Louise Fazenda, ca. 1934
- TitleLouise Fazenda research compiled by Edwin Arthur Miles, 1918 - 1979 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)1918 - 1979 (inclusive)
- Related names
- Description
1 folder(s) of papers
Vertical file
- Summary
There are primarily photocopies of research materials, including Fazenda's birth and death certificates, collected by Miles, an author and historian, for Fazenda's entry in the "Dictionary of American Biography."
- BiographyEdwin Miles served as a professor and head of the History Department at the University of Houston.
- Louise Fazenda was an American actress active from 1913 to 1939. She began her career in the silent era acting in comedic shorts, including many for Mack Sennett. She successfully adapted to sound and appeared as a supporting player in numerous Warner Bros. pictures, her final credit being THE OLD MAID. She was married to Hal Wallis, a producer at Warner Bros., from 1927 until her death in 1962.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of Edwin A. Miles, 1986
- Preferred citationLouise Fazenda research compiled by Edwin Arthur Miles, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 708
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- Moving Image Items
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