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Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler; September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies.
Merna Kennedy was a silent screen actress who starred in The Circus (1928) and other films. She married Busby Berkeley and died in 1944 at age 36.
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- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 7, 2017 · Of all these Merna Kennedy (Merna Kahler, 1909-1944) fared best by some measures, squeezing in over two dozen films over her short life and career. Kennedy was all of 20 when cast in The Circus (1928) — rather long in the tooth for a Chaplin love interest!
Mar 28, 2016 · Merna Kennedy was an unknown dancer and actress when she emerged alongside Charlie Chaplin in THE CIRCUS, the peak to a short movie career. This Merna Kennedy biography covers her background, her films, and her premature death.
Merna Kennedy was a silent screen actress who starred in The Circus (1928) and other films. She married and divorced Busby Berkeley, and died in 1944 at age 36.
- September 7, 1908
- December 20, 1944
Jan 29, 2022 · Merna Kennedy was not the only person born in Kankakee to achieve acting success in Hollywood. There were at least two others. Who where they? Answer: Fred MacMurray, whose vaudevillian parents...
Nov 14, 2022 · Merna Kennedy was a child actress who starred in Chaplin's 1928 silent film "The Circus" after meeting him at a soda fountain. She later appeared in other movies and had a brief marriage to a Hollywood producer.