The Resume

(December 10, 1903-January 2, 1986)
Born in Covington, Kentucky
Birth name was Una Kohnfelder
Appeared in the films 'Love's Old Sweet Song' (1923), 'The Fourth Horseman' (1924), 'Abraham Lincoln' (1930), 'Daddy Long Legs' (1931), 'The Maltese Falcon' (1931), 'Private Lives' (1931), 'Red-Headed Woman' (1932), '42nd Street' (1933), 'Broadway to Hollywood' (1933), 'Bombshell' (1933), 'The Merry Widow' (1934), 'Broadway Melody of 1936' (1935), 'Born to Dance' (1936), 'Saratoga' (1937), 'Destry Rides Again' (1939), 'The Bank Dick' (1940), 'The Road to Zanzibar' (1941), 'This Is the Army' (1943), 'Kill the Umpire' (1950), 'The Merry Widow' (1952), 'The Girl Most Likely' (1957), 'The Mating Game' (1959), 'The Parent Trap' (1961), 'Summer and Smoke' (1961) and 'Spinout' (1966)
Appeared on Broadway in 'The Big Show' (1916), 'Coquette' (1927), 'Salt Water' (1929), 'The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker' (1953), 'The Ponder Heart' (1956) and 'Take Me Along' (1959)

Why she might be annoying:

She was typecast as the heroine's wisecracking best friend.
She was hospitalized in a coma after overdosing on sleeping pills (March 2, 1952).
She said about her decreasing movie appearances after WWII, 'As I got older, I got tired of playing dizzy telephone operators. Then the movies weren't doing dizzy telephone operators anymore.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She began her career as a stand-in for Lillian Gish.
She was described as having a 'kewpie doll' face.
She was almost killed when her mother committed suicide by turning on the gas in their shared apartment (March 5, 1945).
She won a Tony as Best Featured Actress for 'The Ponder Heart' and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for 'Summer and Smoke.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Busby Berkeley Recasts
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 50]
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Edith Head Models
• Ernst Lubitsch Films
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I Attended Jean Harlow’s Funeral [June 7, 1937]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Marie Antoinette' [1938]
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 82)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• One of My Parents Committed Suicide
• Profiles 34751-35000 (Ranked: 34934)
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play (Ranked: 1956)
• Vicki Lawrence Impersonations

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 22 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 94.12% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying