| Iris Adrian | |
|---|---|
from the film Lady of Burlesque (1943) |
|
| Born | Iris Hostetter May 29, 1912 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1994 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1928–1980 |
| Spouse | Charles Over (m. 1935–1936) ; divorced George Jay (19??-19??; divorced) Ray "Fido" Murphy (19??-1983; his death) |
Iris Adrian (May 29, 1912 — September 17, 1994) was an American film actress.
Contents |
Born in Los Angeles, California as Iris Hostetter, Adrian won a beauty pageant and worked with the Ziegfeld Follies, before she entered films at the end of the silent era in Chasing Husbands (1928) and appeared as an extra or chorus girl in early sound films like Paramount on Parade (1930).
During the 1930s she specialised in playing glamorous gold-diggers and gangsters' "molls", and played supporting roles in numerous features. She was considered a versatile actress, who could play drama or comedy, and she was also regarded as a capable dancer, dancing in a couple of films with George Raft. She also appeared on several radio programs, including serving as a regular on the Abbott and Costello Show.
She continued to act regularly without achieving star status and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in more than one hundred films. In her later years she appeared in several Walt Disney films, including That Darn Cat!, The Love Bug, The Shaggy D.A. and Freaky Friday. She also played numerous guest roles in such television series as Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, The Munsters, The Love Boat, The Lucy Show and The Jack Benny Show.
She was married three times, the first time to Charles Over from 1935 to 1936; that marriage ended in divorce. Her second marriage, to George Jay, also ended in divorce. Her third and final marriage was to Ray Murphy, and lasted more than 30 years until his death in 1983. None of the unions produced children.
Adrian died in Los Angeles, from injuries she sustained during the 1994 Northridge earthquake exactly eight months earlier, and was entombed at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
|
|