Quick Facts
| Intro | American actress | ||
| Was | Actor Film actor | ||
| From | United States of America | ||
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 9 April 1901, Weatherford, USA | ||
| Death | 26 May 1963, Hollywood, USA (aged 62 years) | ||
| Star sign | Aries | ||
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Biography
Sharon Lynn (born D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay, April 9, 1901 – May 26, 1963) was an American actress and singer. She began playing in silent films but enjoyed her biggest success in the early sound years of motion pictures before fading away in the mid 1930s. She is perhaps best known for portraying Lola Marcel, the villain in the Laurel and Hardy comedy feature, Way Out West.
Early years
Lynn was born in Weatherford, Texas. She moved to Fullerton, California, at a young age and was educated in Fullerton's public schools. Later she was a student at the Paramount Motion Picture School.
Career
After appearing in several silent films, Lynn debuted in talking pictures in Speakeasy (1929).
Personal life
On January 16, 1932, in Yuma, Arizona, Lynn married film executive Benjamin Glazer who died in 1956. She was also wed to John Sershen.
Death
On May 26, 1963, Lynn died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, at age 62 of multiple sclerosis.
Partial filmography
- Curlytop (1924)
- The Coward (1927)
- Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927)
- Tom's Gang (1927)
- The Cherokee Kid (1927)
- Aflame in the Sky (1927)
- None but the Brave (1928)
- Son of the Golden West (1928)
- Give and Take (1928)
- Red Wine (1928)
- Speakeasy (1929)
- Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
- The One Women Idea (1929)
- Happy Days (1929)
- Sunny Side Up (1929)
- Let's Go Places (1930)
- Up the River (1930)
- Crazy That Way (1930)
- Lightnin' (1930)
- Men on Call (1931)
- Too Many Cooks (1931)
- The Big Broadcast (1932)
- Discarded Lovers (1932)
- Enter Madame (1935)
- Go into Your Dance (1935)
- Way Out West (1937)
- Thistledown (1938)
