Merna Kennedy
Acting
Biography
Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler) was an American screen actress of the late silent and early talkies era.
Born: September 7, 1908
Place of Birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Known For
The Circus
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Arizona to Broadway
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
I Like it That Way
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Stepping Out
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Jimmy the Gent
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach.
Wonder Bar
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
Lady with a Past
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Emergency Call
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
Broadway
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Filmography
as Telephone Company Information Girl
as Claire
as Jitters
as Isabel
as Mary Wilson
as Evelyn Hume
as Flo Sandberg
as Alice (scenes deleted)
as Babe Norton
as Day File Clerk
as Marybelle Evans
as Lynn Monith
as Gloria Neuchard
as Pat Riley
as Jane Worth
as Ann Duryea
as Mildred Fields
as Madge Horton
as Ellen Harboard
as Mary Thurston
as Marion Fuller
as Doris Lawrence
as Miriam Locke
as Billie Moore
as The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider