Theresa Harris

Theresa Harris

Born: December 31, 1906
Died: October 8, 1985
in Houston, Texas, USA
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Theresa Harris (December 31, 1906 [some sources indicate 1909] – October 8, 1985) was an American film and television actress, singer and dancer.

In 1929 Harris traveled to Hollywood, where she embarked on an acting career. She made her film debut in Thunderbolt, singing the song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home". As she entered the 1930s she found herself playing maids to fictitious Southern belles, socialites and female molls. These parts were sometimes uncredited. She also floated around studios doing bit parts, usually at Warner Bros. or MGM. Aside from maids, she specialized in playing blues singers, waitresses, tribal women, prostitutes, and hatcheck girls.

Harris had a featured role as a friend of Jean Harlow in MGM's Hold Your Man (1932). In 1933 she appeared as Chico in the Warner Bros. pre-Code production of Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck. That same year Harris starred in a substantial role opposite Ginger Rogers in Professional Sweetheart. As Rogers' character's maid, Harris' character subs for Rogers' character as a singer on the radio. Despite the fact that Harris' character was a major point for the story's plot development, she was uncredited for the role.

Throughout the 1930s, Harris played many uncredited parts in films such as Horse Feathers (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) and Morning Glory (1933). She also played Bette Davis's maid Zette in the film Jezebel (1938). In 1937 she appeared in the race film Bargain With Bullets opposite Ralph Cooper for Million Dollar Productions. While doing promotion for the film, Harris spoke about her frustration over the difficulty African American actors faced in the film industry, stating, "I never had the chance to rise about the role of maid in Hollywood movies. My color was against me anyway you looked at it. The fact that I was not "hot" stamped me either as uppity or relegated me to the eternal role of stooge or servant....My ambition is to be an actress. Hollywood had no parts for me."

Harris continued to lobby for better parts but found few opportunities within Hollywood. In the 1939 movie Tell No Tales she was credited for her part as Ruby, the wife of a murdered man. Harris played an emotional scene with Melvin Douglas at the funeral. She appears in a small but vivid role as Kathie Moffat's ex-maid Eunice Leonard in Jacques Tourneur 1947 Out of the Past.

In addition to films, Harris performed in many radio programs. She was often paired with Eddie Rochester Anderson, who portrayed her on-screen boyfriend. She also appeared in several prominent roles for RKO Pictures as she was a favorite of RKO producer Val Lewton who routinely cast African American actors in non-stereotypical roles. In 1942 Lewton cast Harris as a sarcastic waitress in Cat People, followed by roles in I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Phantom Lady (1944), and Strange Illusion (1945).

During the 1950s Harris appeared several times on television shows. She made her last film appearance in an uncredited role in The Gift of Love in 1958.

Harris later married a doctor and retired from acting, living comfortably after having carefully invested the money she made during her career in the movies.

On October 8, 1985, Harris (then known as Theresa Robinson) died in Inglewood, California.

Movies for Theresa Harris...

The Gift of Love
Title: The Gift of Love
Character: Dora - Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
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Title: How to Marry a Millionaire
Character: Irene
Released: October 7, 1957
Type: TV
How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 1957 to August 1959. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. The series stars Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, and Barbara Eden. Lisa Gaye joined the cast in the second season after Lori Nelson left the series. How to Marry a Millionaire was the first series that Barbara Eden was featured in as a regular cast member. Eden would go on to play one of her more notable roles, "Jeannie" in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. During the series' first season, Eden was billed third. After Lori Nelson left the series, Eden was billed first.
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Spoilers of the Forest
Title: Spoilers of the Forest
Character: Nancy the Maid
Released: April 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
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Back from Eternity
Title: Back from Eternity
Character: Mamie (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found. A remake of Five Came Back (1939).
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Maid
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The French Line
Title: The French Line
Character: Clare (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1954
Type: Movie
Oil heiress Mame Carson takes an incognito cruise so that men will love her for her body, not her money.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Lulu
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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Small Town Girl
Title: Small Town Girl
Character: Backstage Maid
Released: April 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Character: Nurse Theresa
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
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The Company She Keeps
Title: The Company She Keeps
Released: January 27, 1951
Type: Movie
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
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Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Title: Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Character: Terese
Released: January 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
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Grounds for Marriage
Title: Grounds for Marriage
Character: Stella, Ina's Maid
Released: January 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Young Woman
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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And Baby Makes Three
Title: And Baby Makes Three
Character: Maid
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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Tension
Title: Tension
Character: Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Esther
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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Neptune's Daughter
Title: Neptune's Daughter
Character: Matilda the Maid (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
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Alias Nick Beal
Title: Alias Nick Beal
Character: Opal
Released: March 4, 1949
Type: Movie
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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The Velvet Touch
Title: The Velvet Touch
Character: Nancy
Released: July 13, 1948
Type: Movie
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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The Big Clock
Title: The Big Clock
Character: Daisy (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
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The Lady from Shanghai
Title: The Lady from Shanghai
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Out of the Past
Title: Out of the Past
Character: Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
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The Trespasser
Title: The Trespasser
Character: Julia, the maid
Released: July 3, 1947
Type: Movie
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, set out to track down the killer of a colleague, a book-reviewer who was involved with a group of rare book forgers and whose sister has been convinced her editor-fiance, Bill Monroe, killed him.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Character: Cleo (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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Smooth as Silk
Title: Smooth as Silk
Character: Louise
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
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Strange Illusion
Title: Strange Illusion
Character: Maid
Released: March 31, 1945
Type: Movie
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
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I Walked with a Zombie
Title: I Walked with a Zombie
Character: Alma
Released: April 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
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Cat People
Title: Cat People
Character: Minnie (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1942
Type: Movie
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
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Tough as They Come
Title: Tough as They Come
Character: Bessie Mae
Released: June 5, 1942
Type: Movie
The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and try to stop them.
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Sing Your Worries Away
Title: Sing Your Worries Away
Character: Hat Check Girl
Released: March 6, 1942
Type: Movie
This package for comedy and the musical numbers has Luke Brown being drugged by the gangster operators of the swank Boathouse Inn; most notably Roxie a sexy pickpocket. Brown has information that Chow Brewster and his cousin have inherited $3,000,000. The owner of the Inn intends to keep Brown under wraps until they can drive Chow to suicide. He will then marry Chow's cousin before she finds out about her inheritance.
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Our Wife
Title: Our Wife
Character: Hattie
Released: August 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
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Blossoms in the Dust
Title: Blossoms in the Dust
Character: Cleo
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Title: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Character: Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
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The Flame of New Orleans
Title: The Flame of New Orleans
Character: Clementine
Released: July 7, 1941
Type: Movie
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
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Love Thy Neighbor
Title: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Josephine
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
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Santa Fe Trail
Title: Santa Fe Trail
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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Buck Benny Rides Again
Title: Buck Benny Rides Again
Character: Josephine
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
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City of Chance
Title: City of Chance
Character: Beulah - Powder Room Attendant
Released: January 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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One Hour To Live
Title: One Hour To Live
Character: High Yaller girl
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Olive (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Ruby
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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The Toy Wife
Title: The Toy Wife
Character: 'Pick'
Released: June 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
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Jezebel
Title: Jezebel
Character: Zette
Released: March 26, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Big Town Girl
Title: Big Town Girl
Character: Maid
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
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Bargain with Bullets
Title: Bargain with Bullets
Character: Grace Foster
Released: September 17, 1937
Type: Movie
A gangster film about the Harlem underworld.
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The Lady Escapes
Title: The Lady Escapes
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.
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Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Title: Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Character: Athlete
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Luana's Maid
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Dressing Room Maid
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: Ladies Room Maid at Party
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Black Moon
Title: Black Moon
Character: Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
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Finishing School
Title: Finishing School
Character: Evelyn (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
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Success at Any Price
Title: Success at Any Price
Character: Marie
Released: March 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.
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The Worst Woman in Paris?
Title: The Worst Woman in Paris?
Character: Lily - the Maid
Released: December 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmaster of a boy's school and his family, her veneer of oversophistications melts away and she finds herself fancying the small town life.
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Blood Money
Title: Blood Money
Character: Jessica (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1933
Type: Movie
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
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Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Title: Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Character: Joan's Maid
Released: November 2, 1933
Type: Movie
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
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Penthouse
Title: Penthouse
Character: Lili (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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Morning Glory
Title: Morning Glory
Character: (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
Title: Mary Stevens, M.D.
Character: Andrews' Maid Alice (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
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Baby Face
Title: Baby Face
Character: Chico
Released: July 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Hold Your Man
Title: Hold Your Man
Character: Lily Mae
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
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Private Detective 62
Title: Private Detective 62
Character: Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1933
Type: Movie
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
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Professional Sweetheart
Title: Professional Sweetheart
Character: Vera (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. When the strain of representing "purity" brings her to rebellion, the sponsor and his nutty henchmen pick her a public-relations "sweetheart" from fan mail, who turns out to be a hayseed.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Title: Gold Diggers of 1933
Character: Woman in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1933
Type: Movie
Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.
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Grand Slam
Title: Grand Slam
Character: Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
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Night After Night
Title: Night After Night
Character: Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1932
Type: Movie
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
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Faithless
Title: Faithless
Character: Amanda
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
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Horse Feathers
Title: Horse Feathers
Character: Laura (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1932
Type: Movie
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
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Merrily We Go to Hell
Title: Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
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Union Depot
Title: Union Depot
Character: Black Woman (uncredited)
Released: January 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
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Arrowsmith
Title: Arrowsmith
Character: Native Mother (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Maid at Dude Ranch
Released: September 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
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Morocco
Title: Morocco
Character: Camp Follower (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1930
Type: Movie
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship while being pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?
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Thunderbolt
Title: Thunderbolt
Character: Singer
Released: June 20, 1929
Type: Movie
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.