Babe London
Acting
Born 1901-08-28
Died 1980-11-29
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler Our Wife.
London began her screen career as a teenager, making her film debut in The Expert Eloper in 1919. She then appeared in A Day's Pleasure, performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. London appeared in more than 50 silent films, including The Perfect Flapper, The Boob, and the 1928 version of Tillie's Punctured Romance starring W. C. Fields. She worked with many of the funny men of the day, including Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin.
At the height of her career London weighed 255 pounds. Later, a heart condition necessitated a loss of 100 pounds, and her movie offers declined along with her weight. She never regained her earlier success.
In the late 1950s London began a second career as a painter and devoted the last 20 years of her life to depicting on canvas the early years of Hollywood. She titled the series The Vanishing Era. London willed 75 of her paintings to the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center, along with her personal belongings.
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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Hollow Triumph
Our Wife
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Kidding Katie
Go West
The Boob
Sex Kittens Go to College
The Good Humor Man
Jonah Jones
Red Pepper
All Aboard
The Judge Steps Out
A Day's Pleasure
The Balloonatic
Jackass Mail
Dancing in the Dark
Scrambled Brains
Scrambled Eggs
This Time for Keeps
Is That Nice?
Call the Wagon
Public Pigeon No. 1
Long Pants
New Moon
Merely Mary Ann
Just a Good Guy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
When the Clouds Roll By
Hazard
The Handy Man
The Princess from Hoboken
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Getting Gertie's Goat
A Hula Honeymoon
Mr. Dynamite
Nearly Married
The Weak-End Party
Winter Has Came
Golden Dreams
When Romance Rides
Other credits
9 credits
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Scared Silly
The Awakening
Grandpa's Girl
Done in Oil
Sauce and Senoritas
The Rent Dodgers
Why Worry
Stay Single
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