Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | November 17, 1899
Died | August 3, 1974 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 74)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1918-1933 |
Spouse(s) | Mervyn LeRoy (1927-1932, divorced) |
Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era.[1] She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by ScreenLand Magazine.
For part of her career, Murphy was the leading woman in films with Monte Blue.[2]
Murphy married director Mervyn LeRoy on December 18, 1927. She divorced him on June 30, 1932, on the grounds of desertion.[3]
Selected filmography[]
- To the Highest Bidder (1918)
- Fantômas (1920)
- Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920)
- The Branded Woman (1920)
- Dynamite Allen (1921)
- Extra! Extra! (1922)
- The Galloping Kid (1922)
- Don't Shoot (1922)
- Caught Bluffing (1922)
- Ridin' Wild (1922)
- Paid Back (1922)
- Her Dangerous Path (1923)
- Nobody's Bride (1923)
- Going Up (1923)
- Leatherstocking (1924)
- The King of the Wild Horses (1924)
- The White Moth (1924)
- Daughters of Today (1924)
- Into the Net (1924)
- After the Ball (1924)
- Lena Rivers (1925)
- Wildfire (1925)
- The Police Patrol (1925)
- Ermine and Rhinestones (1925)
- His Buddy's Wife (1925)
- Obey The Law (1926)
- Wives at Auction (1926)
- Things Wives Tell (1926)
- 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
- The Little Giant (1926)
- The Valley of Hell (1927)
- Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
- The Black Diamond Express (1927)
- Silver Comes Through (1927)
- His Foreign Wife (1927)
- Burnt Fingers (1927)
- Wilful Youth (1927)
- The Silent Hero (1927)
- Dearie (1927)
- The Cruise of the Hellion (1927)
- Modern Daughters (1927)
- Stolen Kisses (1929)
- The Sunset Legion (1928)
- The Midnight Adventure (1928)
- My Man (1928)
- The Greyhound Limited (1929)
- Little Johnny Jones (1929)
- The Show of Shows (1929)
- Lummox (1930)
- Finger Prints (1931)
- Anybody's Blonde (1931)
References[]
- ^ "Edna Murphy". Silent Hollywood. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ^ "Edna Murphy to Wed Mervyn Leroy". The New York Times. November 3, 1927. p. 24. ProQuest 104068113. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Mervyn Le Roy Divorced". The New York Times. July 1, 1932. p. 19. ProQuest 100575479. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edna Murphy. |
- Edna Murphy at IMDb
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1974 deaths
- American film actresses
- American silent film actresses
- Actresses from New York City
- 20th-century American actresses
- Western (genre) film actresses