Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films.

Early life Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana,

She briefly left films from 1921 to 1922 to perform vaudeville. Her transition into talking pictures led to more serious roles, including the giggly fiancée in the prestige antiwar film The Road Back.

Marriage In 1927, Fazenda married Hal B. Wallis, a producer at Warner Bros., and they remained married until her death. They had one son, Brent, who became a psychiatrist.

Death Fazenda died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Beverly Hills, California.

Recognition Fazenda has a star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She appears in the lyrics of "Out in the Street", a rock-ballad from 1975 by hard rock band UFO. "Your comic book impersonations, Louise Fazenda and Buster Keaton"

Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1913 Poor Jake's Demise Servant Short subject Incomplete Almost an Actress Susie Short subject Lost film 1915 Hogan's Romance Upset Short subject Fatty's Tintype Tangle Edgar's Wife Short subject 1916 The Marble Heart Lost film Maid Mad Short subject 1917 Maggie's First False Step Lost film 1919 Bullin' the Bullsheviki Salome vs. Shenandoah Short subject Lost film 1920 Down on the Farm Louise, the Farmer's Daughter Married Life Wife of Heckler at Theatre 1921 A Small Town Idol Theatregoer 1922 Bright Eyes the Golfer Short subject The Beauty Shop Cremo Panatella Lost film Bow Wow the Country Girl Lost film Quincy Adams Sawyer Mandy Skinner Lost film The Beautiful and Damned Muriel Lost film 1923 The Fog Millie Richards Lost film The Spider and the Rose Dolores Lost film Main Street Bea Sorenson Lost film Mary of the Movies Cameo Uncredited Incomplete film The Spoilers Tilly Nelson Tea: With a Kick! Lost film The Gold Diggers Mabel Munroe Incomplete film The Wanters Mary Lost film The Old Fool Dolores Murphy Lost film 1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln Sally, a Country Girl Incomplete film The Galloping Fish Undine True as Steel Miss Leeds Incomplete film Listen Lester Arbutus Quilty Being Respectable Deborah Carpenter This Woman Rose The Lighthouse by the Sea Flora Gale 1925 The Night Club Carmen Cheaper to Marry Flora The Price of Pleasure Stella Kelly Lost film Déclassé Mrs. Walton A Broadway Butterfly Cookie Dale Lost film Grounds for Divorce Marianne Incomplete film, missing reel 3 The Love Hour Jenny Tibbs Lost film Compromise Hilda Lost film Bobbed Hair Sweetie Hogan's Alley Dolly 1926 The Bat Lizzie Allen Footloose Widows Flo Miss Nobody Mazie Raleigh Lost film The Passionate Quest Madame Mathilde Lost film Tin Gods Lost film Millionaires Reba, Esther's Sister Lost film The Old Soak Annie Lost film The Lady of the Harem Yasmin Lost film Ladies at Play Aunt Katherine Lost film 1927 Finger Prints Dora Traynor Lost film The Red Mill Gretchen The Gay Old Bird Sisseretta Simpkins Babe Comes Home Laundry Girl Lost film Cradle Snatchers Susan Martin Incomplete film, missing reels 3 and 4 Simple Sis Sis Lost film A Sailor's Sweetheart Cynthia Botts Incomplete film A Texas Steer Mrs. Ma Brander Lost film Ham and Eggs at the Front Cally Brown 1928 Tillie's Punctured Romance Tillie, a Runaway Lost film Domestic Troubles Lola Lost film Pay as You Enter Mary Smith Lost film Vamping Venus Maggie Cassidy / Circe Lost film Five and Ten Cent Annie Annie Lost film A fragment exists Heart to Heart Aunt Katie Boyd The Terror Mrs. Elvery Lost film Noah's Ark Hilda/Tavern Maid Film survives as a partially restored 108 minute version; the original 138 minute version is lost Outcast Mable Riley the Cop Lena Krausmeyer Taxi 13 Uncredited 1929 Stark Mad Mrs. Fleming Lost film The Desert Song Susan House of Horror Louise Lost film Hot Stuff Aunt Kate On with the Show! Sarah Fogharty Hard to Get Ma Martin The Show of Shows in 'Recitations' Sketch The Broadway Hoofer Jane 1930 No, No, Nanette Sue Smith Incomplete film Wide Open Agatha Hathaway Loose Ankles Sarah Harper High Society Blues Mrs. Granger Spring Is Here Emily Braley Bride of the Regiment Teresa, the Maid Lost film A 20-second fragment exists Rain or Shine Frankie Leathernecking Hortense Viennese Nights Gretl Kruger 1931 Gun Smoke Hampsey Dell Misbehaving Ladies Aunt Kate Boyd Newly Rich Maggie Tiffany The Mad Parade Fanny Smithers The Cuban Love Song Elvira 1932 Racing Youth Daisy Joy Once in a Lifetime Helen Hobart The Unwritten Law Lulu Potts 1933 Hunting Trouble Walter's Wife Short subject Alice in Wonderland White Queen 1934 Caravan Governess Bessie Opitz Wonder Bar Mrs. Pratt 1935 The Winning Ticket Nora Tomasello The Casino Murder Case Becky Broadway Gondolier Flaggenheim Bad Boy Mrs. Harris – Landlady The Widow from Monte Carlo Rose Torrent 1936 Colleen Alicia Ames Doughnuts and Society Kate Flannagan I Married a Doctor Bea Sorenson 1937 Ready, Willing, and Able Clara Heineman The Road Back Angelina Ever Since Eve Abbie Belldon Merry-Go-Round of 1938 Mrs. Penelope Updike First Lady Mrs. Lavinia Mae Creevey 1938 Swing Your Lady Sadie Down on the Farm Aunt Ida 1939 The Old Maid Dora