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Minta Durfee

Minta Durfee
Born October 1, 1889 (1889-10-01)
Died September 9, 1975 (aged 85)
Woodland Hills, California
Other name(s) Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Spouse(s) Roscoe Arbuckle (1908-1925)

Minta Durfee (October 1, 1889 - September 9, 1975) was a silent film actress from Los Angeles, California. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

She met Roscoe Arbuckle when he was attempting to get started in theater and the two married in August 1908. Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of seventeen. She was the first leading lady of Charlie Chaplin.

Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921. This was just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet Virginia Rappe. Virginia Rappe (rʌpeɪ ( July 7, 1891 &ndash September 9, 1921) was an American model and Silent film There were three trials and finally Arbuckle was acquitted. His career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle were divorced in 1925. Durfee was quoted in her later years, saying Arbuckle was the most generous human being I've ever met, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man. [1]

Durfee was an avid defender of Mabel Normand who was a close friend of hers. Mabel Normand ( November 9, 1892 - February 23, 1930) was an American Film actress and the most popular She spoke fondly of her until her own death. [2]

Durfee was a regular performer on television, appearing on such shows as Noah's Ark (1956). She had minor roles in motion pictures like How Green Was My Valley (1941), Naughty Marietta (1935), Rose- Marie (1936), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

In her later life Durfee began to give lectures on silent film and hold retrospectives on her and her husband's pictures. She was surprised and excited by the renewed interest in silent film and did her best to help where she could. [3]

Minta Durfee died in Woodland Hills, California at the Motion Picture Country Home in 1975. Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital is a Retirement community, with individual cottages and a fully licensed acute-care hospital located at 23388 She suffered from a heart ailment.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/minta1.html
  2. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/minta1.html
  3. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/minta1.html

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