffies, Fred Duprez
Roles Kathleen O'Moore
Rating47% 2.3824152.3824152.3824152.3824152.382415
Kathleen O'Moore returns home to rural Ireland, and finds she has rivals for her affections in the shape of poor boy Michael Rooney (Tom Burke) and wealthy squire Dennis O'Dwyer (Jack Daly). The two rivals in love team up to rescue Kathleen from her unpleasant aunt (Ethel Gryffies), who has arranged a loveless but profitable marriage for the girl.
Convention Girl, 1h6
Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Rose Hobart, Shemp Howard, Herbert Rawlinson, Sally O'Neil, Nancy Kelly, Nell O'Day
Roles Gracie, Call Girl
Rating55% 2.7610852.7610852.7610852.7610852.761085
The Moth
The Moth (1934)
, 1h4
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sally O'Neil, Wilfred Lucas, Paul Page, Fred Kelsey, Duncan Renaldo
Roles Diana Wyman
Rating50% 2.5266352.5266352.5266352.5266352.526635
The Brat
The Brat (1931)
, 1h21
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Frank Albertson, William Collier Sr, William Collier Sr., Virginia Cherrill
Roles The Brat
Rating61% 3.08793.08793.08793.08793.0879
Durant une rafle, The Brat, une jeune fille de dix-sept ans, est arrêtée pour avoir volé de la nourriture. Condamnée, elle est libérée grâce à l'écrivain MacMillan Forester, qui verse une caution et obtient sa garde. Il l'emmène dans sa propriété de Long Island...
Murder by the Clock
Directed by Edward Sloman
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Irving Pichel, Lilyan Tashman, Regis Toomey, Sally O'Neil, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail
Roles Jane, a Maid
Rating60% 3.048543.048543.048543.048543.04854
When a wealthy woman dies, she is buried with a loud horn in her crypt due to her fear of premature burial. Before her will can be read, her heirs start to die mysteriously.
Salvation Nell
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ralph Graves, Helen Chandler, Sally O'Neil, Jason Robards Sr., DeWitt Jennings, Charlotte Walker
Roles Myrtle
Rating64% 3.2332953.2332953.2332953.2332953.233295
Young Nell (Chandler) loses her job and home and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out of prison, bent on continuing his life of crime.
Hold Everything, 1h14
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Musical films
Actors Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Sally O'Neil, Edmund Breese, Bert Roach, Dorothy Revier
Roles Sue Burke
Rating69% 3.4619553.4619553.4619553.4619553.461955
Brown plays Gink Schiner, a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (played by Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he needs to be concentrating all of his energies on the upcoming bout, Georges keeps getting distracted: Norine Lloyd, a society dame, has a distinct interest in him, but the interest is strictly one-sided. Georges prefers Sue, an old buddy and confidante. Gink has woman trouble of his own, as his flirtations do not sit at all well with Toots (played by Winnie Lightner), his erstwhile girlfriend. More trouble arrives when Larkin, manager of current heavyweight champ Bob Morgan, appears at the camp with the goal of fixing the fight. He is sent packing, after which he attempts to slip a Mickey Finn to the challenger—a plan which goes awry when Gink switches the drinks. Meanwhile, Gink, who is fighting in a preliminary in advance of the big fight, actually wins. Things don't look so bright for Georges, who initially gets the worst of it in his encounter with Morgan, but who eventually comes out on top.
Girl of the Port, 1h5
Directed by Bert Glennon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sally O'Neil, Mitchell Lewis, John Webb Dillon, Donald MacKenzie, Crauford Kent, Frank Lackteen
Roles Josie
Rating58% 2.913872.913872.913872.913872.91387
Jim, a British Lord, suffers from pyrophobia, a fear of fire, which he developed during the war. Unable to cope with his condition, he flees civilization, coming to rest in the island paradise of Suva, in Fiji. As he is attempting to drink himself into forgetfulness, he meets Josie, who is a showgirl stranded on the island. Josie had become friends with Kalita, who talked the owner of the bar into giving Josie a job. It is in the bar where Jim and Josie meet, and the two develop a liking for one another, which causes McEwen, the local heavy to become jealous.
Kathleen Mavourneen, 55minutes
Directed by Albert Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sally O'Neil, Robert Elliott, Charles Delaney, Aggie Herring, Robert Elliot, Francis Ford
Roles Kathleen O'Connor
Rating57% 2.8744252.8744252.8744252.8744252.874425
Kathleen, une jeune Irlandaise, arrive à New York pour se marier avec Terry, un plombier. Lors d'une soirée chez sa tante Nora, elle rencontre Dan Moriarity, un politicien qu'elle considère comme un gentleman. Il l'invite chez lui à Long Island, ce qui provoque la jalousie de Terry. Moriarity propose à Kathleen le mariage et informe Terry de ce fait. Toutefois, lors du mariage, un homme accuse les hommes de Moriarity de meurtre. Moriarity lui tire dans le dos devant Kathleen et dit à majordome de disposer du corps. Terrifiée, prenant juste le temps de rendre son alliance, Kathleen se rue hors de la pièce et se console dans les bras de Terry.
On With the Show!, 1h43
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Joe E. Brown, Betty Compson, Arthur Lake, Ethel Waters, Louise Fazenda, Sally O'Neil
Roles Kitty
Rating58% 2.9037852.9037852.9037852.9037852.903785
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. The cast includes William Bakewell as the head usher eager to get his sweetheart, box-office girl Sally O'Neil, noticed as a leading girl. Betty Compson plays the temperamental star and Arthur Lake the whiny young male lead. Louise Fazenda is the company's eccentric comedienne. Joe E. Brown plays the part of a mean comedian who constantly argues with Arthur Lake.
Show of Shows, 2h8
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Fay, Anthony Bushell, John Barrymore, William Courtenay, William Bakewell, Richard Barthelmess
Roles Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
Rating58% 2.903232.903232.903232.903232.90323
The Sophomore, 1h13
Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Neil, Sarah Padden, Spec O'Donnell, Jeanette Loff, Grady Sutton
Roles Margie Callahan
Rating57% 2.8838752.8838752.8838752.8838752.883875