Nationality American Relatives Sally O'Neil (sister) | Occupation Film actress | |
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Born October 16, 1911 ( 1911-10-16 ) Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. Died 15 October 1998, Avila Beach, California, United States Spouse James Kenaston (m. 1952–1956), Jack Durant (m. 1934–1951) Parents Hannah Kelly, Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan Siblings Sally O'Neil, Isabelle Noonan Movies Skull and Crown, The Life of Vergie Winters, Sob Sister, The Lovelorn, Hard‑Boiled Haggerty Similar Sally O'Neil, John P McCarthy, Elmer Clifton, Charles Brabin | ||
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Molly O'Day (October 16, 1911 – October 15, 1998), born Suzanne Dobson Noonan, was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally O'Neil.
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Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, she was the youngest of 11 children of Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan and his wife, Hannah Kelly, a Metropolitan Opera singer. After their father's death, O'Day and her two sisters moved to Hollywood. Besides O'Neil, another sister, Isabelle, also acted in films.
O'Day's first appearance was in the Laurel and Hardy short 45 Minutes from Hollywood in 1926. She also appeared in Hal Roach's Our Gang series.
Only 16, she defeated 2,000 contenders in an audition for the tough girl heroine in the 1927 prizefighter movie The Patent Leather Kid
Like O'Neil in 1926, O'Day became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928. Also in 1928, she had surgery to "remove several pounds of flesh from her hips and legs." An Associated Press news story reported: "The actress has been gaining weight steadily for the last year and although under contract to a film studio has been idle. Her excessive weight was the cause of her lack of work, Miss O'Day said, and after other flesh reducing methods failed she decided on the surgeon's knife as the final resort."
After appearing in a few dozen films in the 1930s she retired.
Recognition
O'Day has a star at 1708 Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.
Personal life
O'Day married actor Jack Durant in 1934 in Tiajuana, Baja California, Mexico. They divorced July 10, 1951, in Los Angeles, California.
Death
O'Day died in Avila Beach, California, aged 87.