Glenda Farrell

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Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

Farrell appeared in more than 100 films and television series, as well as several Broadway plays in a career spanning more than 50 years.

On February 8, 1960, she was a guest on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and she received an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her appearance in the television series Ben Casey in 1963.

Early life

Farrell was born in Enid, Oklahoma. Charles Farrell, her father, was an Irish and Cherokee descendent. Wilhelmina "Minnie," a German descendant of Farrell, was the driving force behind her daughter's theatre career. Dick and Gene Farrell were two brothers, and Farrell had two brothers. Farrell's family immigrated to Wichita, Kansas, where she first appeared on stage with a theatre company at the age of seven, playing the role of Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Farrell's mother had never wished to be an actress, but she was encouraged and encouraged her daughter's acting aspirations. A teenage Farrell joined the Virginia Brissac Stock Company when she and her family moved to San Diego, California. Farrell was chosen third in Motion Picture Magazine's "Fame and Fortune Competition" for the third time. In the magazine's April 1919 issue, Farrell had some involvement in the chorus, vaudeville, and camp entertainments. At the Mount Carmel Catholic Academy, Farrell received a formal education.

Personal life

Farrell was recruited to perform a dance routine at a Navy benefit ball in San Diego in 1920. Thomas Richards, her first husband, was born in the city. They were married from 1921 to 1929. Tommy Farrell, their son, was born in 1921. In 1931, Farrell proposed to Jack Durant of the comedy duo "Mitchell and Durant," but never married him. She then dated screenwriter Robert Riskin and actor Jack Randall.

Farrell married Dr. Henry Ross, a Major and Army flight surgeon, in 1941. After Farrell strained her ankle and Ross treated her backstage, the couple met during a performance of the play Separate Rooms. Ross, a staff surgeon at Polyclinic Hospital and West Point, graduated from New York's Polyclinic Hospital and West Point, who later served as chief of the public health section for General Eisenhower's staff. Farrell and Ross were married until her death 30 years later. Farrell was a devout Catholic throughout her life.

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Career

Farrell appeared in The Spider in 1928 and made her film debut in Lucky Boy in a minor role. Farrell migrated to New York City in 1929, where she succeeded Erin O'Brien-Moore as Marion Hardy in Aurania Rouverol's play Skidding. The play developed into the Andy Hardy film version later. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle announced that she had appeared in the role 355 times by April 1929. With George Brent, Alice Brady, and Clark Gable, Farrell appeared in many other plays, including Divided Honors, Recapture, and Love, Honor, and Betray.

Farrell appeared in Harry Fox's comedy short film Lucky Break, and Film Daily reported that she was cast as the female lead in director Mervyn LeRoy's film Little Caesar in 1930. Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. co-starred Farrell's first major film role in the film, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. appeared in it. After that, she returned to Broadway and appeared in On the Spot at the Forrest Theater. Farrell admitted that motion pictures paid handsome salaries at the time, but that the theatre was the foundation of the actor's career. She appeared in many other productions.

Farrell appeared in Life Begins, a hit Broadway drama set entirely in a hospital's maternity ward. Farrell's appearance as Florette Darien, the professionally driven chorus girl, received rave reviews and accolades. Later this year, Farrell was asked to reprise his role in Warner Bros.' Life Begins film adaptation. She was also granted a seven-year deal with the Warner Bros. film studio. Farrell did not return to the stage until 1939.

In her first five years with Warner Bros., Farrell appeared in over 30 films, often on three films at the same time and converting from one role to another. She co-starred in Academy Award nominated film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) with Paul Muni and Lady for a Day (1933) by Frank Capra. Girl Missing (1933), Little Big Shot (1935), Go to Your Dance (1935), and Nobody's Fool (1936) appeared in films such as Girl Missing (1936).

Farrell was close friends with fellow Warner Bros. actor and frequent co-star Joan Blondell. They appeared together in a series of five Warner Bros. films in the early 1930s: Havana Widows (1933), Kansas City Princess (1934), We're in the Money (1935), and Miss Pacific Fleet (1935). In a total of nine films, Farrell and Blondell appeared together.

Farrell first appeared in 1937 as Torchy Blane, a fast-talking, cracking newspaper reporter. Warner Bros. had begun to produce a film adaptation of Frederick Nebel's "MacBride and Kennedy" tales. Kennedy is portrayed by Blane in the film version and is in love with MacBride's characters. Director Frank MacDonald knew who he wanted for Torchy right away. In The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Farrell had already demonstrated that she could be hard-boiled reporters. Hi, Nellie! (1934) and was soon cast in the first film Smart Blonde (1937), with Barton MacLane playing detective Steve McBride.

Smart Blonde was a surprise hit and became a hit second feature with moviegoers. Farrell appeared in seven films opposite MacLane between 1937 and 1939. Farrell's fame was brought to a new degree by the Torchy series. She was adored by the filmgoers and received a lot of fan mail for the movie. In her 1969 Time interview, Farrell based her Torchy portrayal on true-life female journalists of the time, saying, "I wanted to create a human being not a cliche comedian." On visits to New York City, I met those [newswomen] who visited Hollywood and watched them work. They were generally young, smart, refined, and pretty. "I tried to make Torchy come true to life by making it come true," I tried to make a person that was otherwise unrecognizable in films.

Farrell appeared in several other films, including Dance Charlie Dance (1937), Exposed (1938) and Prison Break (1938), along with starring in the Torchy Blane series. She appeared on the radio show Vanity and Playhouse in 1937 and in Manhattan Latin with Humphrey Bogart in 1938.

Farrell was elected to a one-year term as the honorary mayor of North Hollywood in 1937, defeating her rival Bing Crosby and Lewis Stone by a three-to-one margin. Despite the fact that it was launched as a Warner Bros. publicity stunt, Farrell took the job seriously, attending functions, lectures, and ceremonies. When the North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that it wanted sewers along Ventura Highway, she was also in charge. For the project, the groundwork was started.

Farrell left Warner Bros. when her deal came to an end in 1939. Several factors contributed to her decision, including the feeling that Warner Bros. was typecasting her as a newspaper journalist, a salary increase reneged by Jack Warner, and a desire to return to the theatre. In 1952, Farrell told syndicated columnist Bob Thomas, "Working in a play has something more satisfying." You get the immediate feedback from the audience, and you conclude that your performance is your own. If you're looking for control of what you're doing in photographs, you get ill because you have no control over what you're doing."

Farrell appeared in the lead role in the 1939 play Anna Christie at the Westport Country Playhouse, as well as a S. N. Behrman's play Brief Moments in summer. Lyle Talbot and Alan Dinehart appeared in the long-running play Separate Rooms at Broadway's Plymouth Theater for a lucrative 613 performances between 1940 and 1941. She appeared in The Overtons and Home is the Hero by Walter Macken in 1945, and 1954.

Farrell returned to motion pictures in 1941, as the protagonist in Mervyn LeRoy's film noir, Johnny Eager. Farrell continued to appear in numerous films throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 60s, including the Academy Award-nominated film The Talk of the Town (1942), A Night for Film (1943), the Western Apache War Smoke (1952) and the crime drama Girls in the Night (1953). She appeared in the 1959 film revival of the Broadway play Middle of the Night, starring Fredric March and Kim Novak. Farrell co-starred with her son Tommy Farrell in two comedy films in 1964: Kissin' Cousins with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis in The Disorderly Orderly.

Farrell made her television debut in 1949 in the anthology series The Chevrolet Teletheratre. She appeared in more than 40 television series between 1950 and 1969, including Kraft Theatre and Studio One in Hollywood, The United States Steel Hour, Bonanza, and Bewitched. In the two-part series "A Cardinal Act of Mercy," Farrell guest starred as Martha Morrison in ABC medical drama series Ben Casey as Martha Morrison. She was given the Primetime Emmy Award for her contribution to a supporting role by an actress.

Farrell was briefly resigned in 1968 but he soon returned to acting. Forty Carats, Farrell's last act in her long career, was her final work. She was appearing at the Morosco Theatre in Forty Carats until ill health had forced her to leave the scene a few months later. Farrell was eventually diagnosed with lung cancer.

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