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Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classic Hollywood films . Farrell's career spanned more than 50 years, and she appeared in numerous Broadway plays, films and television series.
Glenda Farrell began as the archetypal wisecracking blonde in 1930s gangland films like Little Caesar (1931) and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932). Diminutive, grey-eyed and undeniably sassy, she was a seasoned performer long before Warner Brothers snapped her up as a contract player in 1929.
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May 2, 1971 · Glenda Farrell, who appeared in 122 movies, as well as in many plays on stage and tele vision, died yesterday in her home at 480 Park Avenue. She was 66 years old and was the wife of Dr. Henry...
Sep 10, 2013 · No matter how you do the math, Miss Glenda Farrell of San Diego would have still been a teenager when she made the third honor roll in Motion Picture Magazine’s “Fame and Fortune Contest,” an honor that got her picture inside their April 1919 issue along with this brief biography:
Jan 29, 2015 · Unlike a “movie star,” who is a performer essentially presenting variations on his or her own persona, Glenda was an “actor,” a person who alters and transforms his or her persona into those of a variety of different characters.
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933).
Glenda Farrell was an American actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays.
