Blanche Mehaffey
Actor, Film actor
1908 – 1968
Who was Blanche Mehaffey?
Blanche Mehaffey was an American showgirl and film actress from Cincinnati, Ohio. Her hair was an auburn color.
She was the daughter of Edward Mehaffey and his wife soprano Blanche Berndt. She had a brother Edward Mehaffey Jr.
Mehaffey started as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies before coming to Hollywood to play comedy roles in motion pictures. Show producer Florenz Ziegfeld said she possessed the most beautiful eyes in the entire world. She was among the Baby Stars of 1924 chosen by the Wampas. Others in the group were Clara Bow, Dorothy Mackaill, and Hazel Keener.
Her debut in movies was in the silent film Fully Insured at Hal Roach Studios. She played in many Hal Roach comedies for a number of years with her leading men usually Charley Chase and later Glenn Tryon. She occasionally appeared in features such A Woman of the World with Pola Negri.
Mehaffey dropped out of filming to study voice and languages for over a year in New York City. Mehaffey returned to movies in Sunrise Trail, a film which featured her playing opposite cowboy star Bob Steele. The motion picture was her first talkie movie.
Mehaffey wed oil well supply dealer George Joseph Hausen at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles, California in January 1928. They stayed married only ten weeks before the actress obtained a divorce decree.
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- Born
- Jul 28, 1908
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Blanche Berndt Mehaffey
- Janet Morgan
- Blanche Mahaffey
- Blanche Mehaffy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- George Joseph Hansen
(1928/01/04 - 1928/04/06) - Ralph M. Like
(1932/07 - 1938/11/02)
- George Joseph Hansen
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 31, 1968
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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