Fritzi Brunette was an actress from Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

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 who acted in motion pictures for thirty years.

Southern beauty in silent movies

Miss Brunette was educated in New York City

New York City

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. She is remembered for her performances beginning in silent films and continuing until 1939, including a part as a secretary in Honeymoon In Bali. In 1942 Miss Brunette had an uncredited role in You're Telling Me. She played opposite Jack Holt

Jack Holt (actor)

Jack Holt was an American motion picture actor. He was a leading man of silent and sound films, and was known for his many roles in Westerns.-Early life:...

 and Mitchell Lewis, among other actors of her era. Prior to making Forgiven or the Jack o' Diamonds for the Stellar Photoplay Company, she was affiliated with the Victor Film Company. In the Selig Red Seal feature, Unto Those Who Sin (1916), Fritzi played a working girl of squalor, lured by wealth and luxury. In the end she discovers that material gain is not as valuable as the love of a pure man. Among the many movies in which she participated are The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919), While Satan Sleeps (1922), Bells of San Juan (1922), and Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925).

Personal life

Fritzi was the former wife of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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 real estate operator John E. Kley. They resided at 712 North Mansfield Avenue in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. She was also the third wife of William Robert Daly, a fairly prolific silent film actor and director. Mr. Daly, who died c. 1935, directed Miss Brunette in many films. The emotional actress possessed one of the most detailed wardrobes in the movie industry. She wore eighteen lovely gowns in Unto Those Who Sin.

Fritzi Brunette died after an extended illness at the Motion Picture Country Home at the age of 53 in 1943. Funeral services were conducted from Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel, 5959 Santa Monica Boulevard. Cremation followed.

Filmography

• You're Telling Me (1942) (uncredited)
• Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited) .... Bit part
• Edison, the Man (1940) (uncredited)
• $1000 a Touchdown (1939) (uncredited) .... McGlen Wife
• Honeymoon in Bali (1939) .... Secretary
• The Star Maker (1939) (uncredited)
• Stagecoach (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit part
• Persons in Hiding (1939) (uncredited) .... Automobile Passenger
• Disbarred (1939) (uncredited) .... Maid
• Wells Fargo (1937) (uncredited) .... Pioneer Woman
• Souls at Sea (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
• Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
• Way Out West (1937) (uncredited) .... Audience at saloon
• Maid of Salem (1937) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
• San Francisco (1936) (uncredited)
• This Is the Life (1935) (uncredited)
• Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935) (uncredited) .... Dinner Guest [Ch. 1]
• Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Saloon girl
• Driftwood (1928) .... Lola
• The Pace That Thrills (1925) .... Paula
• Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925) .... Maggie Smith
• Cause for Divorce (1923) .... Laura Parker
• The Footlight Ranger (1923) .... Janet Ainslee
• The Other Side (1922)
• The Boss of Camp Four (1922) .... Iris Paxton
• Bells of San Juan (1922) .... Dorothy Page
• The Crusader (1922) .... Alice
• While Satan Sleeps (1922) .... Salome Deming
• Give Me My Son (1922)
• The Man from Lost River (1921) .... Marcia
• Sure Fire
  Sure Fire
  Sure Fire is a 1921 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson - Jeff Bransford* Molly Malone - Marian Hoffman* B. Reeves Eason Jr...
  
   (1921) .... Elinor Parker
• Discontented Wives (1921) .... Ruth Gaylord
• A Wife's Awakening (1921) .... Florence Otis
• The Butterfly Girl (1921) .... Lorna Lear
• Tiger True (1921) .... Mary Dover
• The Coast of Opportunity (1920) .... Janet Ashley
• The Devil to Pay (1920) .... Dare Keeling
• The House of Whispers (1920) .... Barbara Bradford
• $30,000 (1920)
• The Green Flame (1920) .... Ruth Gardner
• Number 99 (1920) .... Cynthia Vivian
• The Dream Cheater (1920) .... Pauline Mahon
• Live Sparks (1920) .... Myrtle Pratt
• The Lord Loves the Irish (1919) .... Sheila Lynch
• The Woman Under Cover (1919) .... Alma Jordan
• A Sporting Chance (1919/I) .... Gilberte Bonheur
• Jacques of the Silver North (1919) .... Memory Baird
• The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919) .... Alma
• Whitewashed Walls (1919) .... Concha
• The Sealed Envelope (1919) .... Lena
• The Velvet Hand (1918) .... Gianna Russelli
• Playthings (1918) .... Marjorie North
• The Still Alarm
  The Still Alarm
  The Still Alarm is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that debuted in New York in 1887 and enjoyed great success, and was adapted to silent films in 1911, 1918, and 1926. Though never a favorite of critics, it achieved widespread popularity...
  
   (1918) .... Undetermined Role
• The City of Purple Dreams (1918) .... Esther Strom
• And a Still Small Voice (1918) .... Mary Singleton
• The Railroaders (1918)
• Who Shall Take My Life? (1917) .... Kate Taylor
• The Golden Bullet
  The Golden Bullet
  The Golden Bullet is a 1917 Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Fritzi Brunette* Vester Pegg* William Steele - * George Berrell* Hoot Gibson...
  
   (1917)
• The Jaguar's Claws (1917) .... Beth Thomas
• Beware of Strangers (1917) .... Bertha Gibson
• Out of the Mist (1916)
• The Reprisal (1916)
• At Piney Ridge (1916) .... Cindy Lane
• A Serpent in the House (1916)
• Unto Those Who Sin (1916) .... Nadia
• The Uncut Diamond (1916)
• Virtue Triumphant (1916)
• Diamonds Are Trumps (1916)
• The Keeper of the Flock (1915)
• When California Was Wild (1915)
• The Tiger Slayer (1915)
• The Price She Paid (1915)
• 'Neath Calvary's Shadows (1915)
• A Case of Beans (1915)
• Her Wedding Night (1915)
• A Skin Game (1915)
• Goaded by Jealousy (1915)
• Back of the Shadows (1915)
• The Emigrant's Peril (1915)
• The Greater Power (1915)
• Forgiven; Or, The Jack of Diamonds (1914) .... Leone Diamond
• The Militant (1914)
• Admission — Two Pins (1914)
• Where the Hop Vine Twines (1913)
• The Ring of Sorrow (1913)
• For Old Love's Sake (1913)
• The Winner (1913)
• For the Sins of Another (1913) .... Violet Denton, Philip's Sister
• Annie Laurie (1913) .... Annie Laurie
• That Boy from Missouri (1913)
• The Appeal (1913)
• Sunny Smith (1913)
• The Hypocrite (1913)
• The Lie (1913)
• The Grouch (1913)
• The Professor's Dilemma (1912)
• The Consequences (1912)
• Foolishness of Oliver (1912)
• It Happened Thus (1912) .... The Younger Daughter
• Was Mabel Cured? (1912)
• On the Danger Line (1912)
• Two Women (1912) .... The Wife
• As the Wind Blows (1912) .... The Summer Girl
• Dora (1912) .... Mary
• Her Life's Story (1912) .... Lucy Allen
• Mates and Mis-Mates (1912) .... Mabel Wentworth
• Babies Three (1912)
• For the Good of All (1912) (as Miss Fritzie)
• His Neighbor's Wife (1912) (as Miss Fritzie)
• The Joy Ride (1912) (as Miss Fritzi)

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