Addie McPhail (July 15, 1905 – April 14, 2003) was an American film actress.
Addie McPhail | |
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 From a 1927 magazine | |
| Born | July 15, 1905 White Plains, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 2003 (aged 97) Canoga Park, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1927–1941 |
| Spouse(s) | Lindsay McPhail |
| Children | 1 |
Early years
McPhail was born Addie Dukes in White Plains, Kentucky, on July 15, 1905.[1] Her parents were Van and Cordelia Dukes, and she attended schools in Madisonville and Providence, Kentucky.[2] Her father worked in insurance, and the family often moved. They went to Chicago in 1911 and "settled for a long period".[1] While there, she won several contests on stage.[2] They went to Hollywood in 1925, a move that McPhail considered to be fate because she wanted to be an actress.[1]
Career
McPhail began her work in films with Stern Brothers, a studio that produced short comedies that Universal distributed.[1] She appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1941.[citation needed] The physical demands of comedy gradually diminished McPhail's interest in acting, and she later said, "May I was never the actress I wanted to be."[1] Her film career ended with Northwest Passage (1940).[1]
Personal life and death
McPhail's first husband was Lindsay McPhail, a pianist and songwriter with whom she had a daughter.[1] She was the third and last wife of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. After she retired from acting, she served for 17 years as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[3]
McPhail died of undisclosed causes in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, on April 14, 2003.[1]
Selected filmography
- Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Mrs. Hickson
- Double Whoopee (1929) - Woman applying make-up (uncredited)
- The Three Sisters (1930) - Antonia
- Night Work (1930) - Trixie
- Midnight Daddies (1930) - Trixie - Charlie's Sweetheart
- Won by a Neck (1930)
- Extravagance (1930) - Helen - Fred's Secretary (uncredited)
- Up a Tree (1930) - Addie
- Marriage Rows (1931) - Winnie
- Girls Demand Excitement (1931) - Sue Street (uncredited)
- Ex-Plumber (1931) - Addie - The Wife
- Aloha (1931) - Rosalie
- Beach Pajamas (1931)
- Corsair (1931) - Jean Phillips
- Smart Work (1931) - Billy's Wife
- Keep Laughing (1932)
- Hollywood Luck (1932)
- Merry Wives of Reno (1934) - Mrs. Dillingworth (uncredited)
- By Your Leave (1934) - Gloria Dawn (uncredited)
- Bordertown (1935) - Carter's Girl (uncredited)
- Diamond Jim (1935) - (uncredited)
- It's in the Air (1935) - (uncredited)
- Women of Glamour (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Northwest Passage (1940) - Jane Browne (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) - Cafe Hostess (uncredited)