Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie
Mona Barrie, 1938
Born	Mona Barlee Smith December 18, 1909(1909-12-18) London, England
Died	June 27, 1964(1964-06-27) (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Paul Macklin Bolton (m. 1938–1964) «start: (1938)–end+1: (1965)»"Marriage: Paul Macklin Bolton to Mona Barrie" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Barrie)

Mona Barrie (December 18, 1909 – June 27, 1964) was an English born actress in American theatre and motion pictures.

Career

Born Mona Barlee Smith in London, she was educated in Australia and made her professional debut as a ballet dancer in Sydney at the age of sixteen. This led to a solo act in musical comedies. In 1933 she emigrated to New York, was given a test for films and this led to signing with Fox Film Corporation and making her film debut in the 1934 film Sleepers East using the stage name Mona Barrie.^[1] While her lack of a glamorous beauty resulted in her generally being cast in important but secondary roles, during a film career spanning almost twenty years she appeared in more than fifty motion pictures. For her contribution to the industry, Mona Barrie has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6140 Hollywood Blvd.

Barrie co-starred in 1942's Dawn on the Great Divide, the last film Buck Jones made before dying in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts.

A stage actress as well, Mona Barrie performed at various playhouses across the U.S. and debuted on Broadway in 1937.

Personal life

Mona Barrie died in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. Married to Canadian Paul Macklin Bolton (1938–1964), they are buried together^[2] in the Knox United Church Cemetery in Agincourt, Ontario.

Partial filmography

• Charlie Chan in London (1934)
• Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
• Mystery Woman (1935)
• King of Burlesque (1936)
• Love on the Run (1936)
• A Message to Garcia (1936)
• I Met Him in Paris (1937)
• Say It in French (1938)
• Men are Such Fools (1938)
• I Take This Woman (1940)
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
• Cairo (1942)
• Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
• Just Before Dawn (1946)
• Cass Timberlane (1947)
• My Dog Rusty (1948)
• The First Time (1952)
• Strange Fascination (1952)
• Plunder of the Sun (1953)

References

1. ^ "Fox's Newest Actress Set .Mona Barrie Handed Her First Role... ‎". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 18, 1933. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PQANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3698,3632515&dq=mona-barrie&hl=en. Retrieved October 19, 2010. 
2. ^ "Hollywood Star Walk - Mona Barrie". Los Angeles Times. June 17, 2010. http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/mona-barrie/. Retrieved October 19, 2010. 

External links

Biography portal

• Mona Barrie at the Internet Movie Database
• Mona Barrie at AllRovi
• Mona Barrie at the Internet Broadway Database
• Photographs of Mona Barrie
• Mona Barrie at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Barrie, Mona
Alternative names	Smith, Mona
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	December 18, 1909
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	June 27, 1964
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.