Lili Damita

Lili Damita (July 10, 1904 – March 21, 1994) was a French actress. Pre 1923 photo, not subject to copyright. ... Pre 1923 photo, not subject to copyright. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

Early life and education

Born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré in Blaye, France, she was educated in convents and ballet schools in several European countries, including France, Spain and Portugal. At 14, she was enrolled as a dancer at the Opera de Paris. Blaye is a commune of the Gironde département, in France. ...

By age 16 she was performing in popular music-halls, eventually appearing in the Revue at the Casino de Paris. She also worked as a photographic model. Offered a role in film as a prize for winning a magazine beauty competition in 1921, she appeared in several French silent films before being offered her first leading role in Das Spielzeug von Paris by director Michael Curtiz. She was an instant success, and Curtiz directed her in two more films: Fiaker Nr 13 and Der Goldene Schmetterling. In the latter film, her acting was exceptionally good. She became the second wife of Hungarian born film director Michael Curtiz, but the marriage was over in less than a year following Curtiz's emigration to the USA. Damita continued appearing in German productions, being directed by Robert Wiene, Ernst Pabst and Graham Cutts. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... Robert Wiene (born April 27, 1873 in Breslau; died 17 July 1938 in Paris) was a German film director. ...

Career

In 1928, at the invitation of Samuel Goldwyn she went to Hollywood, making her American debut in a film titled The Rescue. Leased out to various studios, she appeared with stars such as Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier, Laurence Olivier, Cary Grant, and James Cagney. Her films included the box office success The Cockeyed World. Other successes were the semi-silent The Bridge of San Luis Rey and This Is the Night. [1] Samuel Goldwyn (July 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879 [1]) – 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer, also a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... French singer Maurice Chevalier with stars of Hellzapoppin at Expo 67, in Montreal, Quebec. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Archibald Alec Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1929 drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. ...

Personal life

In 1935 she married her second husband, a virtual unknown who would become Hollywood's biggest box office attraction, Errol Flynn, with whom she had a son, Sean born in 1941. Following the marriage, she gave up her film career. The couple divorced in 1942 and Damita eventually married in 1962 Allen Loomis, a Fort Dodge, Iowa dairy owner. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ... Sean Leslie Flynn, photo from an identification card. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: The city with bright days ahead. ...

During the Vietnam Conflict, her son Sean Flynn was working as a freelance photo journalist under contract to Time Magazine when he and fellow journalist Dana Stone went missing on the road south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 6, 1970. Although Damita spent an enormous amount of money searching for her son, he was never found and in 1984 was declared legally dead. The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1957 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (See Secret War) and in bombing runs (Rolling Thunder) over North Vietnam. ... Sean Leslie Flynn, photo from an identification card. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Dana Stone (born 1939 in North Pomfret, Vermont; believed killed 1971, Bei Met, Cambodia) was a U.S. photo-journalist best known for his work for CBS during the Vietnam War. ... City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 376 km² Population 2,009,264(2006) Density 5343. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

Lili Damita died of Alzheimer's disease in Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 89, but was interred in the Oakland Cemetery in Fort Dodge, Iowa, her third husband's hometown. Being largely seasonal, downtown Palm Beachs streets are virtually vacant in the summer. ... Motto: The city with bright days ahead. ...

Selected filmography

• L'Empereur des Pauvres (serial) 1921
• Corsica 1922
• La Voyante 1923
• Das Spielzeug von Paris 1925
• Fiaker Nr 13 1926
• Der Goldene Schmetterling 1926
• The Queen Was in the Parlour[aka Forbidden Love] 1927
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1929
• Fighting Caravans 1930
• This Is the Night 1932
• Une Heure pres de Toi 1932
• The Match King 1933
• Goldie Gets Along 1933
• Frisco Kid 1935

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1929 drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. ... Fighting Caravans is a lavish 1931 western film starring Gary Cooper as a young scout leading a wagon train west. ... This is the Night may refer to This is the Night, a 1932 film starring Cary Grant This Is the Night, a 2003 song by Clay Aiken This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Ivar Kreuger (March 2, 1880 - March 12, 1932) was a Swedish financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. ... Frisco Kid is a 1935 western film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon. ...

Selected stage musicals

• On Dit Ça Paris 1923
• Sons o'Guns New York 1929/30
• Here's How London 1934

HERES HOW is a 1950s style cool jazz band led by vocalist Bliss Blood and featuring Tom Beckham on vibraphone, Andrew Hall and Chris Pistorinoon bass, Steve Little on drums, Jesse Gelber on piano, Michael Hashim on tenor & soprano sax, Sean Condron on guitar, Eric Pakula on alto...

Marriages

• Michael Curtiz, film director 1926 - 1926
• Errol Flynn, film actor 1935 - 1942
• Allen R Loomis, businessman 1962 - 1994 (officially divorced 1983)

Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ...

Children

• Sean Flynn, film actor and photographer 1941 - 1971?

Sean Leslie Flynn, photo from an identification card. ...

External Links

• Peter's E.F. Club - An internet scrapbook dedicated to Errol Flynn with extensive archival articles, books, photographs, filmography, biography, and much more including Lili Damita and son, Sean Flynn.
• Photographs of Lili Damita