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Muriel Kirkland

Biography

Muriel Kirkland

Overview

  • Born
    August 19, 1903 · Yonkers, New York, USA
  • Died
    September 26, 1971 · New York City, New York, USA (emphysema)
  • Height
    5′ 1″ (1.55 m)

Biography

  • Muriel Kirkland was born on August 19, 1903 in Yonkers, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Secret of the Blue Room (1933), Little Man, What Now? (1934) and Hold Your Man (1933). She was married to Staats Cotsworth. She died on September 26, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA.

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  • Spouse
      Staats Cotsworth(May 24, 1936 - September 26, 1971) (her death)

Trivia

  • Stage actress (on Broadway from 1925), who played a few small roles in minor Hollywood films of the 1930's.
  • Redheaded B-movie actress, first on the professional stage with the Yonkers Stock Company and later in Louisville, Kentucky. Brought to Hollywood under contract to MGM but made little headway. Returned to the screen in 1948 after a 13-year hiatus as a small part supporting player.
  • She was one of 38 nominees who competed to be a WAMPAS Baby Star for 1934, but was ultimately not selected to be one of the thirteen Baby Stars for that year.
  • She was the forth of six actresses to play the titular character of the radio soap opera The Story of Mary Marlin. She succeeded Betty Lou Gerson; after Kirkland left the role, Mary Marlin was voiced by Eloise Kummer.

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