Doris Kenyon
| Doris Kenyon | |
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Kenyon (ca. 1922)
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| Born |
Doris Margaret Kenyon September 5, 1897 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 1979 (aged 81) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) |
| Years active | 1915-1962 |
| Spouse(s) |
Milton Sills (m. 1926; his death 1930) Arthur Hopkins (m. 1933; annulled 1934) Albert D. Lasker (m. 1938; div. 1939) Bronislaw Mylnarski (m. 1947; his death 1971) |
Doris Margaret Kenyon (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979) was an American actress of motion pictures and television.
She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. James B. Kenyon, was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister at University Church. Kenyon studied at Packer College Institute and later at Columbia University. She sang in the choirs of Grace Presbyterian and Bushwick Methodist Churches in Brooklyn, New York.
Her voice attracted the attention of Broadway theatrical scouts who enticed her to become a performer on the stage. She first appeared in the Victor Herbert operetta The Princess Pat.
In 1915 she made her first film, The Rack, with World Film Company of Fort Lee, New Jersey. One of the most remembered films of her early career is Monsieur Beaucaire (1924). In this production she starred opposite Rudolph Valentino.
She was with Paramount Pictures for the studio's first dramatic, all-talking film, Interference, in 1928.
Kenyon was cast opposite actor George Arliss in two films. These are Alexander Hamilton (1931) and Voltaire (1933). She participated in Counsellor at Law (1933) with John Barrymore. In the autumn of 1935, Doris appeared with Ramon Novarro in the play, A Royal Miscarriage, in London, England.
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