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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1928–1961


Name
  
Minna Gombell

Role
  
Film actress

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Born
  
May 28, 1892 (
1892-05-28
)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Other names
  
Nancy GardnerWinifred Lee

Died
  
April 14, 1973, Santa Monica, California, United States

Spouse
  
Myron Coureval Fagan (m. ?–1972)

Parents
  
William Gombell, Emma Gombell

Movies
  
The Thin Man, Block‑Heads, Bad Girl, The Merry Widow, High Sierra

Similar People
  
John G Blystone, Frank Borzage, Harold Huber, W S Van Dyke, Robert Alton

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Minna Gombell (May 28, 1892 – April 14, 1973) was an American stage and film actress.

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Early years

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She was born Minna Marie Gombel in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of William Gombel and Emma M. Debring Gombel. Her father was a doctor who came to the United States from Germany in 1880. Her mother was from Baltimore and was of German descent.

Life and work

Gombell was active in stock theater, starring with troupes in Albany, Atlanta, Cleveland, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Her Broadway credits include Indiscretion (1928), The Great Power (1928), Ballyhoo (1926), Alloy (1924), Mr. Pitt (1923), Listening in (1922), On the Hiring Line (1919), The Indestructible Wife (1917), Six Months' Option (1917), and My Lady's Garter (1915).

She had a very successful stage career from 1912 as Winifred Lee before being signed by the Fox Film Corporation in the late 1920s. Her first film was Doctors' Wives (1931) in which she played under the name Nancy Gardner, a name given to her by Fox. After this, she spent a time coaching several young actresses before returning to film under her real name.

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She appeared in some fifty Hollywood films including: Laurel and Hardy's Block-Heads, The Merry Widow, The First Year, Boom Town, High Sierra, Hoop-La, The Thin Man, and The Best Years of Our Lives.

Personal life

Gombell married Howard Chesham Rumsey on March 9, 1916, in New York City. They divorced in 1921.:68 In 1933, Gombell married Joseph W. Sefton Jr., described as "a millionaire banker.":67 They were divorced in 1954.:70 Gombell's third husband was the film writer, producer, and director Myron Coureval Fagan. (In the book Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood, Axel Nissen disputes the idea of Gombell's being married to Fagan because "Fagan already had a wife (and a son) at home in Pelham Manor, New York. He and Florence M. Fagan were married for nearly 50 years, until her death in 1966."):70

Death

On April 14, 1973, Gombell died in Los Angeles. She was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.:70

Filmography

Actress
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams as
Mrs. LeBoy
1951
Here Comes the Groom as
Mrs. Godfrey
1950
Pagan Love Song as
Kate Bennett
1949
The Last Bandit as
Winnie McPhail
1948
The Snake Pit as
Miss Hart
1948
Return of the Bad Men as
Emily
1948
Mr. Reckless as
Ma Hawkins
1947
Wyoming as
Queenie Lassiter
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives as
Mrs. Parrish
1946
Perilous Holiday as
Mrs. Latham
1945
Man Alive as
Aunt Sophie
1945
Sunbonnet Sue as
Mrs. Fitzgerald
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow as
Minnie Regan
1945
Penthouse Rhythm as
Taffy
1945
Night Club Girl as
Rita
1944
Destiny as
Marie
1944
The Town Went Wild as
Marian Harrison
1944
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as
Mrs. Collins
1944
Chip Off the Old Block as
Milly
1943
Salute for Three as
Myrt
1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost as
Edith Fitzbadden
1942
Cadets on Parade as
Della
1941
Thieves Fall Out as
Ella Barnes
1941
High Sierra as
Mrs. Baughmam
1941
Doomed Caravan as
Jane Travers
1940
Boom Town as
Spanish Eva
1939
Stop, Look and Love as
Emma Haller
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as
Queen of Beggars (as Mina Gombell)
1939
Second Fiddle as
Jenny
1938
Going Places as
Cora Withering (as Minna Gombel)
1938
Comet Over Broadway as
Tim Adams
1938
The Great Waltz as
Mrs. Hofbauer
1938
Block-Heads as
Mrs. Hardy
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as
Constance
1937
Slave Ship as
Mabel
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow as
Nellie Chase
1936
Banjo on My Knee as
Ruby
1936
Champagne Charlie as
Lillian Wayne
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet as
Sadie Freytag
1935
Two Sinners as
Mrs. Pym
1935
Women Must Dress as
Linda Howard
1935
The White Cockatoo as
Grete Lovscheim
1934
Babbitt as
Zilla Reisling
1934
Cheating Cheaters as
Nell Brockton
1934
The Merry Widow as
Marcelle
1934
The Lemon Drop Kid as
Maizie
1934
The Hell Cat as
Pauline McCoy
1934
The Thin Man as
Mimi Jorgenson
1934
Marrying Widows as
The Press Agent
1934
Strictly Dynamite as
Miss Le Seur
1934
Registered Nurse as
Schloss
1934
No More Women as
Annie Fay
1934
Keep 'Em Rolling as
Julie
1934
Cross Country Cruise as
Nita Borden
1933
Hoopla as
Carrie
1933
The Way to Love as
Suzanne
1933
Wild Boys of the Road as
Aunt Carrie
1933
The Big Brain as
Margy
1933
What Price Innocence? as
Amy Harper
1933
Hello, Sister! as
Mona La Rue
1933
Pleasure Cruise as
Judy Mills
1932
Wild Girl as
Millie
1932
The First Year as
Mrs. Barstow
1932
Bachelor's Affairs as
Stella Peck
1932
Careless Lady as
Yvette Logan
1932
After Tomorrow as
Else Taylor
1932
Dance Team as
Cora Stuart
1932
Stepping Sisters as
Rosie La Marr
1932
The Rainbow Trail as
Ruth
1931
Good Sport as
Virginia Casey
1931
Sob Sister as
Vonnie
1931
Skyline as
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1931
Bad Girl as
Edna Driggs
1931
Doctors' Wives as
Julia Wyndram
1929
The Great Power as
Joan Wray
Archive Footage
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Mrs. Hardy (1986)

References

Minna Gombell Wikipedia


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