Barbara Kent

Acting

Barbara Kent

Born December 16, 1907 · Gadsby, Alberta, Canada

Died October 13, 2011 · aged 103

Canadian born Barbara Kent (born Barbara Cloutman), who resettled, with her family, in California in 1913, was an actress in Hollywood films from 1926 to 1942.

Known For

The Night RideThe Night Ride · 1930
The Night Ride
9.01930
MovieDramaCrime
Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
Beauty ParlorBeauty Parlor · 1932
Beauty Parlor
7.51932
MovieDramaRomance
Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd by a true gentleman of means, the other of whom lets herself become a pawn of operators of a call-girl ring.
Vanity FairVanity Fair · 1932
Vanity Fair
4.71932
MovieDramaRomance
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Flesh and the DevilFlesh and the Devil · 1926
Flesh and the Devil
7.21926
MovieDramaRomance
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
SwellheadSwellhead · 1935
Swellhead
10.01935
MovieActionComedy
Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident causes his luck to turn bad and results in him turning blind, but he later regains his sight after being instrumental in saving the life of Mickey Malone, the team's young mascot. He then promises Mary Malone, Mickey's sister, for whose affection he has been competing with a teammate, that he is through showing off and bragging. But, in the end, he is still blowing smoke.
EmmaEmma · 1932
Emma
6.61932
MovieDramaComedy
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
LonesomeLonesome · 1928
Lonesome
7.51928
MovieRomanceDrama
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?
The Small BachelorThe Small Bachelor · 1927
The Small Bachelor
8.01927
MovieRomanceDrama
What must a man do in order to put an end to his bachelorhood? For George Finch, one of nature's white mice and probably the worst artist ever to put brush to canvas, there are many obstacles. Undoubtedly the greatest is his beloved Molly's fearsome stepmother, Mrs. Waddington, who has her eye on an eligible English lord for a son-in-law. Luckily, George has an ally in sharp-witted Hamilton Beamish, an old family friend of the Waddingtons, not to mention George's butler, Mullett, and his light-fingered girlfriend, Fanny, whose valuable skills are of particular interest to the would-be father-in-law.

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