Fritzi Brunette

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Fritzi Brunette (May 27, 1890, Savannah, Georgia – September 28, 1943, Hollywood, California) was an actress from Savannah, Georgia who acted in motion pictures for thirty years.

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[edit] Southern beauty in silent movies

Miss Brunette was educated in New York City. She is remembered for her performances beginning in silent films and continuing until 1939, including a part as a secretary in Honeymoon In Bali. In 1942 Miss Brunette had an uncredited role in You're Telling Me. She played opposite Jack Holt and Mitchell Lewis, among other actors of her era. Prior to making Forgiven or the Jack o' Diamonds for the Stellar Photoplay Company, she was affiliated with the RCA Victor Company. In the Selig Red Seal feature, Unto Those Who Sin (1916), Fritzi played a working girl of squalor, lured by wealth and luxury. In the end she discovers that material gain is not as valuable as the love of a pure man. Among the many movies in which she participated are The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919), While Satan Sleeps (1922), Bells of San Juan (1922), and Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925).

[edit] Personal life

Fritzi was the former wife of Louisville, Kentucky real estate operator John E. Kley. They resided at 712 North Mansfield Avenue in Los Angeles, California. She was also the third wife of William Robert Daly, a fairly prolific silent film actor and director. Mr. Daly, who died c. 1935, directed Miss Brunette in many films. The emotional actress possessed one of the most detailed wardrobes in the movie industry. She wore eighteen lovely gowns in Unto Those Who Sin.

Fritzi Brunette died after an extended illness at the Motion Picture Country Home at the age of 53 in 1943. Funeral services were conducted from Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel, 5959 Santa Monica Boulevard. Cremation followed.

[edit] Filmography

  • You're Telling Me (1942) (uncredited)
  • Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited) .... Bit part
  • Edison, the Man (1940) (uncredited)
  • $1000 a Touchdown (1939) (uncredited) .... McGlen Wife
  • Honeymoon in Bali (1939) .... Secretary
  • The Star Maker (1939) (uncredited)
  • Stagecoach (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit part
  • Persons in Hiding (1939) (uncredited) .... Automobile Passenger
  • Disbarred (1939) (uncredited) .... Maid
  • Wells Fargo (1937) (uncredited) .... Pioneer Woman
  • Souls at Sea (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  • Way Out West (1937) (uncredited) .... Audience at saloon
  • Maid of Salem (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  • San Francisco (1936) (uncredited)
  • This Is the Life (1935) (uncredited)
  • Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935) (uncredited) .... Dinner Guest [Ch. 1]
  • Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Saloon girl
  • Driftwood (1928) .... Lola
  • The Pace That Thrills (1925) .... Paula
  • Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925) .... Maggie Smith
  • Cause for Divorce (1923) .... Laura Parker
  • The Footlight Ranger (1923) .... Janet Ainslee
  • The Other Side (1922)
  • The Boss of Camp Four (1922) .... Iris Paxton
  • Bells of San Juan (1922) .... Dorothy Page
  • The Crusader (1922) .... Alice
  • While Satan Sleeps (1922) .... Salome Deming
  • Give Me My Son (1922)
  • The Man from Lost River (1921) .... Marcia
  • Sure Fire (1921) .... Elinor Parker
  • Discontented Wives (1921) .... Ruth Gaylord
  • A Wife's Awakening (1921) .... Florence Otis
  • The Butterfly Girl (1921) .... Lorna Lear
  • Tiger True (1921) .... Mary Dover
  • The Coast of Opportunity (1920) .... Janet Ashley
  • The Devil to Pay (1920) .... Dare Keeling
  • The House of Whispers (1920) .... Barbara Bradford
  • $30,000 (1920)
  • The Green Flame (1920) .... Ruth Gardner
  • Number 99 (1920) .... Cynthia Vivian
  • The Dream Cheater (1920) .... Pauline Mahon
  • Live Sparks (1920) .... Myrtle Pratt
  • The Lord Loves the Irish (1919) .... Sheila Lynch
  • The Woman Under Cover (1919) .... Alma Jordan
  • A Sporting Chance (1919/I) .... Gilberte Bonheur
  • Jacques of the Silver North (1919) .... Memory Baird
  • The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919) .... Alma
  • Whitewashed Walls (1919) .... Concha
  • The Sealed Envelope (1919) .... Lena
  • The Velvet Hand (1918) .... Gianna Russelli
  • Playthings (1918) .... Marjorie North
  • The Still Alarm (1918) .... Undetermined Role
  • The City of Purple Dreams (1918) .... Esther Strom
  • And a Still Small Voice (1918) .... Mary Singleton
  • The Railroaders (1918)
  • Who Shall Take My Life? (1917) .... Kate Taylor
  • The Golden Bullet (1917)
  • The Jaguar's Claws (1917) .... Beth Thomas
  • Beware of Strangers (1917) .... Bertha Gibson
  • Out of the Mist (1916)
  • The Reprisal (1916)
  • At Piney Ridge (1916) .... Cindy Lane
  • A Serpent in the House (1916)
  • Unto Those Who Sin (1916) .... Nadia
  • The Uncut Diamond (1916)
  • Virtue Triumphant (1916)
  • Diamonds Are Trumps (1916)
  • The Keeper of the Flock (1915)
  • When California Was Wild (1915)
  • The Tiger Slayer (1915)
  • The Price She Paid (1915)
  • 'Neath Calvary's Shadows (1915)
  • A Case of Beans (1915)
  • Her Wedding Night (1915)
  • A Skin Game (1915)
  • Goaded by Jealousy (1915)
  • Back of the Shadows (1915)
  • The Emigrant's Peril (1915)
  • The Greater Power (1915)
  • Forgiven; Or, The Jack of Diamonds (1914) .... Leone Diamond
  • The Militant (1914)
  • Admission -- Two Pins (1914)
  • Where the Hop Vine Twines (1913)
  • The Ring of Sorrow (1913)
  • For Old Love's Sake (1913)
  • The Winner (1913)
  • For the Sins of Another (1913) .... Violet Denton, Philip's Sister
  • Annie Laurie (1913) .... Annie Laurie
  • That Boy from Missouri (1913)
  • The Appeal (1913)
  • Sunny Smith (1913)
  • The Hypocrite (1913)
  • The Lie (1913)
  • The Grouch (1913)
  • The Professor's Dilemma (1912)
  • The Consequences (1912)
  • Foolishness of Oliver (1912)
  • It Happened Thus (1912) .... The Younger Daughter
  • Was Mabel Cured? (1912)
  • On the Danger Line (1912)
  • Two Women (1912) .... The Wife
  • As the Wind Blows (1912) .... The Summer Girl
  • Dora (1912) .... Mary
  • Her Life's Story (1912) .... Lucy Allen
  • Mates and Mis-Mates (1912) .... Mabel Wentworth
  • Babies Three (1912)
  • For the Good of All (1912) (as Miss Fritzie)
  • His Neighbor's Wife (1912) (as Miss Fritzie)
  • The Joy Ride (1912) (as Miss Fritzi)

[edit] References

  • Fort Wayne, Indiana Journal-Gazette, Jack O' Diamonds Best On The Card, Tuesday Morning, May 12, 1914, Page 13.
  • Lima, Ohio Times-Democrat, Fritzi Brunette Makes Debut Soon, Thursday Evening, March 2, 1916, Page 7.
  • The Los Angeles Times, Fritzi Brunette, September 30, 1943, Page A12.
  • The New York Times, Fritzi Brunette, September 30, 1943, Page 21.

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Persondata
NAME Brunette Fritzi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American movie actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Savannah, Georgia, USA
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1943
PLACE OF DEATH Hollywood, California, USA