Charlotte Henry ( born Charlotte Henry ; , - , ) - American theater and film actress [3] .
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| Birth name | Charlotte Virginia Henry Charlotte virginia henry |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1930-1942 (as film actresses) |
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Biography
Charlotte Virginia Henry was born March 3, 1914 in Brooklyn ( New York ) [4] [3] . Father - Robert Emmett Henry (1891-1952), mother - Charlotte Ann Sayers Henry (1891-1971), brother - Robert, became a priest of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Ventura (California). Since childhood, the girl showed a love for the theater and very surprised her parents when the 14-year-old Charlotte was offered a prominent role in the production of “Courage”, which was very popular on Broadway in 1928. After the girl successfully played in this performance for a year, her mother brought her to Hollywood . There, Charlotte began to study acting, her classmates were, including future stars , Anita Louise and Betty Grable . Already in 1930, the 16-year-old Charlotte first appeared on the screen - in the movie version of that same “Courage”, and then continued to act regularly until 1937. Then the proposals for the filming began to arrive less and less, and in 1942, Henry ended her career as an actress, having starred in 32 films in 12 years (in four of them without an indication in the credits). Surprised by the low level of films in which she was offered to star, she said: "I just lost interest [in the cinema]."
In 1933, Henry played her main role in her career - Alice in the movie “Alice in Wonderland” [3] [4] : about 6,800-7,000 applicants tried this role (Charlotte was 57th). Much later, already being an adult woman who moved away from the cinema, the former actress purchased a license plate for the ECILA car ( anonym named ALICE ).
After the end of his film career, Henry and his mother moved to the city of San Diego , where they opened an employment agency. Then Charlotte got the job of chief secretary to the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Church of San Diego, and worked for him for 15 years. Along the way, the actress sometimes continued to play at the local Old Globe Theater .
Charlotte Henry's husband was Dr. James Dempsey. The date of their marriage is unknown, but it is known that it lasted until the death of the actress in 1980, and the husband survived his wife.
Charlotte Henry died of cancer on April 11, 1980 in the La Jolla district of San Diego. She was buried in the cemetery of the Holy Cross in the same city.
Broadway Roles [4]
- 1928-1929 - Courage / Gladys
- 1931 - Hobo - Nelly
Selected Filmography
- 1930 - On Your Back - Belle
- 1931 - Huckleberry Finn / Huckleberry Finn - Mary Jane
- 1931 - Arrowsmith / Arrowsmith - a pioneer (not credited)
- 1932 - Forbidden - Robert at the age of 18
- 1932 - Murders in the Rue Morgue Murder in the Rue Morgue - blonde (uncredited)
- 1932 - / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Emma Jane (uncredited)
- 1932 - Rasputin and the Empress / Rasputin and the Empress - episodic role
- 1933 - Alice in Wonderland / Alice in Wonderland - Alice
- 1934 - The Last Gentleman - Marjorie Barr
- 1934 - Bo in Toyland - Bo-Peep
- 1936 - Charlie Chan at the Opera - Mademoiselle Kitty
- 1936 - The Mandarin Mystery - Josephine Temple
- 1937 - Jungle Menace - Dorothy Elliott [5]
- 1941 - Bowery Blitzkrieg - Mary Breslin
- 1941 - Flying Blind - Secretary
- 1942 - I / I Live on Danger - nurse
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 3 'Alice' Finds that Wonderland Proved Just a Myth, After All (English) // The Times // ( Indiana ) // July 20, 1939 // p. 10
- ↑ 1 2 3 John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welch. American Classic Screen Profiles (2010) , ed. , pp. 112-113, ISBN 9780810876774
- ↑ "Dorothy and the Snake" (scene of the attack of a giant boa constrictor on the heroine of Charlotte Henry from the movie series " " (1937)) Video 0:01:30