Full Name Jean Glover Other names Ruth Glover | Years active 1919 – 1960 Name Babe London | |
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Died November 29, 1980(1980-11-29) (aged 79)Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Spouse(s) Phil Boutelje (m. 1975–79) | ||
Stan laurel watching our wife with actress and co star babe london
Babe London (August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931's Laurel and Hardy's two-reeler Our Wife.
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- Stan laurel watching our wife with actress and co star babe london
- Laurel and hardy costar babe london
- Career
- Personal life and death
- References
Laurel and hardy costar babe london
Career
Born Jean Glover in 1901 in Des Moines, Iowa, London began her screen career as a teenager making her film debut in The Expert Eloper in 1919. She then appeared in A Day's Pleasure, performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. The two played seasick tourists on an excursion boat. London appeared in more than 50 silent films, including The Perfect Flapper, The Boob and the 1928 version of Tillie's Punctured Romance starring W. C. Fields. She worked with many of the funny men of the day, including Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin.
At the height of her career, London weighed 255 pounds. Later, a heart condition necessitated a loss of 100 pounds, and her movie offers declined along with her weight. She never regained her earlier success. Her last most notable role was that of the toothless nurse Nora that Shemp Howard has eyes for in the Three Stooges film Scrambled Brains. Her last film appearance was in 1960's Sex Kittens Go to College.
In the late 1950s, London began a second career as a painter and devoted the last 20 years of her life to depicting on canvas the early years of Hollywood. She titled the series The Vanishing Era.
Personal life and death
In 1975, London married Hollywood musical director Phil Boutelje, whom she met after both retired to the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. The Bouteljes lived their final years at the home until Boutelje's death on July 29, 1979. She bequeathed her personal memorabilia and 75 personal paintings to the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center.