Edith Fellows

Edith Fellows

Edith Fellows was born on May 20, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts. When she was a year old, she and her father and grandmother moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. As a toddler, Edith was pigeon-toed and had trouble walking, and one doctor suggested that dance lessons might cure this condition. At age four, Edith entered Henderson's School of Dance, where she was spotted by a man claiming to be a talent scout, who told her grandmother that he could get Edith into show business for a fifty-dollar fee. The dance school raised the money, but when Edith and her grandmother arrived in Hollywood, they discovered that the address the man had given them did not exist, and they realized he was a fraud. Stranded in Hollywood with no means to return to North Carolina, Edith's grandmother began doing housework to earn a living. While she worked, she left Edith with a neighbor and her young son. One day Edith was taken along when the neighbor's son had an audition for the film Movie Night (1929), and she ended up getting the part. Although she never become a child star, Edith appeared in many popular films of the 1930s, most notably Pennies from Heaven (1936). She also proved herself to be a very versatile actress, playing roles ranging from a spoiled rich girl, as in Heart of the Rio Grande (1942), to a poor orphan girl, as in Pennies from Heaven. Edith was even given her own series, The Five Little Peppers, while under contract to Columbia, and she made four of the Pepper films (the first was Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)) in two years. Between 1929 and 1954, Edith appeared in some fifty films, mostly in juvenile roles due to her short 4' 10" stature. But her career suddenly slowed down in the mid-1950s. Between 1955 and 1980, she appeared in only one film, Lilith (1964), in which she had a bit part. During this time, Edith chose to focus on her family life; she had married producer Freddie Fields in 1946, and their only child, daughter Kathy, was born in 1947. But Edith and Fields divorced in 1955, and the end of her marriage, coupled with other factors, caused Edith to have a nervous breakdown. She recovered, and in 1981, she returned to acting in numerous supporting roles on television. In 1985, fellow former child actor Jackie Cooper announced plans to make a TV movie based on Edith's life, but this project never happened.

  • Titel: Edith Fellows
  • Popularitet: 4.036
  • Kendt for: Acting
  • Fødselsdag: 1923-05-20
  • Fødselssted: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Også kendt som: Edythe Fellows
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Edith Fellows Film

  • 1964
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    Lilith

    Lilith

    6.5 1964 HD

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  • 1983
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    Grace Kelly

    Grace Kelly

    6.4 1983 HD

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  • 1936
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    Tugboat Princess

    Tugboat Princess

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    This Side of Heaven

    This Side of Heaven

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1942
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    Heart of the Rio Grande

    Heart of the Rio Grande

    8 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Music in My Heart

    Music in My Heart

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Stardust on the Sage

    Stardust on the Sage

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1933
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    Mush and Milk

    Mush and Milk

    6.8 1933 HD

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  • 1942
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    Criminal Investigator

    Criminal Investigator

    4 1942 HD

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  • 1934
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    Cross Streets

    Cross Streets

    5.8 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Keeper of the Bees

    The Keeper of the Bees

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    And So They Were Married

    And So They Were Married

    5.6 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

    4.9 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    6.833 1936 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

    The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1940
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    Nobody's Children

    Nobody's Children

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1934
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    His Greatest Gamble

    His Greatest Gamble

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

    Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Five Little Peppers at Home

    Five Little Peppers at Home

    6.3 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Five Little Peppers in Trouble

    Five Little Peppers in Trouble

    6.7 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Out West with the Peppers

    Out West with the Peppers

    5.7 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    Dinky

    Dinky

    6.7 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1932
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    Law and Lawless

    Law and Lawless

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    City Streets

    City Streets

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1942
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    Girls' Town

    Girls' Town

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Rider of Death Valley

    The Rider of Death Valley

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1987
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    In the Mood

    In the Mood

    5.5 1987 HD

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  • 1931
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    Second Hand Kisses

    Second Hand Kisses

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1985
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    Slagterbanden 2

    Slagterbanden 2

    4.428 1985 HD

    Otte år er gået siden familien Carter blev angrebet af en flok blodtørstige kannibaler i et amerikansk ørkenområde....

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  • 1929
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    Movie Night

    Movie Night

    6 1929 HD

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  • 1932
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    Divorce In The Family

    Divorce In The Family

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1930
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    Shivering Shakespeare

    Shivering Shakespeare

    5.7 1930 HD

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  • 1999
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    Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

    Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1939
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    Pride of the Blue Grass

    Pride of the Blue Grass

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1931
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    Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

    4 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn

    8 1931 HD

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  • 1940
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    Her First Romance

    Her First Romance

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions

    6.5 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    Emma

    Emma

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1935
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    One Way Ticket

    One Way Ticket

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Little Miss Roughneck

    Little Miss Roughneck

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1931
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    Cimarron

    Cimarron

    5.5 1931 HD

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  • 1934
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    Two Alone

    Two Alone

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    Birthday Blues

    Birthday Blues

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1929
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    Madame X

    Madame X

    5.857 1929 HD

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  • 1937
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    Life Begins with Love

    Life Begins with Love

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1941
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    Her First Beau

    Her First Beau

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1932
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    Penguin Pool Murder

    Penguin Pool Murder

    5.5 1932 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hollywood’s Children

    Hollywood’s Children

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Between Two Brothers

    Between Two Brothers

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Brady Brides

    The Brady Brides

    7.5 1981 HD

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  • 1994
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    Skadestuen

    Skadestuen

    7.814 1994 HD

    Neela bliver såret, da hun hører Abbys nyheder fra anden hånd. Abby og den nye chef for skadestuen er uenige om, hvordan et...

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