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Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era, after establishing herself on Broadway. Signed to Warner Brothers, she came to personify the wise-cracking, hard-boiled, and somewhat dizzy blonde of the early talkies, along with fellow Warner Brothers contractee Joan Blondell, with whom she would be frequently paired. Her brassy persona was used to great effect in Little Caesar ( 1930) opposite James CagneyJames Francis Cagney, Jr. July 17, 1899 March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Born in Yonkers, New York, Cagney graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1918. He worked in vaudeville and on Broadway, marrying the dancer Frances Will, in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 movie in which Paul Muni stars as a wrongly accused escapee from a brutal chain gang. The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes, from Robert E. Burns's autobiography I Am a Fugitive from the Georg ( 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan) opposite Paul MuniCarl Van Vechten, 1932 Paul Muni ( September 22, 1895 August 25, 1967) was a versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, nominated for five Academy Awards. Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund in Lwow, Galicja, autonomus province of Austria-Hungary (now, in Havana Widows ( 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu) with Blondell, and in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) opposite Fay WrayVina Fay Wray ( September 15, 1907 August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-born American actress. Born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, her family moved to the United States when she was three. They lived in Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah before settling in Ca. She became one of Warner Brothers most prolific actresses of the 1930s, solidifying her success with her own film series, as Torchy Blane "Girl Reporter". In this role Farrell was promoted as being able to speak 400 words in 40 seconds.

Farrell went out of vogue in the 1940s but made a comeback later in life, winning an Emmy AwardThe Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci in 1963, for her work in the television series Ben Casey. She was appearing on Broadway in a production of Forty Carats in 1969 when she was diagnosed with cancer. She remained with the show until ill health forced her departure in November 1970. She died from lung cancer and was interred in the West Point US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York.

Glenda Farrell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6524 Hollywood Boulevard.