Minna Gombell
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Minna Gombell (May 28, 1892 – April 14, 1973) was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. She appeared in 50 Hollywood films including; Laurel and Hardy's Block-Heads, The Merry Widow, The First Year, Boom Town, High Sierra, Hoop-La, The Thin Man, and The Best Years of Our Lives. Her third husband was the film writer, producer and director Myron Coureval Fagan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Minna Gombell, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: May 27, 1892
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
Two Sinners
An ex-convict gets released after shooting a fellow who made a play for his wife. When he meets Sleeper, his life takes a change for the better, but along with her comes the boisterous little Collins, for whom she is a governess.
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Make Way for Tomorrow
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
The Snake Pit
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
High Sierra
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Block-Heads
It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.
Boom Town
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
Wild Boys of the Road
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Filmography
as Mrs. LeBoy
as Mrs. Godfrey
as Kate Bennett
as Winnie McPhail
as Miss Hart
as Emily
as Ma Hawkins
as Queenie Lassiter
as Mrs. Parrish
as Mrs. Latham
as Aunt Sophie
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
as Minnie Regan
as Taffy
as Marie
as Marian Harrison
as Mrs. Collins
as Milly
as Edith Fitzbadden
as Della
as Ella Barnes
as Mrs. Baughmam
as Jane Travers
as Spanish Eva
as Emma Haller
as Queen of Beggars
as Jenny
as Cora Withering
as Tim Adams
as Mrs. Hofbauer
as Mrs. Hardy
as Constance
as Mabel
as Nellie Chase
as Ruby
as Lillian Wayne
as Sadie Freytag
as Mrs. Pym
as Linda Howard
as Grete Lovscheim
as Zilla Reisling
as Nell Brockton
as Marcelle
as Maizie
as Pauline McCoy
as Mimi Wynant
as The Press Agent
as Miss LaSeur
as Beulah Schloss
as Annie Fay
as Julie
as Nita Borden
as Carrie
as Suzanne
as Aunt Carrie
as Margy
as Amy Harper
as Mona La Rue
as Judy Mills
as Millie
as Mrs. Barstow
as Sheila Peck
as Yvette Logan
as Else Taylor
as Cora Stuart
as Rosie La Marr
as Ruth
as Virginia Casey
as Vonnie
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
as Edna Driggs
as Julia Wyndram