- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRebekah Isabelle Laemmle
- Nickname
- Carol Leonard
- Carla Laemmle was born on October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), King of Jazz (1930) and The Gate Crasher (1928). She died on June 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- RelativesCarl Laemmle(Aunt or Uncle)
- She was the last surviving cast member of both The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Dracula (1931).
- Spoke the first line of dialog in a horror film in Dracula (1931).
- With movie appearances stretching from 1925 to 2014, totaling 89 years, hers and Mickey Rooney's are jointly the longest careers in cinema history, surpassing Lillian Gish, whose career spanned the years from 1912 to 1987, or 75 years. Rooney's 339 film credits span ten consecutive decades: 1926-2015. Laemmle's 17 film credits include a break from 1939 to 2010 (except for a video short in 2001).
- Longtime relationship with writer Raymond Cannon (1934 till his death in 1977), though they never married.
- Lifelong friend of silent film actress Mary Philbin.
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