Fritzi Fern(bornFritzi Fern Blower,September 19, 1901 – September 20, 1932) was a motion picture actress fromAkron, Ohio.She was the daughter of Hattie R. Blower.
Movie actress
editFern was raised and educated inLos Angeles, California.She was a child actress with the Morosco Company and made films for the Greyhound Motion Picture Company as a youth. In 1922 she was cast in a series of two-reelers starring Little Napoleon.[1]For a time she was a stage dancer inCaliforniaand worked in vaudeville.
She was rediscovered at the age of nineteen. Fern signed a long-term contract withUniversal Picturesin October 1928. Universal scouts noticed her while she was playing a part inClear The DeckswithReginald Denny.
Fern was cast inThe Charlatan(1929) withMargaret LivingstonandDorothy Gould.Later she performed in episode six of themovie serialwestern,The Last Frontier(1932). The twelve chapter screen production featuredLon Chaney Jr.and Dorothy Gulliver.
Fritzi Fern died inLos Angeles, Californiaon September 20, 1932. She had been diagnosed with a brain tumor a few months earlier.[2]She was survived by her mother and a brother, Evan Burkhardt. Her burial was carried out by Pierce Brothers and she was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.[citation needed]
References
edit- Los Angeles Times,"U Signs Young Actress", October 5, 1928, Page A8.
- Los Angeles Times,"Deaths", September 21, 1932, Page 16.
- Syracuse Herald,"Chester B. Bahn's Stage and Film Chat", January 10, 1929, Page 18.