Janet Chandler

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Janet Chandler (December 31, 1911[1] – March 16, 1994) was a model and actress in American films. She had starring roles in several films of the 1930s. She began her film career as a child actress.[2]

Chandler reading at the beach, 1935

Biography

Born Lillian Elizabeth Guenther in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Albert John and Janet Elizabeth (Williams) Guenther, Chandler was a leading lady in the films The Golden West[3] and Cowboy Holiday.[4] After her family moved to Los Angeles, California, young Lillian attended girls schools (Harter, Orton).[citation needed] Chandler moved from New York to Hollywood in 1929 "to make the grade in pictures".[5]

Chandler married twice and had three daughters.[citation needed] On October 21, 1935, she married George Edward Barrett, a New York investment broker.[6] They divorced in 1947.[citation needed] She married, secondly, to playwright Joseph Kramm in 1956. That union also ended in divorce.[7][8][9]

Chandler died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on March 19, 1994, aged 82, of heart failure[2] and was interred in Bellwood Cemetery in her native Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[10]

Selected filmography

References

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