sábado, 18 de fevereiro de 2023

 

 


 

 

Quando Deus fez as flores, uma espécie tinha alma de bailarina. Então Deus deu-lhe liberdade e o nome de Borboleta.

 

Linda Almeida

 

Melva Cornell – Dançarina, modella e attrice americana. (1904- 1960)

Foto de Melva Cornell em 1930, foi irada por Witzel. (Impressionante a sua beleza atemporal)

 

 

Biography

 

Daughter of Thomas F Cornell & Mabel Eaton. They worked in the wardrobe department of The American Film Company, which was based in Santa Barbara. Melva wanted to become an actress and started working for the company as an extra in 1916. She did some stage acting on Broadway. She acted in The Devil's Circus and Movietone Follies of 1929 (a lost film).

Melva attended Hollywood High School and was a classmate of Myrna Loy (whom she remained friends) and danced with her in the Fanchon and Marco Revue.

She had one child, a boy named Cornell, but sadly he died from leukemia at age 6. After both her husband Marc and her son died, Melva worked for the publicity department at 20th Century Fox.