Alice White ( born Alice White , née Alva White ), August 24, 1904 - February 19, 1983 ) is an American actress.
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| Date of Birth | August 24, 1904 |
| Place of Birth | Paterson , USA |
| Date of death | February 19, 1983 (78 years old) |
| A place of death | Los Angeles , USA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1927 - 1949 |
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Biography
Born in New Jersey in a family with French and Italian roots. Her mother, a former chorus girl, died when Alice was three years old. She received her education at a college in Virginia , after which she attended secretary courses at the Hollywood High School. At first, she worked as a secretary for director Joseph von Sternberg , after a conflict with which she switched to work with Charlie Chaplin . With his filing, her acting career began. Her film debut took place in 1927 in the film "Sea Tiger". Over the next few years, the actress starred in three dozen films, including “The Private Life of Elena Troyanskaya ” (1927), “Naughty Child” (1928) and “Lovers at the Parade” (1930), before leaving career in 1931 to improve her acting abilities.
In 1933, White returned to the cinema, but her career was seriously shaken due to the love triangles scandal, in which she was involved with British actor John Warburton, who at that time was her boyfriend, and producer Sai Barlett, her future husband. Her reputation in Hollywood was badly damaged, and for all subsequent years, the actress was content with secondary roles. Against this background, in 1936 she suffered a nervous breakdown and spent the next two months in the clinic.
By the beginning of the 1940s, White almost never acted in film, having appeared for the last time on the movie screens in 1949 in the melodrama The Way of the Flamingo with Joan Crawford in the title role. In 1941, the actress married Hollywood screenwriter Jack Roberts, whose marriage ended in divorce eight years later.
After completing her acting career, White returned to work as secretary. In 1957, she received a serious head injury after falling from a ladder, because of which she could not see for several months. A year later, recovering from her illness, she was invited to television, where she played a small role in The Ann Sothern Show. The half-forgotten atkris spent the last years of her life in Los Angeles , living a secluded life and answering letters from old fans. Alice White died in February 1983 after suffering a stroke at the age of 78. Her contribution to the American film industry was a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .