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Alice Day

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Alice Day

| image = Alice Day from Stars of the Photoplay.jpg

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| caption = Publicity photo of Day from Stars of the Photoplay (1930)

| birth_name = Jacqueline Alice Irene Newlin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|7}}

| birth_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|5|25|1906|11|7}}

| death_place = Orange, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1923-1932

| spouse = Jack B. Cohn (1930 - 1939, divorce)

| children = 2 sons

| relatives = Marceline Day (sister)

}}

Jacqueline Alice Irene Newlin (November 7, 1906 – May 25, 1995),{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Brent E.|title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786477111|page=498|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_icAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Alice+Day%22+Newlin&pg=PA498|accessdate=11 March 2018|language=en}} professionally known as Alice Day, was an American film actress who began her career as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties.

Early years

Day was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Frank and Irene Newlin, and attended high school in Venice, California, where she was discovered. She was the elder sister of actress Marceline Day.

Career

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Day appeared in 70 movies between 1923 and 1932. In 1929, she starred with Edward Buzzell in a film version of the George M. Cohan stage musical Little Johnny Jones, the title better known in revised excerpts staged in the Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy. There are no known copies of the Buzzell-Day films.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Day also co-starred with Ted Lewis in the musical Is Everybody Happy? (1929){{cite news|title=Ted Chooses Pretty Alic|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18178708/alice_day/|work=Detroit Free Press|date=January 12, 1930|location=Michigan, Detroit|page=Part Four - Page 1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 11, 2018}} {{Open access}} which is also considered a lost film.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} Lewis selected her out of approximately 200 candidates for the role. Day appeared in the film Two-Fisted Law (1932) with Tim McCoy and John Wayne.

Personal life and death

On July 6, 1930, Day married Jack B. Cohn, a jeweler and broker. She retired from acting soon after the marriage, and the couple had two sons. She and Cohn were divorced on July 28, 1939. She died on May 25, 1995, in Orange, California, at age 88.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4 |page=183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Alice+Day%22+actress&pg=PA183 |accessdate=March 9, 2020 |language=en}}

Recognition

Day was one of 13 actresses named WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928.{{cite news|title=The Lucky Thirteen 'Baby Stars' of Film Land|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18180333/the_missoulian/|work=The Missoulian|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=January 29, 1928|location=Montana, Missoula|page=12|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 11, 2018}} {{Open access}}

Partial filmography

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References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0206333}}
  • [https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/9615/alice-day Alice Day] at Virtual History

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Category:1906 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:Actresses from California

Category:Actresses from Colorado

Category:American film actresses

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:Actresses from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Category:People from Orange, California

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