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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.
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 · Glenda Farrell was kept as busy as any of the Warner contract players, appearing in five films in 1932, including Mervyn Leroy’s I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang; eleven in 1933 beginning with that important turn as proto-Torchy girl reporter in Mystery of the Wax Museum and her appearance on loan to Columbia for Frank Capra’s ...
Jan 29, 2015 · But the heart of this discussion is Glenda Farrell, subject of Scott's latest from Midnight Marquee Press, Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hardboiled Dame. Scott reveals an actress as versatile as, well, as versatile as Scott is!
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 was born on June 30, 1901, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Charles and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Farrell. Her father was of Irish and Cherokee descent and worked as a trader of dogs and horses. Her mother was of French and German descent and aspired to be an actress.
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).
One of the hardest-working and best-liked stars at Warner Bros. during the 1930s, Glenda Farrell embodied the brassy blonde character of the early talkies. Like her good friend and frequent costar Joan Blondell, Farrell was a hard-boiled, wise-cracking type who usually played chorines,...
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.
