After gaining acting experience on the stage, Glenda Farrell became a Warner contract actor in the early 1930s. In spite of her later casting as a hard-boiled reporter in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) or successful gold digger Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), one of her first roles was the romantic interest of Edward G. Robinson's former partner in Little Caesar (1931). In most movies, she only had supporting roles, but she's best remembered as a hard-boiled, fast-talking (she was able to speak 390 words in a minute) reporter Torchy Blaine in the film series of the same name. Date of Death 1 May 1971, New York City, New York (lung cancer)
Movie | The Disorderly Orderly | Dr. Jean Howard | 1964-12-16 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | Middle of the Night | Mrs. Mueller | 1959-05-20 |
Movie | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Mrs. Nesbit | 1955-10-01 |
Movie | Secret of the Incas | Mrs. Winston | 1954-06-06 |
Movie | Susan Slept Here | Maude Snodgrass | 1954-07-28 |
Movie | Girls in the Night | Alice Haynes | 1953-01-15 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Apache War Smoke | Fanny Webson | 1952-09-25 |
Series | Your Show of Shows | Unknown | 1950-02-25 |
Movie | I Love Trouble | Hazel Bixby | 1948-01-15 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Mary Lou | Winnie Winford | 1948-01-23 |
Movie | Lulu Belle | Molly Benson | 1948-08-15 |
Movie | Heading for Heaven | Nora Elkins | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Ever Since Venus | Babs Cartwright | 1944-09-14 |
Movie | Klondike Kate | Molly | 1943-12-16 |
Movie | City Without Men | Billie LaRue | 1943-01-14 |
Movie | A Night for Crime | Susan Cooper | 1943-02-18 |
Movie | Twin Beds | Sonya Cherupin | 1942-04-30 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Regina Bush | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | Johnny Eager | Mae Blythe Edwarnowsky | 1941-12-09 |
Movie | Torchy Runs for Mayor | Torchy Blane | 1939-05-13 |
Movie | Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Torchy Blane | 1939-02-02 |
Movie | Stolen Heaven | Rita | 1938-05-11 |
Movie | Blondes at Work | Torchy Blane | 1938-02-05 |
Movie | Hollywood Hotel | Miss Jones, 'Jonesy' | 1938-01-15 |
Movie | Prison Break | Jean Fenderson | 1938-07-12 |
Movie | Torchy Gets Her Man | Torchy Blane | 1938-11-12 |
Movie | The Road to Reno | Sylvia Shane | 1938-08-01 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Torchy Blaine (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | Exposed | 'Click' Stewart | 1938-11-05 |
Movie | Dance Charlie Dance | Fanny Morgan | 1937-07-06 |
Movie | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Glenda Farrell | 1937-10-02 |
Movie | Fly Away Baby | Torchy Blane | 1937-06-19 |
Movie | Smart Blonde | Torchy Blane | 1937-01-02 |
Movie | Breakfast for Two | Carol Wallace | 1937-10-22 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | The Adventurous Blonde | Torchy Blane | 1937-11-13 |
Movie | The Law in Her Hands | Dorothy Davis | 1936-05-16 |
Movie | Snowed Under | Daisy Lowell | 1936-03-29 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | Ruby Miller | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | High Tension | Edith McNeil | 1936-07-10 |
Movie | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Genevieve Larkin | 1936-12-28 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | 1936-12-30 |
Movie | Here Comes Carter | Verna Kennedy | 1936-10-24 |
Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Molly Howard | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | Traveling Saleslady | Claudette | 1935-03-28 |
Movie | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Betty Hawes | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | In Caliente | Clara | 1935-05-25 |
Movie | Miss Pacific Fleet | Mae O'Brien | 1935-12-14 |
Movie | We're in the Money | Dixie Tilton | 1935-08-17 |
Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
Movie | Little Big Shot | Jean | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | I've Got Your Number | Bonnie aka Madame Francis | 1934-02-24 |
Movie | Dark Hazard | Valerie 'Val' Wilson | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | The Big Shakedown | Lily 'Lil' Duran | 1934-01-06 |
Movie | Hi, Nellie! | Gerry | 1934-01-20 |
Movie | Heat Lightning | Mrs. Tifton | 1934-03-01 |
Movie | Merry Wives of Reno | Bunny | 1934-04-18 |
Movie | The Secret Bride | Hazel Normandie | 1934-12-22 |
Movie | Kansas City Princess | Marie Callahan | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | The Personality Kid | Joan | 1934-06-06 |
Movie | The Keyhole | Dot | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Girl Missing | Kay Curtis | 1933-03-04 |
Movie | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Florence Dempsey | 1933-02-18 |
Movie | Gambling Ship | Jeanne Sands | 1933-06-23 |
Movie | Grand Slam | Blondie | 1933-02-22 |
Movie | How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing | The Golfer's Wife | 1933-06-09 |
Movie | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Glenda Carroll | 1933-07-22 |
Movie | Man's Castle | Fay La Rue | 1933-11-20 |
Movie | Havana Widows | Sadie Appleby | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | Lady for a Day | Missouri Martin | 1933-09-13 |
Movie | Bureau of Missing Persons | Belle Howard Saunders | 1933-09-16 |
Movie | Scandal for Sale | Stella | 1932-04-01 |
Movie | Life Begins | Florette | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | The Match King | Babe | 1932-12-31 |
Movie | Three on a Match | Vivian's Friend (uncredited) | 1932-10-29 |
Movie | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Marie Woods | 1932-11-09 |
Movie | Little Caesar | Olga Stassoff | 1931-01-25 |
Movie | Lucky Boy | Secretary at theater (Unbilled) | 1929-02-02 |
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