Monroe Owsley

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Monroe Righter Owsley (born August 11, 1900 in Atlanta , Georgia , † June 7, 1937 in Belmont , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Monroe Owsley was the son of the stage actress Gertrude Owsley. As a teenager, he first followed in his mother's footsteps, took acting lessons and played on Broadway in the mid-1920s . In the late 1920s, he played his first small supporting roles in Hollywood films.

Owsley gained fame in 1930 for his supporting role in the Hollywood film Holiday alongside Ann Harding . In the same year he played his first leading role in the Hollywood film Free Love alongside Conrad Nagel and Genevieve Tobin . A year later he starred in the Hollywood film Honor Among Lovers alongside Fredric March and Claudette Colbert , and a supporting role in the Hollywood film This Modern Age alongside Joan Crawford .

In the following years Owsley played numerous other leading roles in Hollywood films, including 1932 in Call Her Savage alongside the first It-Girl Clara Bow and in 1933 in Later Marriage excluded alongside Bette Davis . From the mid-1930s he played almost only supporting roles.

Owsley died in 1937 of a heart attack in a traffic accident at the age of 36. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale , just like his colleague Jean Harlow , who died the same day .

Filmography

  • 1928: The First Kiss
  • 1928: Carry on, Sergeant!
  • 1930: Holiday
  • 1930: Kid the Kidder (short film)
  • 1930: Free Love
  • 1931: Ten Cents a Dance
  • 1931: Honor Among Lovers
  • 1931: Indiscreet
  • 1931: This Modern Age
  • 1932: Unashamed
  • 1932: Hat Check Girl
  • 1932: Call Her Savage
  • 1933: The Keyhole
  • 1933: The Woman Who Dared
  • 1933: Later marriage excluded ( ex-lady )
  • 1933: Letter moment
  • 1933: Twin Husbands
  • 1934: Little Man, What Now?
  • 1934: Wild Gold
  • 1934: Shock
  • 1934: She Was a Lady
  • 1934: Here is my heart! ( Behold My Wife! )
  • 1935: Rumba
  • 1935: Goin 'to Town
  • 1935: what happened yesterday? ( Remember Last Night? )
  • 1936: Women's Honor ( Private Number )
  • 1936: Yellowstone
  • 1936: Mister Cinderella
  • 1936: Hideaway Girl
  • 1937: The Hit Parade

Web links

Commons : Monroe Owsley  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monroe Owsley. findagrave.com, accessed March 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Jean Harlow. findagrave.com, accessed March 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Owsley, Monroe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Owsley, Monroe Righter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1937
Place of death Belmont , California