Barbara La Marr

Mayer named the actress Hedy Lamarr after Barbara La Marr, who had been one of his favourite actresses. Films include:. In the 1930s, Louis B. Television includes:. The child was renamed Don Gallery and grew up to become an actor and a sometime boyfriend of Elizabeth Taylor; he now lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Lumley was awarded an OBE in 1995. Some years after her death, it was revealed that she had mothered an illegitimate son, Marvin Carville La Marr, who was adopted after her death by the actress Zasu Pitts and her husband, film executive Tom Gallery. The first of her two subsequent marriages was to comedy writer, Jeremy Lloyd.

At the time of her death she was married to the actor Jack Dougherty. However, following her rise to fame, she revealed that she had been an unmarried mother during the 1960s when it was socially unacceptable. Lamarr married for the first time at the age of seventeen, and during her short life was married five times. She has specialised in playing upper-class parts, and her distinctive plummy voice has reinforced this. The newspapers of the day referred to her as "The Girl Too Beautiful To Live", a slight variation on the title that had been closely associated with her. Her first major role was as Purdey in The New Avengers: a revival of the secret agent series The Avengers. She died from tuberculosis and nephritis in Altadena, California and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Tall, leggy, thin and blonde, she began her acting career as a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

During this time she became addicted to heroin, and her addiction, combined with her busy social life and gruelling work commitments took their toll on her health. Joanna Lumley (born May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is a British actress and former model who is best known for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot Patsy Stone on the British comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous. Her film career flourished, but she also embraced the Hollywood nightlife, remarking in an interview that she slept no more than two hours a night, as life was too short to waste on sleep. Trail of the Pink Panther. Over the next few years she acted frequently in films, and was widely publicised as "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World". Tam Lin. After marrying and moving with her husband to New York, New York, La Marr found employment writing screenplays and her association with movie makers led to her returning to Los Angeles and making her film debut as an actress in 1920. Sweeney Todd.

Changing her name to Barbara La Marr, she continued working on the fringes of showbusiness, but at that time her main ambition was to become a writer. Some Girls Do. While still in her teens she was arrested for dancing in a burlesque club. Shirley Valentine. After spending her early years in a small town, she was impressed by the nightlife of the rapidly growing Los Angeles. The Satanic Rites of Dracula. She was known after her adoption as Rheatha Dale Watson. Prince Valiant.

Born in Yakima, Washington, La Marr moved with her adoptive parents to California while in her early teens. Parting Shots. Barbara La Marr (July 28, 1896 - January 30, 1926) was an American film actress. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Mad Cows. James and the Giant Peach.

Innocent Lies. Games That Lovers Play. Funny Bones. Don't Just Lie There, Say Something.

Curse of the Pink Panther. The Breaking of Bumbo. Up In Town. A Rather English Marriage.

Sapphire and Steel. The New Avengers. Coronation Street.