Glenda Farrell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1904-06-30 (67 years old)

Deathday

1971-05-01

Place of Birth

Enid, Oklahoma, USA

Glenda Farrell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, and won an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the te...

Acting

1970

Tiger by the Tail

as Sarah Harvey

1942

The Talk of the Town

as Regina Bush

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Florence Dempsey

1931

Little Caesar

as Olga Stassoff

1954

Secret of the Incas

as Mrs. Winston

1964

The Disorderly Orderly

as Dr. Jean Howard

1941

Johnny Eager

as Mae Blythe Edwarnowsky

1964

Kissin' Cousins

as Ma Tatum

1933

Lady for a Day

as Missouri Martin

1948

I Love Trouble

as Hazel Bixby

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as Miss Jones, 'Jonesy'

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

as Betty Hawes

1954

Susan Slept Here

as Maude Snodgrass

1933

Gambling Ship

as Jeanne Sands

1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

as Belle Howard Saunders

1937

Breakfast for Two

as Carol Wallace

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as Genevieve Larkin

1934

The Big Shakedown

as Lily 'Lil' Duran

1937

Smart Blonde

as Torchy Blane

1935

1934

Dark Hazard

as Valerie 'Val' Wilson

1933

Man's Castle

as Fay La Rue

1959

Middle of the Night

as Mrs. Mueller

1937

1952

Apache War Smoke

as Fanny Webson

1932

1953

Girls in the Night

as Alice Haynes

1932

Life Begins

as Florette

1935

We're in the Money

as Dixie Tilton

1933

Grand Slam

as Blondie

1934

The Secret Bride

as Hazel Normandie

1938

Blondes at Work

as Torchy Blane

1935

Miss Pacific Fleet

as Mae O'Brien

1936

High Tension

as Edith McNeil

1937

Dance Charlie Dance

as Fanny Morgan

1937

Fly Away Baby

as Torchy Blane

1937

The Adventurous Blonde

as Torchy Blane

1938

Torchy Gets Her Man

as Torchy Blane

1939

1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Torchy Blane

1938

1935

1933

Girl Missing

as Kay Curtis

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as Glenda Carroll

1933

1936

Here Comes Carter

as Verna Kennedy

1947

Heading for Heaven

as Nora Elkins

1943

A Night for Crime

as Susan Cooper

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Molly Howard

1934

Hi, Nellie!

as Gerry

1934

Kansas City Princess

as Marie Callahan

1936

Snowed Under

as Daisy Lowell

1935

In Caliente

as Clara

1933

Havana Widows

as Sadie Appleby

1938

Prison Break

as Jean Fenderson

1938

Exposed

as 'Click' Stewart

1934

I've Got Your Number

as Bonnie aka Madame Francis

1936

The Law in Her Hands

as Dorothy Davis

1937

You Live and Learn

as Mamie Wallis

1932

1943

City Without Men

as Billie LaRue

1934

Heat Lightning

as Mrs. Tifton

1938

The Road to Reno

as Sylvia Shane

1943

1936

Nobody's Fool

as Ruby Miller

1932

Three on a Match

as Vivian's Friend (uncredited)

1948

Lulu Belle

as Molly Benson

1944

Ever Since Venus

as Babs Cartwright

1942

Twin Beds

as Sonya Cherupin

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Torchy Blaine (archive footage) (uncredited)

1948

Mary Lou

as Winnie Winford

1929

Lucky Boy

as Secretary at theater (Unbilled)

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