Jan Duggan

Jan Duggan (born Genevieve Hussey; November 6, 1881 - March 10, 1977)^[1] was an American film and stage actress.^[2]

Early life[]

Duggan was born Genevieve Hussey in St. Louis, Missouri.^[3] She was the daughter of George W. Hussey Sr. and Mary E. Flynn, she had three siblings. Her father died from a gunshot wound in 1894 in an act that was considered an homicide. She and the rest of her family lived in St. Louis until 1909, when the family relocated to Dallas, Texas, except her brother.^{[citation needed]}

Voice lessons and breathing exercises that were administered for her frailty in childhood helped to prepare her for her career. She sang in light opera and in concerts in St. Louis and taught voice lessons after she moved to Dallas.^[3]

Career[]

Duggan started her career in 1933 after she was cast as the "Bowery Nightingale" in the revival of "The Drunkard" in the Los Angeles Theatre Mart. Her film career started in 1934, appearing in films like The Old Fashioned Way, Wagon Wheels, The County Chairman, A Damsel in Distress, Mountain Music during the 1930s. During the 1940s she appeared in My Little Chickadee, Manhattan Heartbeat, The Big Store and Dudes Are Pretty People among others.

For 20 of the 24 years from 1933 through 1957, Duggan sang between the second and third acts of The Drunkard at the Theater Mart in Los Angeles. She estimated that the number of performances exceeded 7,300.^[4]

Personal life[]

In 1915, Duggan married Eugene Fowler Duggan. They had one stillborn daughter died in 1920. Eugene died in 1942 and she never remarried.^{[citation needed]} She died on March 10, 1977,^[1] in Anaheim, California, aged 96.^[5] She was buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[]

Film[]

• Dixiana (1930) - Society Woman in Theater Box (uncredited)
• The Old Fashioned Way (1934) - Cleopatra Pepperday
• Wagon Wheels (1934) - Abby Masters
• Forsaking All Others (1934) - Mrs. Cobal - Costumer (uncredited)
• The County Chairman (1935) - Abigail
• Mississippi (1935) - Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
• Reckless(1935) - Chairwoman (uncredited)
• (1935) - Mary Clyde
• I Live My Life (1935) - Aunt Mathilde, Loud Singer
• The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
• Drift Fence (1936) - Carrie Bingham
• Small Town Girl (1936) - Florence (uncredited)
• Easy to Take (1936) - Miss Higie
• Mountain Music (1937) - Ma Burnside
• New Faces of 1937 (1937) - Opera singer at audition (uncredited)
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) - Supt. of Nurses
• Life Begins in College (1937) - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
• A Damsel in Distress (1937) - Miss Ruggles
• Midnight Intruder (1938) - Mrs. Randolph
• Scandal Street (1938) - Vera Veazy
• Kentucky Moonshine (1938) - Nurse
• One Wild Night (1938) - Mrs. Halliday
• The Wages of Sin (1938) - uncredited
• Thanks for Everything (1938) - Miss Twitchell
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) - Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)
• Inside Story (1939) - Flora
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) - Mrs. Winthrop
• The House of Fear (1939) - Sarah Henderson
• Here I Am a Stranger (1939) - Landlady (uncredited)
• My Little Chickadee (1940) - Uppity Little Bend Woman (uncredited)
• Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) - Wife
• The Bank Dick (1940) - Mrs. Muckle - Mother in Bank (uncredited)
• Las Vegas Nights (1941) - Flirtatious Dowager (uncredited)
• The Big Store (1941) - Henry's Wife (uncredited)
• The Richest Man in Town (1941) - Penelope Kidwell
• Dudes Are Pretty People (1942) - Dude Ranch Guest
• Calaboose (1943) - Radio Girl (voice, uncredited)
• The Meanest Man in the World (1943) - Mrs. Throckmorton (uncredited)

Select Stage Credits[]

• The Drunkard (1933)

References[]

External links[]

• Jan Duggan at IMDb
• Jan Duggan at Find a Grave