Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead (* 27. July 1901 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania as Nathalia Messner ; † 6. October 1992 in Montecito , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Natalie Moorhead began her acting career in the theater and made several appearances on Broadway in the 1920s . In 1929, shortly after the start of the sound film era , the blonde-haired actress made her cinema debut. A year later, she played her first leading role in The Shot in the Dark as a partner of William Powell . Another great success she succeeded again in 1934 at Powell's side in The Thin Man , where she played an attractive but mysterious murder suspect. When her success waned at the end of the 1930s, she retired from acting in 1940 after making around 70 films.

Natalie Moorhead was married to Raymond Phillips from 1929 to 1930 . With the director of the first sound film, Alan Crosland , they married from 1930 to 1935. She was married to actor Juan Torena until his death in 1983. Natalie Moorhead died in California at the age of 91.

Filmography (selection)

1930: Show Girl in Hollywood
1931: Illicit
1931: The wrong ways of life (Dance, Fools, Dance)
1931: Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1932: Discarded Lovers
1932: The King Murder
1933: The Detective and the Gambler (Private Detective 62)
1934: Dancing Man
1934: The Thin Man (The Thin Man)
1938: In the Heart of Arizona
1939: Lady of the Tropics
1939: The women (The Woman)
1940: grave, where is thy victory (All This, and Heaven Too)

Web links

Commons : Natalie Moorhead - collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ find a grave. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
↑ Brandon: Other sources also give Natalie's birth year 1898, but her sister Regina was born in 1898 and Natalie in 1901. In: The Search for Natalie Moorhead: bio. June 11, 2012, accessed March 26, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Moorhead, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Messner, Nathalia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1992
Place of death	Montecito , California , United States

[1] find a grave. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .

[2] Brandon: Other sources also give Natalie's birth year 1898, but her sister Regina was born in 1898 and Natalie in 1901. In: The Search for Natalie Moorhead: bio. June 11, 2012, accessed March 26, 2019 .