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You're the One (1941)
Character: Mme. Ziffnidyiff
100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.
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Boobs in the Woods (1940)
Character: Singing Customer (uncredited)
Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.
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I'll Take Romance (1937)
Character: Client in Kane's Waiting Room
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
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That Man's Here Again (1937)
Character: Mrs. Sampson
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
Character: Nurse at Door (uncredited)
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
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Exclusive (1937)
Character: Policewoman
Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.
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The Cherokee Strip (1937)
Character: Tough Wagon-Woman
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
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Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Character: Police Matron (uncredited)
An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Fatal Lady (1936)
Character: Brazilian Opera Troupe (uncredited)
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Lady by Choice (1934)
Character: Lucretia
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
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Four Girls in White (1939)
Character: Crazy Woman
Four student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues.
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Vagabond Lady (1935)
Character: Wagnerian Vocalist (uncredited)
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
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Camille (1936)
Character: Friend of Camille
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
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Madame Curie (1943)
Character: Tall Woman (uncredited)
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
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Bad Boy (1935)
Character: German Woman
An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for their marriage.
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If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Character: Swedish Cook (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Character: Hilda
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
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Souls for Sale (1923)
Character: Motion Picture Crew (uncredited)
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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The Women (1939)
Character: Singing Teacher (uncredited)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Character: Dowager (uncredited)
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love at first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange roommate, and the best apartment poverty can buy.
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Character: Russian Opera Team Member (uncredited)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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