Miriam Jordan(1904-1987)
- Actress
English-born Miriam Jordan had only a brief career in motion pictures.
She won a beauty contest while working as a typist in London and this
facilitated her introduction to the stage. Seeking fame and fortune in
America, she was
'decoratively cast' in 'Three Cheers' with Will Rogers
in 1928, her one scene consisting of walking down stairs, while
modelling a fabulous gown. Between 1932 and 1934, she appeared in a
handful of films opposite fading male stars
Warner Baxter and
Clive Brook, and this did little to advance
her own career. In
'Sherlock
Holmes' (1932), Miriam and co-star Clive Brook were effectively
upstaged by character actor Ernest Torrence
in the part of Professor Moriarty. Miriam's best moment was to be the
romance
I Loved You Wednesday (1933),
(jointly directed by Henry King and
William Cameron Menzies) in
which she was billed fourth in the part of Cynthia Williams. The New
York Times (June 16) briefly commented on her 'splendid' performance.
However, this was as good as it got for Miss Jordan and she was last
heard of appearing in a short-lived run of 'Michael Drops In' on
Broadway in 1938.
