Mona Barrie
Mona Barrie | |
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| File:Mona Barrie.jpg Mona Barrie, 1938 | |
| Born | Mona Barlee Smith 18 December 1909 London, England |
| Died | 27 June 1964 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1932-1953 |
| Spouse |
Paul Macklin Bolton
(m. 1938–1964) |
Mona Barrie (18 December 1909 – 27 June 1964) was an English actress in American theatre and films.
Career
Born Mona Barlee Smith in London, she was educated in Australia and made her professional debut as a ballet dancer in Sydney at the age of sixteen. This led to a solo act in musical comedies. In 1933 she emigrated to New York, was given a test for films and this led to signing with Fox Film Corporation and making her film debut in the 1934 film Sleepers East using the stage name Mona Barrie.[1] While her lack of a glamorous beauty resulted in her generally being cast in important but secondary roles, during a film career spanning almost twenty years she appeared in more than fifty films. For her contribution to the industry, Mona Barrie has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6140 Hollywood Blvd.
Barrie co-starred in 1942's Dawn on the Great Divide, the last film Buck Jones made before he died in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts.
A stage actress as well, Mona Barrie performed at various playhouses across the U.S. and debuted on Broadway in 1937.
Personal life
From 1938 until her death she was married to Canadian Paul Macklin Bolton. Mona Barrie died in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. She and her husband are buried together[2] in the Knox United Church Cemetery in Agincourt, Toronto.
Partial filmography
- Sleepers East (1933)
- Charlie Chan in London (1934)
- One Night of Love (1934)
- Carolina (1934)
- The House of Connelly (1934)
- All Men are Sinners (1934)
- I'll Fix It (1934)
- Such Women are Dangerous (1934)
- Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
- Mystery Woman (1935)
- Storm Over the Andes (1935)
- Ladies Love Danger (1935)
- The Melody Lingers On (1935)
- King of Burlesque (1936)
- Love on the Run (1936)
- A Message to Garcia (1936)
- Here Comes Trouble (1936)
- I Met Him in Paris (1937)
- Mountain Justice (1937)
- Something to Sing About (1937)
- Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
- Say It in French (1938)
- Men Are Such Fools (1938)
- Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
- Lady with Red Hair (1940)
- Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1940)
- I Take This Woman (1940)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
- Skylark (1941)
- When Ladies Meet (1941)
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
- Murder Among Friends (1941)
- Cairo (1942)
- Today I Hang (1942)
- Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
- A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
- The Strange Case of Dr. X (1942)
- Road to Happiness (1942)
- Syncopation (1942)
- One Dangerous Night (1943)
- Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
- The Devil's Mask (1946)
- Just Before Dawn (1946)
- Cass Timberlane (1947)
- Secret of the Whistler (1947)
- I Cover the Big Town (1947)
- When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
- My Dog Rusty (1948)
- The First Time (1952)
- Strange Fascination (1952)
- Plunder of the Sun (1953)
References
- ^ "Fox's Newest Actress Set .Mona Barrie Handed Her First Role..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 18 October 1933. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Hollywood Star Walk - Mona Barrie". Los Angeles Times. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
External links
- Mona Barrie at IMDb
- Mona Barrie at AllMovie
- Mona Barrie at the Internet Broadway Database
- Photographs of Mona Barrie
- Mona Barrie at Find a Grave
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