Arleen Whelan
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Arleen Whelan
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A former manicurist, Arleen Whelan had been playing movie bits for nearly a year when she was signed to a 20th Century-Fox contract in 1938. Largely confined to programmers and "B"-pictures, Whelan managed to cop the plum role of pioneer wife Hannah Clay in John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). Her career peaked in the mid-1940s; by the 1950s, she had to make do with Republic westerns, though Young Mr. Lincoln director John Ford did secure her a good part in The Sun Shines Bright (1953). Married three times, Arleen Whelan's first husband was Egyptian leading man Alex D'Arcy. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Arleen Whelan
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| Born | September 1, 1914 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Died | April 7, 1993 (aged 78) Orange County, California |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937 - 1957 |
| Spouse | Alexander D'Arcy (1940-1943) (divorced) Hugh Owen (1943-1953) (divorced) Dr. Warren O. Cagney (1960-1961) (divorced) |
Arleen Whelan (1 September 1914 – 7 April 1993) was an American film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1937 and 1957, reportedly after 20th Century Fox director H. Bruce Humberstone saw Whelan working as a manucurist in a barbershop. After her screen test the studio cast Whelan as the female lead in a film version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (1938).[1]
Selected filmography
- Ramrod (1947)
- That Wonderful Urge (1948)
- The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
- Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
References
- ^ "These are Hollywood's Movie-struck Kids". Life: pp. 34. 1938-06-06. http://books.google.com/books?id=LU8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=true. Retrieved December 08, 2011.
External links
- Arleen Whelan at the Internet Movie Database
- "Arleen Whelan". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7967677. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
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(1938 Drama Film)
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(1953 Western Film)
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