The photo I painted from is here, I did this in oils thought it would be easy enough, it took me quite a while. Cute and petite American actress Sally O'Neill acted in almost 50 films between the mids and the mids.
Another sister would also become a well-known actress, Molly O'Day. Sally was educated in a convent and started in Vaudeville where she was billed as "Chotsie Noonan" her real name was Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan. She started in silent films at age 17 and found a penchant for playing unassuming street orphans along the lines of Mary Pickford in lightweight comedies, and later as flashy fun girls in the Clara Bow mould. As a result, she as would sister Molly was named a Wampas Baby Star in W Griffith's The Battle of the Sexes She would be a popular but brief MGM commodity.
Hill, and Frisco Sally Levy William Beaudine, did not suit her well and soon her star diminished. Possessing a strong New Jersey accent and developing a severe case of stage fright did not help things either as sound films were now the rage. Despite the promising title role in Kathleen Mouverneen Albert Ray, and a strong lead in the pre-Code film The Brat John Ford, , which she had done on Broadway, she quickly faded from view.
Sally returned to the stage and performed in USO tours until retiring in the 50s. Sally O'Neill died in And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards. American postcard by Classico San Francisco, Inc. Photo: Twentieth Century-Fox. American film actress Jane Russell was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the s and s.
She became an icon with her first film role in Howard Hughes' The Outlaw Russell and Wally Russell. Her father had been a first lieutenant in the U. Army, and her mother was an actress with a road troupe. When Jane was two, her family moved to Southern California where her father worked as an office manager. Russell's mother arranged for her to take piano lessons. In addition to music, she was interested in drama and participated in stage productions at Van Nuys High School.
