Laura La Plante

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Laura La Plante on a cigarette picture

Laura La Plante (born November 1, 1904 in St. Louis , Missouri - † October 14, 1996 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Laura La Plante began her career as an extra at the age of 15 and quickly became popular. At the age of 20 she was the biggest star of Universal Studios and was mostly used as the nice girl next door in comedies. In 1923 she became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of the Year, a selection of actresses who were most likely to become real stars . La Plante's best-known roles were during the transition from silent to sound films. In the 1927 comedy The Cat and the Canary she was seen as the haunted innocence in a haunted house, in the opulent film adaptation of Show Boat from 1929 she played the part of Magnolia . In 1930 the actress ended her contract with the studio and went to England, where she made a number of so-called quota quickies , cheaply made program films. From 1934 until his death in 1985 she was married to the film producer Irving Asher . They had two children together. She had previously been married to director William A. Seiter from 1926 to 1934 .

She had her last appearance in front of the film camera in 1957 as the mother of Betty Hutton in the drama Spring Reunion .

Laura La Plante died in 1996 in a retirement home for the film industry in Woodland Hills, California.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1919: The Great Gamble
  • 1922: Perils of the Yukon
  • 1925: Smouldering Fires
  • 1926: The Beautiful Cheat
  • 1927: Spuk im Schloß (The Cat and the Canary)
  • 1929: Show Boat
  • 1929: The Love Trap
  • 1929: The Final Warning (The Last Warning)
  • 1930: The King of Jazz
  • 1931: Arizona
  • 1931: Lonely Wives
  • 1931: Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
  • 1934: The Church Mouse
  • 1935: Man of the Moment
  • 1947: Little Mister Jim
  • 1957: Spring Reunion

Web links

Commons : Laura La Plante  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
personal data
SURNAME La Plante, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1996
Place of death Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California