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Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young

3 movies on Netflix

Biography

Clara Kimball Young was an American actress who became one of the most popular stars of the early silent era. Born in Chicago, she made her stage debut at three and toured with her parents' stock company before joining Vitagraph Studios in 1912. There she was cast mainly as the virtuous heroine of one- and two-reel films and was a leading lady by 1913. The 1914 drama My Official Wife, in which she played a Russian revolutionary, was an enormous success and led to a contract with Lewis J. Selznick and made her a leading draw at World Film Corporation. Her stardom faded by 1925, the year of her last silent film, Lying Wives, and she spent the rest of the decade in vaudeville. Sound briefly revived her career in featured roles for RKO and Tiffany and smaller parts, including the murder mystery The Rogues' Tavern (1936). She retired in 1941.

70years old at death

Born September 6, 1890Chicago
Died October 15, 1960Woodland Hills
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Edith Matilda Clara Kimball (birth name)Also credited as Clara Kimball

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 5 years1931 to 1936

Every film, newest first

1936The Rogues' TavernIMDb rating 5.2
1932Love BoundIMDb rating 5.3
1931Kept HusbandsIMDb rating 5.9

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Young's stardom started to fade by 1925, and that same year she appeared in Lying Wives, which turned out to be her final silent film.

Clara Kimball Young movies on Netflix

The Rogues' Tavern1936IMDb rating 5.2as Mrs. Jamison
Love Bound1932IMDb rating 5.3as Mrs. Jane Randolph
Kept Husbands1931IMDb rating 5.9as Henrietta Post

Worked with

Clara Kimball Young shares two films with Jack Mulhall, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

Jack Mulhall

Wallace Ford

Joel McCrea

Richard Alexander

Sidney Bracey

Eddy ChandlerRobert F. HillDirector, 2 films

Films together

Jack Mulhall2 films together, 1932 to 1936
Jack Mulhall's page
- The Rogues' Tavern1936IMDb rating 5.2Young as Mrs. JamisonMulhall as Bill
- Love Bound1932IMDb rating 5.3Young as Mrs. Jane RandolphMulhall as Richard 'Dick' Randolph
Wallace Ford1 film together, 1936
Wallace Ford's page
- The Rogues' Tavern1936IMDb rating 5.2Young as Mrs. JamisonFord as Jimmy Kelly
Joel McCrea1 film together, 1931
Joel McCrea's page
- Kept Husbands1931IMDb rating 5.9Young as Henrietta PostMcCrea as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Richard Alexander1 film together, 1932
Richard Alexander's page
- Love Bound1932IMDb rating 5.3Young as Mrs. Jane RandolphAlexander as Larry - the Randolph Chauffeur(Dick Alexander)
Sidney Bracey1 film together, 1932
Sidney Bracey's page
- Love Bound1932IMDb rating 5.3Young as Mrs. Jane RandolphBracey as Spriggins
Eddy Chandler1 film together, 1931
Eddy Chandler's page
- Kept Husbands1931IMDb rating 5.9Young as Henrietta PostChandler as Steelworker
Robert F. HillDirector, 2 films, 1932 to 1936
All films by Robert F. Hill
- The Rogues' Tavern1936IMDb rating 5.2Young as Mrs. Jamison
- Love Bound1932IMDb rating 5.3Young as Mrs. Jane Randolph

Awards

One award and honor.

Clara Kimball Young's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Film	Result
Other honors
	Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame		Honored

Online

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