Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6524 Hollywood Boulevard. They were married in 1920 in a double ceremony with actress Constance Talmadge and businessman John Piagoglou and were divorced in 1935. She died from lung cancer and was interred in the West Point US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York. She was married to James Rennie (1890-1965), a Canadian-born actor who was her co-star in Remodeling Her Husband (filmed in 1920, it was sister Lillian's only movie as director). She remained with the show until ill health forced her departure in November 1970. She did make several appearances in anthology television series in the early 1950s. She was appearing on Broadway in a production of Forty Carats in 1969 when she was diagnosed with cancer. From 1930 until her death, she only appeared in five more movies, and one television movie.

Farrell went out of vogue in the 1940s but made a comeback later in life, winning an Emmy Award in 1963, for her work in the television series Ben Casey. She moved to England, where she turned her attention to the stage. In this role Farrell was promoted as being able to speak 400 words in 40 seconds. Overshadowed by her sister's popularity, Dorothy virtually retired from motion pictures when talkies came along. She became one of Warner Brothers most prolific actresses of the 1930s, solidifying her success with her own film series, as Torchy Blane "Girl Reporter". Dorothy would go on to star in over 100 short films and features, many of them with Lillian. Her brassy persona was used to great effect in Little Caesar (1930) opposite James Cagney, in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) opposite Paul Muni, in Havana Widows (1933) with Blondell, and in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) opposite Fay Wray. Griffith's An Unseen Enemy.

Signed to Warner Brothers, she came to personify the wise-cracking, hard-boiled, and somewhat dizzy blonde of the early talkies, along with fellow Warner Brothers contractee Joan Blondell, with whom she would be frequently paired. Dorothy and Lillian both debuted in D.W. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era, after establishing herself on Broadway. In 1912 they met Mary Pickford, and she got them work at the Biograph Studios. Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress. When they were old enough, Dorothy and Lillian were brought into their mother's act, and they also modeled. Dorothy's mother Mary began acting in order to support the family after her husband left.

Born Dorothy Elizabeth de Guiche in Dayton, Ohio, she was the sister of actress Lillian Gish. Dorothy Gish (March 11, 1898 - June 4, 1968) was an American actress.