Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

American leading actress of the early talkie period, whose ordeal during the production of Trader Horn (1931) led to her retirement and to false rumors of her death. She had some brief stage experience before getting some unimportant film roles. She was given a leading role in the ambitious adventure film Trader Horn and traveled to Africa shoot the film. She contracted an infection (most often referred to as 'jungle fever') and was, upon her return to the U.S., bedridden for nearly six years and never again acted in films. The story grew that she had died of the fever, and it has remained one of the most persistent myths of early Hollywood. In reality, Booth was quite ill but survived. She sued MGM, the producer of the film, for a sum in excess of one million dollars. The case was settled out of court. She spent part of her later years working at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple. She died at 86 in a Los Angeles nursing home.

She starred in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0022495/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Trader Horn (1931)</a>. She spent 5 years bedridden from a tropical disease caught in the jungle.

Interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California, just north of
the mausoleum.

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