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Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, and won an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the television series Ben Casey in 1963.
Known For
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(1932)
Marie Woods
Little Caesar
(1931)
Olga Stassoff
Kissin' Cousins
(1964)
Ma Tatum
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Dr. Jean Howard
The Talk of the Town
(1942)
Regina Bush
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Florence Dempsey
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
(1955)
Mrs. Nesbit
Lady for a Day
(1933)
Missouri Martin
Lulu Belle
(1948)
Molly Benson
Three on a Match
(1932)
Vivian's Friend (uncredited)
Middle of the Night
(1959)
Mrs. Mueller
Prison Break
(1938)
Jean Fenderson
Full Filmography
Acting
Little Caesar
(1931)
Olga Stassoff
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(1932)
Marie Woods
The Match King
(1932)
Babe
Life Begins
(1932)
Florette Darien
Scandal for Sale
(1932)
Stella
Three on a Match
(1932)
Vivian's Friend (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(1933)
Florence Dempsey
Lady for a Day
(1933)
Missouri Martin
Gambling Ship
(1933)
Jeanne Sands
Bureau of Missing Persons
(1933)
Belle Howard Saunders
Man's Castle
(1933)
Fay La Rue
Grand Slam
(1933)
Blondie
Girl Missing
(1933)
Kay Curtis
Mary Stevens, M.D.
(1933)
Glenda Carroll
The Keyhole
(1933)
Dot
Havana Widows
(1933)
Sadie Appleby
How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing
(1933)
The Golfer's Wife
Merry Wives of Reno
(1934)
Bunny
The Big Shakedown
(1934)
Lily 'Lil' Duran
Dark Hazard
(1934)
Valerie 'Val' Wilson
The Personality Kid
(1934)
Joan
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Hazel Normandie
Hi, Nellie!
(1934)
Gerry
Kansas City Princess
(1934)
Marie Callahan
I've Got Your Number
(1934)
Bonnie aka Madame Francis
Heat Lightning
(1934)
Mrs. Tifton
Gold Diggers of 1935
(1935)
Betty Hawes
Little Big Shot
(1935)
Jean
We're in the Money
(1935)
Dixie Tilton
Miss Pacific Fleet
(1935)
Mae O'Brien
Go Into Your Dance
(1935)
Molly Howard
In Caliente
(1935)
Clara
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
Claudette
Things You Never See on the Screen
(1935)
Self
Gold Diggers of 1937
(1936)
Genevieve Larkin
High Tension
(1936)
Edith McNeil
Here Comes Carter
(1936)
Verna Kennedy
Snowed Under
(1936)
Daisy Lowell
The Law in Her Hands
(1936)
Dorothy Davis
Nobody's Fool
(1936)
Ruby Miller
Breakdowns of 1936
(1936)
Self
Breakfast for Two
(1937)
Carol Wallace
Smart Blonde
(1937)
Torchy Blane
Dance Charlie Dance
(1937)
Fanny Morgan
Fly Away Baby
(1937)
Torchy Blane
The Adventurous Blonde
(1937)
Torchy Blane
Breakdowns of 1937
(1937)
Self
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
(1937)
Glenda Farrell
You Live and Learn
(1937)
Mamie Wallis
Hollywood Hotel
(1938)
Miss Jones, 'Jonesy'
Blondes at Work
(1938)
Torchy Blane
Stolen Heaven
(1938)
Rita
Torchy Gets Her Man
(1938)
Torchy Blane
Prison Break
(1938)
Jean Fenderson
Exposed
(1938)
'Click' Stewart
The Road to Reno
(1938)
Sylvia Shane
Breakdowns of 1938
(1938)
Torchy Blaine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
(1939)
Torchy Blane
Torchy Runs for Mayor
(1939)
Torchy Blane
Breakdowns of 1939
(1939)
Self
Johnny Eager
(1941)
Mae Blythe Edwarnowsky
The Talk of the Town
(1942)
Regina Bush
Twin Beds
(1942)
Sonya Cherupin
A Night for Crime
(1943)
Susan Cooper
City Without Men
(1943)
Billie LaRue
Klondike Kate
(1943)
Molly
Ever Since Venus
(1944)
Babs Cartwright
Heading For Heaven
(1947)
Nora Elkins
I Love Trouble
(1948)
Hazel Bixby
Lulu Belle
(1948)
Molly Benson
Mary Lou
(1948)
Winnie Winford
Apache War Smoke
(1952)
Fanny Webson
Girls in the Night
(1953)
Alice Haynes
Secret of the Incas
(1954)
Mrs. Winston
Susan Slept Here
(1954)
Maude Snodgrass
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
(1955)
Mrs. Nesbit
Middle of the Night
(1959)
Mrs. Mueller
A String of Beads
(1961)
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Dr. Jean Howard
Kissin' Cousins
(1964)
Ma Tatum
Tiger by the Tail
(1970)
Sarah Harvey