Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda
Fazenda in 1920
Born	(1895-06-17)June 17, 1895 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 17, 1962(1962-04-17) (aged 66) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1939
Spouses	Noel M. Smith (m. 1917; div. 1926) Hal B. Wallis (m. 1927)
Children	1

Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962)^[1] was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films.

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Early life

Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana,^[2] the daughter of merchandise broker Joseph A. Fazenda, who was born in Mexico, and Nelda T. Schilling Fazenda, a Chicago native. She was of Portuguese, French, and Italian descent on her father's side and of German descent on her mother's.^{[citation needed]}

The Fazenda family relocated to California, where Joseph Fazenda opened up a grocery store. Louise attended Los Angeles High School and St. Mary's Convent and kept busy with a number of after-school jobs, one of which was delivering groceries for the family business via a horse-drawn wagon.

Career

Who's Who in the Film World, 1914

Fazenda was discovered by a scout employed by Mack Sennett in a high school comedy show. She made her first film in 1913. She was best known as a character actor in silent films, playing roles such as a fussy old maid and a blacksmith. She briefly left films during 1921 and 1922 to perform vaudeville.^[3] Her transition into talking pictures led to more serious roles.^[2] The Old Maid, in 1939, was her last of her nearly 300 movie appearances.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

In 1927, Fazenda married Hal B. Wallis, a producer at Warner Bros., and they remained married until her death. They had one son, Brent, who became a psychiatrist.^[2]

Death

Fazenda died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Beverly Hills, California.^[1] Wallis was in Hawaii making a film and left immediately for home. She was interred at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. At her funeral, many stories were told of Fazenda's volunteer work, such as caring for children at UCLA Medical Center and taking in two children during World War II.^[4]

Recognition

Fazenda has a star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[5]

She appears in the lyrics of "Out in the Street", a rock-ballad from 1975 by hard rock band UFO. "Your comic book impersonations, Louise Fazenda and Buster Keaton"^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Poor Jake's Demise (1913, *Short) as Servant
Almost an Actress (1913, *Short) as Susie
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915, *Short)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915, *Short) as Edgar's Wife
The Marble Heart (1916)
Maid Mad (1916, *Short)
Maggie's First False Step (1917)
Bullin' the Bullsheviki (1919)
Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) *short
Down on the Farm (1920) as Louise - the Farmer's Daughter
Married Life (1920) as Wife of Heckler at Theatre
A Small Town Idol (1921) as Theatregoer
Bright Eyes (1922, Short) as the Golfer
The Beauty Shop (1922) as Cremo Panatella
Bow Wow (1922) as the Country Girl
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) as Mandy Skinner
The Beautiful and Damned (1922) as Muriel
The Fog (1923) as Millie Richards
The Spider and the Rose (1923) as Dolores
Main Street (1923) as Bea Sorenson
Mary of the Movies (1923, cameo, uncredited)
The Spoilers (1923) as Tilly Nelson
Tea: With a Kick! (1923)
The Gold Diggers (1923, lost) as Mabel Munroe
The Wanters (1923) as Mary
The Old Fool (1923) as Dolores Murphy
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) as Sally - a Country Girl
The Galloping Fish (1924) as Undine
True as Steel (1924) as Miss Leeds
Listen Lester (1924) as Arbutus Quilty
Being Respectable (1924) as Deborah Carpenter
This Woman (1924) as Rose
The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924) as Flora Gale
The Night Club (1925) as Carmen
Cheaper To Marry (1925) as Flora
The Price of Pleasure (1925) as Stella Kelly
Déclassé (1925) as Mrs. Walton
A Broadway Butterfly (1925) as Cookie Dale
Grounds for Divorce (1925) as Marianne
The Love Hour (1925) as Jenny Tibbs
Compromise (1925) as Hilda
Bobbed Hair (1925) as Sweetie
Hogan's Alley (1925) as Dolly
The Bat (1926) as Lizzie Allen
Footloose Widows (1926) as Flo
Miss Nobody (1926) as Mazie Raleigh
The Passionate Quest (1926) as Madame Mathilde
Tin Gods (1926)
Millionaires (1926) as Reba, Esther's Sister
The Old Soak (1926) as Annie
The Lady of the Harem (1926) as Yasmin
Ladies at Play (1926) as Aunt Katherine
Finger Prints (1927) as Dora Traynor
The Red Mill (1927) as Gretchen
The Gay Old Bird (1927) as Sisseretta Simpkins
Babe Comes Home (1927) as Laundry Girl
Cradle Snatchers (1927) as Susan Martin
Simple Sis (1927) as Sis
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) as Cynthia Botts
A Texas Steer (1927) as Mrs. Ma Brander
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927) as Cally Brown
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928) as Tillie, a Runaway
Domestic Troubles (1928) as Lola
Pay as You Enter (1928) as Mary Smith
Vamping Venus (1928) as Maggie Cassidy / Circe
Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928) as Annie
Heart to Heart (1928) as Aunt Katie Boyd
The Terror (1928) as Mrs. Elvery
Noah's Ark (1928) as Hilda / Tavern Maid
Outcast (1928) as Mable
Riley the Cop (1928) as Lena Krausmeyer
Taxi 13 (1928) (uncredited)
Stark Mad (1929) as Mrs. Fleming
The Desert Song (1929) as Susan
House of Horror (1929) as Louise
Hot Stuff (1929) as Aunt Kate
On With the Show (1929) as Sarah
Hard to Get (1929) as Ma Martin
The Show of Shows (1929) as 'Recitations' Sketch
The Broadway Hoofer (1929) as Jane
No, No, Nanette (1930) as Sue Smith
Wide Open (1930) as Agatha Hathaway
Loose Ankles (1930) as Sarah Harper
High Society Blues (1930) as Mrs. Granger
Spring Is Here (1930) as Emily Braley
Bride of the Regiment (1930) as Teresa - The Maid
Rain or Shine (1930) as Frankie
Leathernecking (1930) as Hortense
Viennese Nights (1930) as Gretl Kruger
Gun Smoke (1931) as Hampsey Dell
Misbehaving Ladies (1931) as Aunt Kate Boyd
Newly Rich (1931) as Maggie Tiffany
The Mad Parade (1931) as Fanny Smithers
The Cuban Love Song (1931) as Elvira
Racing Youth (1932) as Daisy Joy
Once in a Lifetime (1932) as Helen Hobart
The Unwritten Law (1932) as Lulu Potts
Hunting Trouble (1933, Short) as Walter's Wife
Alice in Wonderland (1933) as White Queen
Caravan (1934) as Governess Bessie Opitz
Wonder Bar (1934) as Mrs. Pratt
The Winning Ticket (1935) as Nora Tomasello
The Casino Murder Case (1935) as Becky
Broadway Gondolier (1935) as Mrs. Flaggenheim
Bad Boy (1935) as Mrs. Harris - Landlady
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935) as Rose Torrent
Colleen (1936) as Alicia Ames
Doughnuts and Society (1936) as Kate Flannagan
I Married a Doctor (1936) as Bea Sorenson
Ready, Willing, and Able (1937) as Clara Heineman
The Road Back (1937) as Angelina
Ever Since Eve (1937) as Abbie Belldon
Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937) as Mrs. Penelope Updike
First Lady (1937) as Mrs. Lavinia Mae Creevey
Swing Your Lady (1938) as Sadie
Down on the Farm (1938) as Aunt Ida
The Old Maid (1939) as Dora (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 178. ISBN 9780786450190.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Louise Fazenda, star of silent films, dies". Journal & Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. April 18, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Death takes Louise Fazenda of silent films. The Los Angeles Times. April 18, 1962. p. 35 and p. 42. Retrieved May 29, 2018 - via Newspapers.com
^ "Louise Fazenda's good deeds live after her". Los Angeles Times. April 21, 1962. p. 10. Retrieved May 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Louise Fazenda". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.