Miriam Seegar

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Miriam Seegar Whelan (also Miriam Seeger ) (born September 1, 1907 in Greentown , Howard County , Indiana , † January 2, 2011 in Pasadena , California ) was an American actress.

Life

Seegar started with small stages and had his first success in London at the side of Ernest Truex in a West End production. On screen, she had her first appearance in 1928 in The Price of Divorce by director Sinclair Hill at the side of Frances Day and Rex Maurice . In the same year followed a leading role in the film Valley of the Ghosts . In 1929 she appeared in several films, including When Knights Were Bold , on the set of which she met her future husband, director and screenwriter Tim Whelan . The two were married from 1932 until Whelan's death in 1957 and had two sons.

1930, now in Hollywood, was her most active year with roles in six films, including The Dawn Trail starring western movie star Buck Jones . In the following two years, 1931 and 1932, she played in cheap productions and then withdrew into private life. Later she worked as an interior designer. Miriam Seegar died in January 2011 at the age of 103. She was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California .

Filmography

  • 1928: The Price of Divorce
  • 1928: Valley of the Ghosts
  • 1929: When Knights Were Bold
  • 1929: The Love Doctor
  • 1929: Fashions in Love
  • 1929: Seven Keys to Baldpate
  • 1930: Such Is The Law
  • 1930: Clancy in Wall Street
  • 1930: New Movietone Follies of 1930
  • 1930: What a Man
  • 1930: Big Money
  • 1930: The Dawn Trail
  • 1931: The Lion and the Lamb
  • 1931: The Woman Between
  • 1932: The Famous Ferguson Case
  • 1932: Strangers of the Evening
  • 1932: Out of Singapore
  • 1932: False Faces

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Individual evidence

  1. PASSINGS: Miriam Seegar Whelan, Glenn R. Watson, Catherine 'Kay' Kerr, Edward P. Evans . In: Los Angeles Times . January 5, 2011, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed October 27, 2017]).
  2. Silver Screen Star Seegar Whelan Dead At 103 . In: Contactmusic.com . January 5, 2011 ( contactmusic.com [accessed October 27, 2017]).