Dagmar Dahlgren was a dancer, singer and motion picture actress of the silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era from Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. She had a brief career in motion pictures from 1920-1922.

Biography

Dahlgren was a dance pupil of Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan was a dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. In the United States she was popular only in New York, and only later in her life...

. In 1920, Dahlgren became the eighth wife of Norman Selby, known in boxing as Kid McCoy

Kid McCoy

Charles "Kid" McCoy, who was born Norman Selby was an American world champion boxer.-Overview:Born in Moscow, Rush County, Indiana, McCoy would eventually weigh 160 pounds, stand 5' 11", and go on to a record 81 wins...

. Dahlgren and McCoy lived together for only three days. In 1924, McCoy was charged with first degree murder for the killing of Teresa Mora, a wealthy woman who was found dead with a picture of McCoy in her hand. McCoy, who received a package of jewelry from Mora prior to her death, contended Mora committed suicide. Dahlgren disputed one of McCoy's alibis during his trial for murder in Los Angeles. She denied to her attorney that she had seen him in the two years prior to Mora's death. A jury sentenced McCoy on a compromise verdict of manslaughter

Manslaughter

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Dahlgren was married at least three more times. In chronological order she wed actor Victor Rodman (1892–1965), her vaudeville

Vaudeville

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 partner Alek Kipper, and Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

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 dance teacher Herbert S. Calvert. She married Calvert in May 1935 after accusing him of trying to smother her with a pillow in April of the same year.

Filmography

• The Man Haters (1922)
• Late Hours (1921)
• The Chink (1921)
• Stop Kidding (1921)
• A Straight Crook (1921)
• Hurry West (1921)
• Hobgoblins (1921)
• The Love Lesson (1921)
• Running Wild (1921)
• Prince Pistachio (1921)
• Oh, Promise Me (1921)
• Pinning It On (1921)
• The Burglars Bold (1921)
• Sleepy Head (1920)
• Greek Meets Greek (1920)
• Queens Up! (1920)
• Mamma's Boy (1920)

Other sources

• Coshocton, Ohio
  Coshocton, Ohio
  Coshocton is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population of the city was 11,682 at the 2000 census. The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet in Coshocton to form the Muskingum River....
  
   Tribune, Alienists Say McCoy Is Sane, August 20, 1924, Page 4.
• Dunkirk, New York Evening Observer, McCoy Had A Way With Women, December 4, 1924, Page 13.
• Helena Independent, Fight Knockouts Did Not Defeat McCoy-Tackles Old Foe Again, Wednesday, August 4, 1937, Page 10.
• Lincoln State Journal, Spoils Kid McCoy's Alibi, August 30, 1924, Page 2.
• Los Angeles Times
  Los Angeles Times
  The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
  
  , Woman Asserts Betrothed Tried To Smother Her, April 24, 1935, Page A1.
• Oakland Tribune, Eighth Wife of Kid McCoy Remarries, May 20, 1935, Page 3.

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