DEATH OF ACTRESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22390, 9 April 1936, Page 11

DEATH OF ACTRESS

MISS MARIi.YN MILLER STAGE AND FILM CAREER (Received April 8, 6.1S p.m.) NEW YORK, April 7 The death is announced of Miss Marilyn Miller, formerly- the wife of the late Mr. Jack Pickford, and once considered the most popular musical comedy star in America.

Miss Miller was horn in September, 1900, at Evansville, Indiana, and when a child appeared on the stage with her mother, step-father and two sisters in dancing turns. They were known as "the five Columbias," and were so successful that they toured Europe and England. In 1914 they reached London and Marilyn instantly won favour at the Embassy Club by her impersonations of celebrated theatrical and music-hall stars. On her return to America she joined the famous Ziegfeld Follies, where she remained until the birth of the talking; picture.

Miss Miller's clear enunciation ahd light brilliancy weie important assets in a talking film, especially in tho earlier productions, and through the screen, sho achieved even a widci popularity than she formerly enjoyed. Miss Miller's firsi; hushand was Mr. Frank Carter, a New York comedy actor, whose death :in a motor accident occurred shortly after their marriage. A few years later she married Mr. Jack Pickford, brother of Miss Mary Pickford, but that marriage was annulled. Among the pictures in which Miss Miller has starred are versions of the musical comedies "Sally" and "Sunny."