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| Linda Loredo |
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born:
20 June 1907 Tucson, Arizona, United States of America |
died:
11 August 1931 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (postoperative complications following surgery, age 24) |
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American actress and dancer of Mexican descent. Her tombstone gives a birth year of 1908, though her death certificate says 1907. She entered Queen of Angels Hospital on June 11, 1931 for an emergency appendectomy and succumbed two months later to peritonitis. Apparently in February 1928 she went out one night to the theatre with an older, and evidently well-paid, Hollywood script writer. After the theatre they had a "midnight luncheon" at a restaurant before going back to his apartment (well, that's how young girls got into the movies in those days). Eventually the man started complaining of really bad indigestion, then proceeded to croak. She summoned a doctor, who upon arrival took one look at the situation and refused to sign a death certificate until after an autopsy. Turned out the guy had heart disease and was clearly in no condition for 19-year olds. Interesting piece of trivia: she is one of only a very small handful of actresses to have played both Mrs. Laurel and Mrs. Hardy in her brief career. |
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Real name: Herlinda Loreda |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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Acknowledgements: |
Randy Skretvedt (death certificate) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14231467/linda-loredo (grave marker uploaded by Mark Daniels) Steve Wright (help and information) This page was last updated on: 14 October 2022 |
