Kay Deslys
Encyclopedia
Kay Deslys was a British
comedy actress in American
films from the 1920s.
Born as Kathleen Herbert in London
, one of her earliest roles was in Charlie Chaplin
's celebrated feature The Gold Rush
; she later appeared in several comedies at the Hal Roach Studios, including several early Laurel and Hardy
comedies. During the 1930s and 1940s, she played mainly bit and extra roles in feature films before retiring in the early 1950s.
United Kingdom
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comedy actress in American
United States
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films from the 1920s.
Born as Kathleen Herbert in London
London
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, one of her earliest roles was in Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
's celebrated feature The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite....
; she later appeared in several comedies at the Hal Roach Studios, including several early Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
comedies. During the 1930s and 1940s, she played mainly bit and extra roles in feature films before retiring in the early 1950s.
Laurel and Hardy Films
- Their Purple MomentTheir Purple MomentTheir Purple Moment is a 1928 short comedy silent film starring Laurel and Hardy....
(1928) - Should Married Men Go Home?Should Married Men Go Home?Should Married Men Go Home? is a silent two-reel comedy produced by the Hal Roach Studios and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was filmed in March and May 1928, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 8 of that year...
(1928) - We Faw DownWe Faw DownWe Faw Down is a 1928 two-reel silent comedy starring Laurel and Hardy and directed by Leo McCarey. It was shot in August and September 1928, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 29 of that year, with synchronized music and sound effects in theaters wired for sound.The plot line was...
(1928) - Perfect Day Perfect Day (1929 film)-Synopsis:The story involves the difficulties Laurel and Hardy, their wives, and their Uncle Edgar have in trying to go out for a picnic on a Sunday.-Background and production:...
(1929) - Below Zero (1930)
- Fra Diavolo Fra Diavolo (1933 film)The Devil's Brother or Bogus Bandits or Fra Diavolo is a 1933 comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on Daniel Auber's operetta Fra Diavolo about the Italian bandit Fra Diavolo.-Plot:...
(1933)
Other appearances
- The Gold RushThe Gold RushThe Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite....
(with Chaplin) (1925) - The Johnstown FloodThe Johnstown Flood (1926 film)The Johnstown Flood is an American silent epic film drama directed by Irving Cummings. The film stars George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert and Janet Gaynor. This is a surviving film with a print held at George Eastman House, Rochester.-Cast:...
(1926) - The Red MillThe Red Mill (film)The Red Mill is a 1927 comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle and written by Frances Marion. The film never had a VHS release, though it aired on the network channel Turner Classic MoviesTCM on January 3, 2008, which was the birthday of leading role actress Marion Davies...
(1927) - Fluttering HeartsFluttering HeartsFluttering Hearts is a 1927 film featuring Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, and Eugene Pallette.-Cast:* Charley Chase - Charley* Martha Sleeper - Daughter* Oliver Hardy - Big Bill* William Burress - Father* Eugene Pallette - Motorcycle Cop...
(1927) - The Big StoreThe Big StoreThe Big Store is a Marx Brothers comedy film in which Groucho, Chico and Harpo work to save the Phelps Department Store, owned by Martha Phelps . Groucho plays her detective and bodyguard Wolf J...
(with The Marx Brothers) (1941) - Never Give a Sucker an Even BreakNever Give a Sucker an Even BreakNever Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 Universal Pictures comedy film starring W.C. Fields. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym "Otis Criblecoblis". Fields plays himself, searching for a chance to promote a surreal screenplay he has written, whose several framed sequences...
(with W.C. Fields) (1941) - Reunion in FranceReunion in FranceReunion in France is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Phillip Dorn, and John Wayne in a story about a woman who, suspecting her well-heeled lover has Nazi connections, aids a downed American flyer. The screenplay by Jan Lustig, Marvin Borowsky and Marc Connelly was based...
(1942)