Description: SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED Inscribed to Director Dick Stevens Rich was born in Herne Hill, London, on January 1 1900. In 1919, she married Canadian fighter pilot "Leo" Nicholson, and accompanied him back to his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rich's new father-in-law decided that she had a future in Hollywood, and he gave her $1000 of his own savings to fund her acting career. After making her film debut in The Day She Paid (1919), Rich quickly became highly sought, appearing in 18 films between 1920 and 1922.In 1923, Rich lost her financial support when her father-in-law became ill and died, and she did not grace any films until the following year. She soon divorced her husband, and Rich regained her stride in 1924, appearing in six new films, with roles in eight more in 1925. She gained critical attention for her role as a "man-eating, social-climbing" woman in Cecil B. DeMille's The Golden Bed, and a subsequent The New York Times review called her an "extraordinarily beautiful" woman. Her next – and final – featured role was in the 1926 railroad film Whispering Smith. Her career slowly declined in the early 1930s, possibly because Rich's voice was not well suited to the new "talkie" films that took hold as sound technology became normalized. During the 1930s she was under contract at MGM, where she played smaller parts in several films, including three Hal Roach Our Gang Comedies. She was in very poor health during her last years. According to the 1950 census, she was "unable to work". According to her death certificate, she died of pharyngeal cancer, after an eight month battle, shortly after her 54th birthday at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills. She is buried at the Valhalla Memorial Park in Los Angeles. FILMS (69 credits) 1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis Nurse in Lobby 1939 Lucky Night Secretary 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns Telephone Operator 1936 San Francisco Nun 1936 Dangerous Intrigue Wagner's Nurse 1935 The Girl Friend English Lady 1935 She Married Her Boss Telephone Operator 1935 DeMille The Crusades Secondary Role 1935 Sprucin' Up (Short) Mrs. Jones 1934 Riptide Girl 1932 Our Gang A Lad an' a Lamp (Short) Introductory Narrator 1932 Our Gang Birthday Blues (Short) Lillian, the kids' mother 1932 Our Gang Free Wheeling (Short) Dickie's Mother 1932 Max Davidson Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (Short) Virginia Shelby 1932 Mark of the Spur Alice - Beckett's Adopted Daughter 1931 The Devil Plays Grace Stiles 1931 Once a Lady Jane Vernon 1931 Morals for Women 1931 Grief Street Pamela Gregory 1930 The Eternal Triangle (Short) The British Wife 1930 Red Pearls Sylvia Radshaw 1929 High Seas Faith Jeffrey 1928 The Forger Jane Leith 1928 The Old Code Marie d'Arcy 1927 That's My Daddy Sylvia Van Tassel 1927 Web of Fate Gloria Gunther / Beverly Townsend 1927 Woman's Law Helene 1927 Snowbound Alice Blake 1927 God's Great Wilderness Mary Goodheart 1927 Wanted: A Coward Isabell Purviance 1926 Exclusive Rights Catherine Courtwright 1926 Stan Laurel On the Front Page (Short) Countess Polasky 1926 Dancing Days Lillian Loring 1926 The Golden Web Ruth Rowan 1926 The Isle of Retribution Bess Gilbert 1926 Whispering Smith Dicksie Dunning 1925 Braveheart Dorothy Nelson 1925 Ship of Souls Christine Garth 1925 Simon the Jester Lola Brandt 1925 The Love Gamble Peggy Mason 1925 Seven Days Kit Eclair 1925 The Golden Bed Flora Lee Peake 1925 Zeppo Marx A Kiss in the Dark Betty King 1925 Soft Shoes Faith O'Day 1924 Cheap Kisses Ardell Kendall 1924 Empty Hearts Madeline 1924 Never Say Die Violet Stevenson 1924 The Phantom Horseman Dorothy Mason 1924 The Love Master Sally 1924 The Man from Wyoming Helen Messiter 1922 Catch My Smoke Mary Thorne 1922 One Wonderful Night Hermione Fane 1922 The Kentucky Derby Alice Brown 1922 Afraid to Fight Harriet Monroe 1922 The Bear Cat Alys May 1922 Man to Man Terry Temple 1921 The Ruse of the Rattler Helen Sanderson 1921 The Millionaire Kate Blair 1921 Her Social Value Gwendolyn Shipley 1921 Go Straight Hope Gibbs 1921 Beyond Bessie Ackroyd 1921 The Blazing Trail Carroll Brown 1921 The Sage Hen Stella Sanson 1920 Dice of Destiny Nancy Preston 1920 Half a Chance Jocelyn Wray, 20 years old 1920 Felix O'Day Annette Borney 1920 The Red Lane Marie Beaulieu 1920 One Hour Before Dawn Dorothy 1919 The Day She Paid Ardath Self (2 credits) 1933 What Not to Do in Bridge Bridge Player 1930 Voice of Hollywood No. 7 Self INSURED MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING IN A BOX WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS OF PAYMENT INSURED MEDIA MAILSHIPPING IN A BOXWITHIN 2 BUSINESSDAYS OF PAYMENT
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