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Occupation
  
actress

Years active
  
1920-1937


Name
  
Ethelind Terry

Role
  
Film actress

Ethelind Terry Ethelind Terry Broadway Star of Florenz Ziegfelds Rio Rita

Born
  
August 14, 1899 (
1899-08-14
)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died
  
March 17, 1984, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Spouse
  
Dick Purcell (m. 1942–1942), Benedict Bogeaus (m. 1928–1931)

Similar People
  
Dick Purcell, Benedict Bogeaus, Dolores Moran

Ethelind Terry (14 August 1899 – 17 March 1984) was an American stage and film actress.

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Career

Terry starred in one of the most famous Broadway shows of the 1920s, the musical Rio Rita produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. She also starred in the film Lord Byron of Broadway.

Marriages

Terry married Benedict Bogeaus in 1928. They divorced in 1931 and continued a strained relationship for 11 years.

Terry eloped to Las Vegas with the actor Dick Purcell. The two married on March 3, 1942, only to divorce on August 26, 1942.

Theatrical appearances

  • Honeydew (Broadway, premiered September 6, 1920)
  • Kid Boots (Broadway, premiered December 31, 1923)
  • Rio Rita (Broadway, premiered February 2, 1927)
  • Nina Rosa (Broadway, premiered September 20, 1930)

    • Filmography

    Actress
    1937
    Arizona Days as
    Ida McGill
    1930
    Lord Byron of Broadway as
    Ardis
    Soundtrack
    1933
    Nertsery Rhymes (Short) (performer: "The Woman in the Shoe")
    1930
    Lord Byron of Broadway ("Should I?" (1930), "Only Love Is Real" (1930), uncredited) / (performer: "The Woman in the Shoe" (1930) - uncredited)
    Self
    1922
    Starland Review No. 17 (Documentary short) as
    Self
    Archive Footage
    1933
    Nertsery Rhymes (Short) as
    The Woman in the Shoe (uncredited)

    References

    Ethelind Terry Wikipedia
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