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American actress
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Female
Place of birth
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
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Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Age
49 years
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Biography
Barbara Worth (1906–1955) was an American film actress and screenwriter.
Early years
She was born Verna Dooley in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of James H. Dooley, a Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad commercial agent. She attended both Ohio State and a private school in Charleston, South Carolina.
Career
Worth's entry into films came via a project of Universal Pictures Corporation. In 1925, she was one of 14 young women "comparatively unknown to the screen" who were selected for the Universal Stock Company, which trained them via "small parts and bits."
Her film career included 12 features.
Personal life
In 1926, Worth married Tamar Lane, who was editor and publisher of Film Mercury.
Selected filmography
Actress
- An Old Sweetheart of Mine (1923)
- Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
- The Prairie King (1927)
- Fast and Furious (1927)
- The Fearless Rider (1928)
- Plunging Hoofs (1929)
- Below the Deadline (1929)
- Valley of Badmen (1931)
- Lightnin' Smith Returns (1931)
- Fighting Trooper (1934)
- Racing Luck (1935)
- Man of Action (1935)
Screenwriter
- Dragnet (1947)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
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