Wanda Hawley
| Wanda Hawley | |
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 Wanda Hawley, 1920 |
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| Born | Selma Wanda Pittack 30 July 1895 Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | 18 March 1963 Los Angeles, USA |
| Other names | Wanda Petit |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Allen Burton Hawley (divorced) |
Wanda Hawley (a.k.a. Wanda Petit), (July 30, 1895 – March 18, 1963) was a veteran of the silent screen films era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the U.S. and Canada as a singer. She co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922's The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B. DeMille and director Sam Wood's films.
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[edit] Life and career
Hawley was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but together with her family moved to Seattle, Washington, when she was a child. She received her education in Seattle.
Hawley made her screen debut with the Fox Film Corporation and after playing with them for eight months joined time Famous Players-Lasky and appeared as leading lady for Douglas Fairbanks, in Mr. Fix-It (1918)
She had also appeared opposite William S. Hart, Charlie Ray, Bryant Washburn, Wally Reid and others. She was five feet three inches high, weighed a hundred and ten pounds, and had blond hair and greyish blue eyes. She was an able sportswoman.[1]
With the advent of sound, Hawley's career ended, and she reportedly was working as a call girl in San Francisco by the early 1930s. She is interred in the Abbey of Psalms in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Mr. Fix-It (1918)
- We Can't Have Everything (1918)
- Old Wives for New (1918)
- For Better, for Worse (1919)
- You're Fired (1919)
- The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
- Thirty Days (1922)
- Fires of Fate (1923)
- Bread (1924)
- Smouldering Fires (1925)
- Wizard of Oz (1925)
- The Midnight Message (1926)
- Pirates of the Sky (1927)
- The Eyes of the Totem (1927)
- Trails of the Golden West (1931)
[edit] Further reading
- Michael G. Ankerich (2010). Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen. BearManor. ISBN 1-5939-3605-2.
[edit] References
- ^ Charles Donald Fox & Milton L. Silver (1920). "Wanda Hawley". Who's Who on the Screen. New York City: Ross Publishing. http://silentladies.com/BHawleyW.html. (Note: Not currently in copyright)
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