Sidney Fox

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Sidney Fox (born December 10, 1907 in New York City , New York , † November 14, 1942 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Sidney Fox was born Sidney Leifer to Jewish parents . As a teenager she tried to raise the family income. Among other things, she worked as a model on 5th Avenue . After a while, she had the desire to work as an actress. In Johnston, in the US state of Pennsylvania , she appeared in various plays.

The blonde, who is just over five feet tall, returned to New York in 1929 to make her Broadway debut in the then popular comedy It Never Rains . She then played a role in the comedy Lost Sheep , which enabled her to enter the film industry. Producer Carl Laemmle jr. from Universal Studios got a leading role alongside Bette Davis in The Bad Sister (1931). It was also the film debut for Bette Davis.

Universal built Sidney Fox into a well-known actress. As one of the thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars , she was featured on the covers of renowned film magazines such as Modern Screen and Movie Mirror . She remained loyal to the comedy trade and starred alongside Spencer Tracy and Paul Lukas . Their foray into the horror genre was surprisingly a complete success. In 1932 she played Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye in Murder on Rue Morgue alongside Bela Lugosi .

The following role offers served the one-sided cliché of the superficial, sugar-sweet blonde. In dramatic films, their portrayal suffered from one-sidedness. She seemed to be made for light comedies, which her success in Once in a Lifetime also proved. Through reports in the gossip press, which had her intimate relationship with the producer Laemmle as its goal, Sidney Fox left Hollywood and went to Europe for a short time. Her appearances in two French plants did not help her career, however.

In December 1932, Sidney married Charles Beahan , a film editor at Universal. The marriage remained childless. She only made three films. The press was almost exclusively interested in her private life, so Sidney Fox withdrew from the film business. Every now and then she was content to appear in smaller theaters or to participate in radio plays. Most recently, she went back to New York to fill in for a colleague on Broadway.

Illnesses and depression set in in the period that followed, and her husband was of no help to her. On the morning of November 15, 1942, Sidney Fox was found dead by her husband in the bedroom of their Beverly Hills home. The cause of death was an overdose of sleeping pills, which indicated suicide but could not be proven. Doctors also saw the possibility of an overdose by mistake.

Filmography

  • 1931: The Bad Sister
  • 1931: Six Cylinder Love
  • 1931: Nice Women
  • 1931: Strictly Dishonorable
  • 1932: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Murders in the Rue Morgue)
  • 1932: The Mouthpiece
  • 1932: Once in a Lifetime
  • 1932: Afraid to Talk
  • 1933: Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
  • 1933: The Merry Monarch
  • 1933: The adventures of King Pausole
  • 1934: Midnight
  • 1934: School for Girls
  • 1934: Down to Their Last Yacht

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Remarks

  1. ↑ In other sources, the years of birth 1910 and 1911 are also mentioned.
personal data
SURNAME Fox, Sidney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leifer, Sidney (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1942
Place of death Beverly Hills , California , United States