Roxana McGowan
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Roxana McGowan (March 15, 1897 - November 22, 1976) was an actress in Mack Sennett comedies in the silent film era. Her screen career was brief, lasting from 1917- 1919. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
[edit] Movie comic
Her Screen Idol (1918) stars Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda. McGowan has fourth billing as A Society Daughter. The comedy is somewhat different than others released previously by Sennett. The motion picture satirizes the matinee idol, the character played by Sterling. He depicts an individual with small vanities who covets adulation.[1]
Among McGowan's more than twenty motion picture credits are Villa of the Movies (1917), The Summer Girls (1918), Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918), She Loved Him Plenty (1918), and When Love Is Blind (1919). The latter is an uncredited role.
[edit] Marriages and family
McGowan's parents were Major and Mrs. L. McGowan. They resided at 2917 Holly Ridge Drive in Los Angeles, California.[2]
McGowan was married to actor and director Al Ray. In 1931 she wed John M. Stahl, a noted film director. She had two children by her first marriage. Their names were Albert and Roxana. In November 1931 their ages were 9 and 6, respectively.[2] McGowan and Stahl first met at the Tiffany (movie studio). Stahl was a former director at Metro Goldwyn Mayer and had been a production organizer when the company was known as Tiffany-Stahl Productions.[3]
In 1949 McGowan resided in San Francisco, California. She was a guest of her granddaughter, Roxana Ray Stahl, when Stahl wed Daniel Steen Fletcher, Jr., in August 1949. The marriage ceremony was conducted at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California. The wedding reception was held in Bel Air, California at the home of John Malcolm Stahl.[4]
Roxana McGowan died in Santa Monica, California in 1976, of chronic arteriosclerosis.
[edit] References
- ^ Ford Sterling In New Sennett Film, Ogden, Utah Examiner, July 7, 1918, Page 10
- ^ a b Film Couple Combine Trip With Honeymoon, Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1931, Page A6.
- ^ Director To Wed Former Actress, Los Angeles Times, March 11, 1931, Page A10.
- ^ Roxana Ray Stahl Becomes Bride of D.S. Fletcher, Jr. in St. Alban's, August 22, 1949, Page B1.
