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Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler; [1] September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies.
5 lis 2014 · Merna Kennedy passed away on December 20, 1944 due to a myocardial infarction (heart attack). She was only 36 years old. She was buried at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
Kennedy, Merna (1908–1944) American actress and dancer. Born Maude Kahler, Sept 7, 1908, in Kankakee, IL; died Dec 20, 1944, of a heart attack in Los Angeles, CA; trained with Ernest Belcher; m. Busby Berkeley (director-choreographer), 1934 (div. 1935).
She was born in Kankakee, one of two children to Maud (née Reed) and John Kahler, a German-American butcher turned chiropractor. After her parents separated, her mother moved the family to California, where she married a grocer two years later, and changed their name to Kennedy.
Merna Kennedy (ur 7 września 1908 w Illinois i zmarł dnia 20 grudnia 1944 w Los Angeles) jest amerykańską aktorką.
Birthday: Sep 7, 1908. Birthplace: Kankakee, Illinois, USA. Merna Kennedy was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Kennedy started off her career in film with roles in "The...
American actress Merna Kennedy, born Maude Kahler in Kankakee, IL, began appearing on stage at age nine. Charles Chaplin later discovered her, and had Kennedy play his leading lady in The Circus. Her film career continued through 1934 when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley and retired.
