Actors - Merna Kennedy

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Merna Kennedy (b. 7 September 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, d. 20 December, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress of the late silent era.

Short Career

Kennedy (born Maude Kahler) was born in Kankakee, Illinois. Kennedy, who was 5' 2" with red hair is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in The Circus
(1928).

She is rumored to have had an affair during filming with Chaplin while he separated from his first wife, Mildred Harris. She continued acting, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley.

The marriage broke up a year later. Kennedy died of heart attack at the age of 36.

Filmography

Silent Films

1928 The Circus
1929 Broadway
1929 Barnum Was Right
1929 Skinner Steps Out

Talkies

1930 The Rampant Age
1930 Embarrassing Moments
1930 The King of Jazz
1930 Worldly Goods
1930 Midnight Special
1931 Stepping Out
1932 The Gay Buckaroo
1932 Lady with a Past
1932 Ghost Valley
1932 Come On, Tarzan
1932 The All-American
1932 The Red-Haired Alibi
1933 Laughter in Hell
1933 Emergency Call
1933 Easy Millions
1933 Don't Bet on Love
1933 I Love That Man (scenes deleted)
1933 Arizona to Broadway
1933 Police Call
1933 The Big Chance
1933 Son of a Sailor
1934 Wonder Bar
1934 Jimmy the Gent
1932 ''I Like It That Way

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