Irene Franklin
Irene Franklin, from a 1908 publication.
Irene Franklin (13 June 1876 in New York City, New York – 16 June 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey), was an American actress of stage and screen, vaudeville comedian, and singer.
Biography
Franklin began her stage career at the age of six months when she was carried on stage in Hearts of Oak. 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.[1][2]
Partial filmography
- Fast Workers (1933)
- The Women in His Life (1933)
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
- Registered Nurse (1934)
- Finishing School (1934)
- Strictly Dynamite (1934)
- Lazy River (1934)
- Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
- The Affair of Susan (1935)
- Death Flies East (1935)
- Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
- Timothy's Quest (1936)
- The Garden of Allah (1936)
- Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)
- Blazing Barriers (1937)
- Flirting with Fate (1938)
- Fixer Dugan (1939)
References
- ↑ "Irene Franklins' Husband, "Burt Green", Dies In Night". The Youngstown Daily Vindicator. November 18, 1922. p. 8. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Actress Irene Franklin Dies In Theatrical Home". The Miami News. June 16, 1941. p. 3B. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- Film Star Who's Who on the Screen 1938
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- Irene Franklin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Irene Franklin portraits (New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
- Portrait gallery (University of Washington, Sayre collection)
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