Natalie_Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

American actress


Natalie Moorhead (born Nathalian Morehead,[1][better source needed] July 27, 1901 October 6, 1992) was an American film and stage actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She was known for distinctive platinum blond hair.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Early years

Moorehead grew up in Pittsburgh.[3]

Career

She began her theatre career on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre[citation needed] playing a bridesmaid in the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose[4] which broke a record for run of the play, finally closing at the Theatre Republic on October 1, 1927.[citation needed] She then played Sadie in A Lady in Love (1927)[5] at the Lyceum Theatre.[citation needed] She played Lydia Webster in George M. Cohan's 1927 farce Baby Cyclone[5] at Henry Miller's Theatre.

Personal life

On December 21, 1930, Moorhead married director Alan Crosland in Yosemite National Park.[6] She sued him for divorce on July 2, 1935.[7] On March 28, 1942, in Maricopa, Arizona, she married millionaire Robert J. Dunham, the sixty-six year-old president of the Chicago Park District.[8] He died in 1948.[9] Moorhead's fourth husband was Juan Garchitorena, an actor (under the stage name Juan Torena) and former soccer player. They wed on July 27, 1957, in Beverly Hills.[10]

Selected filmography


References

  1. 1910,1920 census for nathalian morehead. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Natalie Moorhead biodata, allmovie.com; accessed November 12, 2016.
  3. "Lace, Ribbons, Chiffon Irresistible -- Natalie". The Times Dispatch. Virginia, Richmond. November 17, 1929. p. 47. Retrieved January 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Natalie Moorhead is Fascinating". Kenosha News. Wisconsin, Kenosha. June 30, 1930. p. 14. Retrieved January 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Natalie Moorhead". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  6. "Natalie Moorehead, film actress, weds director". The St. Louis Star and Times. Missouri, St. Louis. International News Service. December 22, 1930. p. 8. Retrieved January 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Natalie Moorhead Sues for Divorce". The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. United Press. July 3, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. "Wedding Plans Told", p. 3, Chicago Tribune, March 23, 1942.
  9. "R.J. Dunham, Long Head of Parks, Dies", p. 20, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 4, 1948
  10. "Natalie Moorhead Wed to Actor Garchitorena". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. July 28, 1957. p. 61. Retrieved January 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Natalie_Moorhead, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.