Molly Malone (actress)

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Molly Malone

| image = Molly Malone, film actress (SAYRE 6776).jpg

| caption = Malone in 1921

| birth_name = Violet Isabel Malone

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|2|2}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|1|21|1897|2|2}}

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| yearsactive = 1916–1929

| occupation = Actress

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Violet Isabel Malone (stage name Molly Malone) (February 2, 1897 – January 21, 1944) was an American actress of the silent film era.{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Malone-Molly.html |title=Molly Malone |work=Silent Era |access-date=September 4, 2018}} She appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1929. Her father, Lewis Malone, was a metallurgist for mining companies. Her mother was Violet St. John, born in Nebraska to immigrant parents from England.{{Citation needed |date=January 2024}}

She started her movie career aged 17 but soon caught the eye of comedic actor and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle,{{Citation needed |date=January 2024}} who cast her in a number of his shorts including Back Stage and The Garage plus his feature film The Round-Up. She also appeared in films directed by John Ford and Clarence Badger. Her last film was the Universal-Stern silent comedy short The Newlyweds' Pest in 1929.