Janet Chandler
Janet Chandler (December 31, 1911[1] – March 16, 1994) was a model and actress in American films. She had starring roles in several films of the 1930s. She began her film career as a child actress.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born Lillian Elizabeth Guenther in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Albert John and Janet Elizabeth (Williams) Guenther, Chandler was a leading lady in the films The Golden West[3] and Cowboy Holiday.[4] After her family moved to Los Angeles, California, young Lillian attended girls schools (Harter, Orton).[citation needed] Chandler moved from New York to Hollywood in 1929 "to make the grade in pictures".[5]
Chandler married twice and had three daughters.[citation needed] On October 21, 1935, she married George Edward Barrett, a New York investment broker.[6] They divorced in 1947.[citation needed] She married, secondly, to playwright Joseph Kramm in 1956. That union also ended in divorce.[7][8][9]
Chandler died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on March 19, 1994, aged 82, of heart failure[2] and was interred in Bellwood Cemetery in her native Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[10]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- The Three Musketeers (1921)[2] (uncredited)
- Inez from Hollywood (1924) as Ruth Sullivan - Child (not billed)
- The Golden West (1932)[2]
- House of Danger (1934) as Sylvia Evans
- Cowboy Holiday (1934) as Ruth Hopkins
- Cyclone of the Saddle (1935) as Sue
- The Drunkard (1935)
- Million Dollar Haul (1935)
- Rough Riding Ranger (1935) as Dorothy White
- Now or Never (1935) as Audrey Ferry
- Cyclone of the Saddle (1935) as Sue
- Show Girls[11]
- The Drunkard (1935) as Mary Wilson[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ William Harold Broughton, The Cleggs of Old Chatham: the ancestry, family, descendants of Thomas A. Clegg and Bridget Polk, their kin, and events of history, Clegg Family Association, 1977. p. 228; date obituary, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1994.
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