Rose Blossom
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rose Blossom
| image = Lola Todd & Rose Blossom - Sep 1926 Frolics.jpg
| caption = Lola Todd and Rose Blossom in 1926
| birth_name = Blossom Breneman
| birth_date = March 14, 1905
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date = October, 1984 (age 79)
| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
| education = Washington University in St. Louis
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| spouse = William Medart (div.)
}}
Rose Blossom (born Blossom Breneman, and sometimes credited as Donal Blossom) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent film era. She was a contract player at MGM, and she often appeared as a cowgirl. She was the leading lady in the Buck Jones film The Gentle Cyclone.{{cite news |title=Buck in Cyclone |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39243260/daily_news/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=Daily News |date=November 12, 1925 |location=New York, New York City |page=89|via = Newspapers.com}} She was noted for her short stature and slight build.{{cite news |title=Screen Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39243761/detroit_free_press/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=Detroit Free Press |agency=Associated Press |date=January 8, 1928 |location=Michigan, Detroit |page=53|via = Newspapers.com}}
Biography
Blossom was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the daughter of Edward Breneman and Bessie Parker. She graduated from Kirkwood High School at the age of 16 in 1922, and studied art for two years at Washington University in St. Louis before she moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actress.{{cite news |title=W. S. Medart marries Blossom Breneman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39244102/st_louis_postdispatch/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=October 11, 1928 |location=Missouri, St. Louis |page=3}}
After appearing in several films shot in New York in 1925, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in a string of films, sometimes as the leading lady.{{cite news |title=St. Louis girl in movies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39244735/rose_blossom/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |date=April 27, 1927 |location=Missouri, St. Louis |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}
On October 10, 1928, she married golfer and restaurateur William Sherman Medart,{{cite news |title=W. S. Medart weds film actress, Donal Blossom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39197561/the_st_louis_star_and_times/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |date=October 11, 1928 |location=Missouri, St. Louis |page=9|via = Newspapers.com}} and they had a child together, although they separated soon afterward.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/9249727/breneman_blossom_charges_husband/|title=BRENEMAN Blossom charges husband William S Medart sues for separate maintenance|newspaper=The St. Louis Star and Times|date=25 January 1929 |page=2 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}} They later reconciled, going into business together and gaining fame for their St. Louis hamburger stand, The Cottage, by the early 1930s, and later a restaurant called Bill Medart's.{{cite news |title=Golf Star in New Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39245299/st_louis_postdispatch/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=November 21, 1930 |location=Missouri, St. Louis |page=56|via = Newspapers.com}} The secret to their reconciliation: She agreed to give up acting, and he agreed to give up golf. The couple had three children before the marriage ended when Medart died in a fall from a hotel window in Paris. His death was ruled a suicide by a coroner.{{cite news |last1=Hereford |first1=Robert A. |title=Tragic Climax To The Success Story Of a Starlet and An Amateur Golfer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39198070/the_daily_standard/ |accessdate=November 18, 2019 |work=The Daily Standard |agency=The Kansas City Times |date=February 23, 1952 |location=Missouri, Sikeston |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}}
Filmography
- I'll Tell the World (1925) (uncredited){{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380719781/?terms=%22rose+blossom%22+actress|title=30 Jul 1925, 25 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}}
- The Fool (1925){{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/348972847/?terms=%22rose+blossom%22+actress|title=13 Apr 1924, 38 - The Anaconda Standard at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}}
- The Night Patrol (1926)
- The Gentle Cyclone (1926){{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/381058779/?terms=%22rose+blossom%22+actress|title=31 Oct 1925, 31 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}}
- Speed Cop (1926)
- Desert Greed (1926)
- White Flannels (1927)
- Lure of the Night Club (1927)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can (1927)
- Whispering Smith Rides (1927){{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380337107/?terms=%22rose+blossom%22+actress|title=17 Jun 1926, 28 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}} (serial){{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609058 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rose+Blossom%22+actress&pg=PA29 |accessdate=November 17, 2019 |language=en}}
- Laddie Be Good (1928)
- The Bride of the Colorado (1928)
References
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External links
{{commons category|Rose Blossom}}
{{IMDB name|0089349}}
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Category:American silent film actresses
Category:Actresses from St. Louis
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
Category:Year of death missing
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Western (genre) film actresses