Jacqueline Logan
| Jacqueline Medura Logan | |
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| Born |
November 30, 1904 Corsicana, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1983 (aged 78) Melbourne, Florida, U.S. |
| Years active | 1921–1931, 1973 |
| Spouse(s) |
Ralph James "Bob" Gillespie (m. 1925–29) William Lawrence "Larry" Winston (m. 1924; div. 1937) |
Jacqueline Logan (November 30, 1904 – April 4, 1983) was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht the Oneida in 1924 when film director Thomas Ince died. The young actress was under contract to Ince at the time. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.
She was born in Corsicana, Texas, on November 30, 1904. Her father, Charles A. Logan, was a noted architect and her mother, Marion Logan, was briefly an opera singer and later gave vocal lessons. Jacqueline spent her childhood in Scottsbluff, Nebraska where she briefly worked as a journalist for the Scottsbluff Republican.
Jacqueline traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for her health. While there she took a course in journalism from Ford Frick, who later became commissioner of Major League Baseball. Setting out to Chicago, Logan found employment dancing in a stage production of a theater. Her family believed she intended to visit an uncle in the windy city and also attend college. To get the job she lied about her age, and when her uncle found out, he was irate. She was let go from the stage job as a result.
She left Chicago and set out for New York City. Again Jacqueline was untruthful regarding her intentions. With her on her trip to New York was a theatrical troupe. She secured a small role in Florodora, a musical on Broadway in 1920. At this time, Flo Ziegfeld noticed her and hired Logan for a job dancing on his Ziegfeld Roof. She replaced Billie Donovan who was leaving to act in films in Hollywood. Together with the Ziegfeld venture Jacqueline modeled as a prestigious Dobbs Girl in Alfred Cheney Johnston photographs. There was also a part in a Johnny Hines' comedy short.
Jacqueline was awarded a screen test with the then unknown actor Ben Lyon. Lyon was the husband of Hollywood actress Bebe Daniels and became a prominent figure in the movies. Later he furthered the careers of such stars as Marilyn Monroe. Working for Associated Producers, Logan was featured opposite Jane Peters, the future Carole Lombard in the film The Perfect Crime (1921). Peters was only a youth, appearing as a pretty blonde child actress. The same year she played with Mabel Normand in Molly O' (1921).
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