Natalie Moorhead
| Natalie Moorhead | |
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 Moorhead in 1930. | |
| Born |
Nathalia Messner July 27, 1901 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County), U.S. |
| Died |
October 6, 1992 (aged 91) Montecito, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California |
| Occupation | actress |
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Natalie Moorhead (July 27, 1901 - October 6, 1992) was an American film and stage actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She was at one time married to director Alan Crosland and was known for distinctive platinum blond hair.[1] [2]
She began her theatre career on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre playing a bridesmaid in the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose which broke a record for run of the play, finally closing at the Theatre Republic on October 1, 1927. She then played Sadie in the short run of A Lady in Love at the Lyceum Theatre. She played Lydia Webster in George M. Cohan's 1927 farce Baby Cyclone at Henry Miller's Theatre.
Family
Nathilia Messner was the daughter of steelworker James Messner and wife Anna Katherine.
Selected filmography
- Spring Is Here (1930)
- Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
- Manslaughter (1930)
- Hot Curves (1930)
- The Office Wife (1930)
- Captain Thunder (1930)
- Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
- Morals for Women (1931)
- Illicit (1931)
- Curtain at Eight (1933)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Curtain Falls (1934)
- Lady of the Tropics (1939)