Which famous people have you outlived?

Molly Malone

American actress of the silent film era

Died when: 63 years 69 days (758 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Molly Malone

Violet Elizabeth Malone (stage name Molly Malone) (December 7, 1888 – February 14, 1952) was an American actress of the silent film era.She appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1929.

Her father, Lewis Malone, was a metallurgist for mining companies.Her mother was Violet St.John, born in Nebraska to immigrant parents from England.

She started her movie career at the relatively late age of 29 but soon caught the eye of comedic actor and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle who cast her in a number of his shorts including Back Stage and The Garage plus his feature film The Round-Up.

She also appeared in films directed by John Ford and Clarence Badger.Her last film was the Universal-Stern silent comedy short The Newlyweds' Pest in 1929.


Related People

Edna Purviance
American actress of the silent film era
Phyllis Haver
American actress of the silent film era
Ethel Clayton
American actress of the silent film era
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License