STAGE DOOR FILM 1937 - THE ONIONS ACTRESS

Posted: 8/9/11 at 2:54pm

Saw this the other day and was very taken with a beautiful, hilarious actress who was in one scene.

She had exactly three lines:

How about their onions
You'd get further with your feet, they're bigger
Don't pick on me

Does anyone know who she was and what became of her. She seemed like a wonderful comedienne.


Updated On: 8/9/11 at 02:54 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 8:25am

Link to a clip on YouTube and I'm sure someone here will be able to tell you.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 10:13am

Just a wild guess

Posted: 8/10/11 at 10:34am

No, it wasn't Phyllis Kennedy. She played Hattie.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 11:16am

Okay, as I said, it was a wild guess. I havent seen the film in years, but I went to IMDB and looked for the last name listed, figuring that would be the one with the least screen time.

Now I'm gonna have to get out my DVD. See what you made me do????

[Kad]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 11:17am

The film is so much better than the play.

God, I hate the play.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 11:28am

I've haven't read through it, but a Google search's hit indicated that the script on this website gives the line to Mary Louise Smith:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17103101/Stage-Door-Screenplay

And IMDB says that Mary Louise Smith is in the film as "Bit Role (uncredited).

So it looks as though Mary Louise might be your girl.








Updated On: 8/10/11 at 11:28 AM

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 11:29am

What a great resource! Thanks, sir!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 11:36am

The Cala Lilies are in bloom again...

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 1:35pm

I answered this yesterday. Stupid vanishing posts. That really needs to be fixed

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 1:39pm

Eris, was it Mary Louise Smith?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 4:04pm

Yes, sir

Posted: 8/10/11 at 5:48pm

Thanks.

I wonder whatever happened to her.