Merna Kennedy (original) (raw)

Charles Chaplin in The Circus (1928)

Tom Keene and Merna Kennedy in Ghost Valley (1932)

John Darrow in The Big Chance (1933)

Shirley Temple, Merna Kennedy, Theodore von Eltz, and Grant Withers in Red-Haired Alibi (1932)

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Alternative name
- Myrna Kennedy
Height
- 5′ 2½″ (1.59 m)
Born
- September 7, 1908
- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Died
- December 20, 1944
- Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
Spouses
Forrest BraytonDecember 16, 1944 - December 20, 1944 (her death)
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles
- 1 Pictorial
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo
Trivia
Silent screen actress, a child performer in vaudeville from the age of seven, performing in a song and dance act with her brother. On the prompting of her friend Lita Grey, she was chosen by Charles Chaplin as his leading lady for The Circus (1928). Retired from acting in 1934 to marry choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Died ten years later of a heart attack, aged just 36.

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