Mollie King (actress)
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Born | Mary Josephine King April 16, 1895 New York City United States |
Died | December 28, 1981 Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States | (aged 86)
Occupation | Stage and film actor |
Years active | 1902–1924 |
Spouse(s) | Kenneth Deedes Alexander[1] (m.1919–1935; his death) Thomas H. Claffey (m.?–1981; her death) |
Children | 1 son (Kenneth Deedes Alexander Jr.)[2] |
Mollie King (born Mary Josephine King; April 16, 1895 – December 28, 1981) was an American stage and screen actress.[3]
Early life and stage career[]
Mollie King was born in New York City in 1895, the daughter of Ellen Mary (née Kearney) and Thomas Joseph King, both natives of Ireland. Two of her older siblings, Charles King and Nellie King also became actors and were likely instrumental in obtaining earlier roles for her in theatre.[4] Mollie began working professionally on stage at the age of seven. Later, by age 16, she was appearing at the Winter Garden Theatre and at other Broadway venues.[5] A few of her stage credits include roles in Good Morning, Judge and Blue Eyes.[4][5]
Film career[]
King signed with Pathé before moving into film acting.[6] She was cast in leading roles in two John M. Stahl directed films, and also starred in serials. George Irving directed her in the film Her Majesty.[7] She later returned to the stage, appearing with her brother Charles King in a musical comedy Good Morning, Judge.[5]
Personal life and death[]
King married Kentucky distiller Kenneth D. Alexander in 1919.[5][8] The couple remained married until Kenneth's death in Arkansas in July 1935. King later married Thomas H. Claffey.
In 1981, at age 86, King died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her gravesite, however, is in her hometown of New York City, at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
Filmography[]
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- [9] (1916)
- (1916)
- (1916)
- (1916)
- The Summer Girl (1916)
- (1916)
- The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917)
- The Seven Pearls (1917)
- Kick In (1917)
- Blind Man's Luck (1917)
- The On-the-Square Girl (1917)
- (1917)
- (1920)
- (1921)
- (1922)
- Pied Piper Malone (1924)
References[]
- ^ In 1920 and later film-industry publications, Mollie's husband is erroneously and repeatedly cited as "Kenneth Dade Alexander".
- ^ The Wisconsin Historical Society has a 1920 studio portrait of Mollie King holding “her son"; see "Mollie King Alexander and her Son | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 1, 2003.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (August 17, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786479924 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pollack, Howard (January 15, 2007). George Gershwin: His Life and Work. University of California Press. p. 255 – via Internet Archive.
blue eyes mollie king.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "PRETTY ACTRESS MOLLIE KING WEDS KENNETH D. ALEXANDER". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mollie King". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard; Beauchamp, Cari (August 19, 2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813542935 – via Google Books.
- ^ "MOLLIE KING MARRIES.; Her Wedding to Kenneth D. Alexander, Kentucky Distiller, a Surprise". May 27, 1919 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. August 19, 1916 – via Google Books.
External links[]
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- Mollie King at the Internet Broadway Database
- Mollie King at IMDb
- 1895 births
- 1981 deaths
- American silent film actresses
- American stage actors
- Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
- 20th-century American actresses
- American musical theatre actresses