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Ellis in Freedomland (1952)
Character: The Dryer (voice)
Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second half is focused on the "Spring Sales Event," called "Freedomland."
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Bum Voyage (1934)
Character: Ship's Passenger at Party (uncredited)
The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
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Public Wedding (1937)
Character: Tessie Schultz
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
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Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
Character: Jennie Jones
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
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Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Character: Virginia 'Vergie' Matthews
A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title "Miss Pacific Fleet".
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My Friend Irma (1949)
Character: Irma Peterson
Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.
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Over the Goal (1937)
Character: Co-ed
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
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Virginia (1941)
Character: Connie Potter
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
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Harvard Here I Come (1941)
Character: Zella Phipps
Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known stupidity. Instead of being enraged, Slapsie Maxie is delighted by the "honor", and promptly tries to enroll at the ivy-league university. Upon arriving on campus, he is pounced upon by a group of eccentric scientists led by Professor Alvin, who is convinced that Rosenbloom is the "missing link" that science has long been searching for.
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Music for Millions (1944)
Character: Marie
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As the orchestra travels around the country, Babs' fellow orchestra members intercept and hide her War Office telegram to protect the baby.
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Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Character: Connie Todd
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
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The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Character: Maizie Williams
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.
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Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Character: Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
Character: Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
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Broadway Hostess (1935)
Character: Dorothy Dubois
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Linda, Be Good (1947)
Character: Margie LaVitte
A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business.
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
Character: Mary Quite Contrary (uncredited)
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Character: Clara Schneiderman
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army in an effort to see more of her colonel boyfriend. She soon encounters many difficulties with the lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs testing new equipment.
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Colleen (1936)
Character: Mabel
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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A Girl in Every Port (1952)
Character: Jane Sweet, a dumb blonde
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
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Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
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Broadway (1942)
Character: Gracie
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
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Satan Met a Lady (1936)
Character: Miss Murgatroyd
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
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Marry Me Again (1953)
Character: Doris
Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a home and babies, with himself as the sole source of income on his $65 a week. Doris has to find a way to make him change his mind.
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Character: Emily Turner
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.
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My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Character: Irma Peterson
Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.
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Young Widow (1946)
Character: "Mac" McCallister
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
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The Great Garrick (1937)
Character: Mlle. Nicolle
A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.
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Waterfront (1939)
Character: Ruby Waters
A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.
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The Big Noise (1936)
Character: Daisy
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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King of Hockey (1936)
Character: Elsie
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
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Rookies on Parade (1941)
Character: Kitty Mulloy
The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy) as they try to survive Army boot camp. Intending to boost the morale of their fellow draftees, our heroes stage a big musical show, which they eventually hope will graduate to Broadway.
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The Fabulous Joe (1947)
Character: Gorgeous Gilmore
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
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No Leave, No Love (1946)
Character: Rosalind
A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover his fiancee has married someone else. However, he falls in love with a woman at the hotel at which he is staying.
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She's in the Army (1942)
Character: Susan Slatterty
A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a newspaper columnist, who wagered $5000 that she couldn't last six weeks.
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Flying Blind (1941)
Character: Veronica Gimble
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.
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You Can't Ration Love (1944)
Character: Bubbles Keenan
In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to begin rationing their dates so that all of them can have some fun. This is beneficial for the campus wimp who suddenly finds himself the hottest property on campus.
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The Invisible Menace (1938)
Character: Sally
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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Fools for Scandal (1938)
Character: Myrtle
An incognito Hollywood star in Paris meets a penniless nobleman who follows her to London.
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China Clipper (1936)
Character: Sunny Avery
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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The Story of Mankind (1957)
Character: Marie Antoinette
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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