Farrell, Glenda

Glenda Farrell was born in Oklahoma on June 30, 1904 in the family of Wilhelmina and Charles Farrell. Her acting career began at the age of seven on the stage, where she played the role of little Eva in the production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Over the years, the love of acting became so high that Glenda dropped out of training and went on tour with one of the theater companies, and soon debuted on Broadway .

In 1921, Glenda married screenwriter Thomas Richards, from whom she gave birth to a son, Tommy Farrell, who followed in his mother's footsteps and became an actor. Their marriage broke up in 1929, and in 1941 she married Dr. Henry Ross, with whom she married for the rest of her life.

Film career

Her Hollywood career started at the end of the silent movie era after Farrell signed a contract with First National Pictures in June 1930. Farrell's film debut took place a year later in the film Little Caesar . Soon she signed a contract with Warner Bros. "And in the next couple of years appeared in more than 20 films of the film studio. Glenda Farrell, along with Joan Blondell , with whom she often starred, became one of the first film actresses at the dawn of sound film, who embodied the image of a dizzying blonde on the screens.

In the 1930s, Glenda appeared in such films as “Lady for a Day” (1933), “The Secret of the Wax Museum” (1933), “The Great Shock” (1934), “The Gold Miners of 1935” (1935), “ Gold diggers 1937 "(1936)," Hotel "Hollywood" "(1937) and many others. Glenda Farrell has become one of Warner Bros.'s most prolific actresses, cementing her success with a series of films about reporter girl Torch Blaine, whose role she performed in seven films. After Farrell, this role went to Lola Lane, and then to Jane Wyman , who only appeared in this image on the screens. After completing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1939, Farrell returned to the theater stage, where in her opinion she could more open up and show her personality.

In the 1940s, Glenda's popularity, like her movie career, declined. In subsequent years, she appeared in only a few films, including The Girl in a Pink Dress (1955) and Kissing Cousins (1964), and was mostly shot on television , where in 1963 she received an Emmy Award for his role in the television series Ben Casey.

In 1969, Farrell was diagnosed with lung cancer , but despite this she continued to play on Broadway for a year, until in November 1970 she was forced to say goodbye to her acting career forever. Glenda Farrell died on May 1, 1971 at the age of 66 at her home in New York . Her husband Henry Ross died in 1991 and was buried next to her.

For her contribution to the film industry, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

• Emmy 1963 - “Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series” (“Ben Casey”)