Irene Franklin
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Irene Franklin was an American
actress of stage and screen, born 13 June 1876 in New York City
, New York
, USA and died 16 June 1941 in Englewood
, New Jersey
, USA, aged 65.
She began her stage career at the age of six months when she was carried on stage in Hearts of Oak
and her stage career went on from there. She appeared on Broadway
at age six in The Prodigal Father, which ran for five years. She toured Australia
in a vaudeville
team and later toured the world before going into films.
She outlived two husbands, Burton Green who died in 1922 and Jerry Jarnigan who died in 1934.
United States
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actress of stage and screen, born 13 June 1876 in New York City
New York City
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, New York
New York
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, USA and died 16 June 1941 in Englewood
Englewood
Englewood is a corruption of Dutch Engelse buurt, or "English neighborhood", which originally referred to Englewood, New Jersey's status as one of the few English-speaking settlements in Dutch-speaking New Netherland...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA, aged 65.
She began her stage career at the age of six months when she was carried on stage in Hearts of Oak
Hearts of Oak
Hearts of Oak may refer to:*"Hearts of Oak," part of a quotation spoken by Circe to Odysseus after his return from the underworld in the Odyssey*"Heart of Oak," the official march of the Royal Navy...
and her stage career went on from there. She appeared on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
at age six in The Prodigal Father, which ran for five years. She toured Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in a vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
team and later toured the world before going into films.
She outlived two husbands, Burton Green who died in 1922 and Jerry Jarnigan who died in 1934.
Partial filmography
- Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne (1929 short)
- Fast WorkersFast WorkersFast Workers, also known as Rivets, is a 1933 drama film starring John Gilbert and Robert Armstrong as construction workers and romantic rivals for the character played by Mae Clarke. The film was based on the unproduced play Rivets by John W...
(1933) - The Women in His LifeThe Women in His Life-Cast:* Otto Kruger as Kent 'Barry' Barringer* Una Merkel as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons* Ben Lyon as Roger McKane* Isabel Jewell as Catherine 'Cathy' Watson* Roscoe Karns as Lester* Irene Hervey as Doris Worthing* C. Henry Gordon as Tony Perez...
(1933) - The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
- Strictly Dynamite (1934)
- Lazy RiverLazy River (film)-Cast:* Jean Parker as Sarah Lescalle* Robert Young as William 'Bill' Drexel* Ted Healy as William 'Gabby' Stone* Nat Pendleton as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith* C. Henry Gordon as Sam Kee* Ruth Channing as Ruby Drexel* Maude Eburne as Miss Minnie Lescalle...
(1934) - Down to Their Last YachtDown to Their Last YachtDown to Their Last Yacht is a 1934 comedy adventure produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.-Cast:*Mary Boland - Queen Malakamokalu*Polly Moran - Nella Fitzgerald*Ned Sparks - Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts*Sidney Fox - Linda Colt-Stratton...
(1934) - Death Flies East (1935)
- Timothy's Quest (1936)
- The Garden of Allah (1936)
- Blazing Barriers (1937)
- Flirting With FateFlirting with Fate- Cast :*Douglas Fairbanks as Augy Holliday*W.E. Lawrence as Harry, Augy's Friend*Jewel Carmen as Gladys, the Girl*Dorothy Haydel as Phyllis, Her Chum*George Beranger as Automatic Joe*J.P. McCarty as The Detective...
(1938) - Fixer DuganFixer DuganFixer Dugan is a 1939 drama film starring Lee Tracy as a circus promoter who decides to help out an orphaned girl, played by Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Lew Landers and is based on the play What's a Fixer For? by H.C...
(1939)