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Silent "Our Gang" star Jean Darling dies
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Silent Film Star Jean Darling Of ‘Our Gang’ Dies At 93
September 8, 2015 11:00 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jean Darling, an actress who appeared in the silent-film
series “Our Gang” and the original Broadway production of “Carousel,” has
died at age 93.
Darling’s son Roy Hamilton-Bowen said Tuesday that his mother died Friday in
Rodermark, Germany, after a sudden illness.
Darling appeared in the “Our Gang” series between 1927 and 1929, when the
short films began incorporating sound into the productions. Some of the
films were later repackaged as “The Little Rascals.”
In 1945, she starred as Carrie Pipperidge in the original Broadway run of
“Carousel” and later appeared as Aunt Poppy in children’s programming on
Ireland’s RTE radio and television broadcasts.
Hamilton-Bowen says his mother remained active up until her death and
recently had finished writing a crime novel.
Darling was born Dorothy Jean LeVake in Santa Monica in August 1922. Her son
said the precise date is unknown because a fire destroyed her birth records.
She moved to Dublin in 1974 and moved to Germany two years ago,
Hamilton-Bowen said.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/09/08/silent-film-star-jean-darling-of-our-gang-dies-at-93/
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Silent Film Star Jean Darling Of ‘Our Gang’ Dies At 93
September 8, 2015 11:00 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jean Darling, an actress who appeared in the silent-film
series “Our Gang” and the original Broadway production of “Carousel,” has
died at age 93.
Darling’s son Roy Hamilton-Bowen said Tuesday that his mother died Friday in
Rodermark, Germany, after a sudden illness.
Darling appeared in the “Our Gang” series between 1927 and 1929, when the
short films began incorporating sound into the productions. Some of the
films were later repackaged as “The Little Rascals.”
In 1945, she starred as Carrie Pipperidge in the original Broadway run of
“Carousel” and later appeared as Aunt Poppy in children’s programming on
Ireland’s RTE radio and television broadcasts.
Hamilton-Bowen says his mother remained active up until her death and
recently had finished writing a crime novel.
Darling was born Dorothy Jean LeVake in Santa Monica in August 1922. Her son
said the precise date is unknown because a fire destroyed her birth records.
She moved to Dublin in 1974 and moved to Germany two years ago,
Hamilton-Bowen said.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/09/08/silent-film-star-jean-darling-of-our-gang-dies-at-93/
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