Minta Durfee

born: 01 October 1889 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

died: 09 September 1975 Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (heart ailment, age 85)

Early silent screen comedienne who started out as a chorus girl. In 1908 she married film star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. A few years later they both went to work in one-reel comedies for Mack Sennett. She later became a regular leading lady for Charlie Chaplin. According to legend, director Wilfred Lucas bribed her with the bonus of a pet dog to hang suspended from a bridge, held only by a piano wire in "Love, Speed and Thrills" (1915). Minta and Fatty Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to the scandal over the death of Virginia Rappe, which destroyed her husband's career. The couple divorced in 1925, though Minta remained Arbuckle's staunchest defender during three well-publicised trials and throughout her remaining life.

Real name: Araminta Estelle Durfee Height: 5'0"

Films listed on this page: all films with Charley Chase.

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▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1914	Mabel At The Wheel Spectator in grandstand
1914	The Knockout Pug's sweetheart
1914	Love And Bullets Minnie, Charley's sweetheart
1914	The Masquerader Leading lady
1914	The Rounders Fatty's wife
1914	Hello, Mabel The other operator
1914	Zip, The Dodger Girl with parasol
1914	Leading Lizzie Astray Lizzie
1914	Fatty's Magical Pants Fatty's sweetheart
1914	Ambrose's First Falsehood Mrs. Ambrose
1914	Tillie's Punctured Romance Crook's girlfriend in "A Thief's Fate"
1915	That Little Band Of Gold Woman in front row
1915	Fatty's Faithful Fido Fatty's sweetheart
1915	A One Night Stand Audience spectator
1915	Droppington's Devilish Deed The star
1915	He Wouldn't Stay Down Mrs. Peter P. Snitz, the wife

Acknowledgements: I.S. Mowis (information) This page was last updated on: 05 May 2022