Sunshine Hart
Comedy actress
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Lucia Sunshine Hart[1] (July 6, 1886 – January 3, 1930) was an American comedic actress.[2][3] Her roles include Ma Johnson in My Best Girl. She was large.[4][5] She performed with stock companies and in vaudeville before moving into films.
She was born Lycia May Adams in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]
A "slap-stick" comedian she worked in Mack Sennett films and for other studios including Jack White's and Fox Movietone.[4][7] She was in almost 50 Sennett comedies between 1923 and 1930.[4]
She broke an ankle working on a Mary Pickford film and was bedridden until her death.[4] She died in Los Angeles, California.[6][8]
Filmography
- A Man About Town (1923) as Bit Role (uncredited)
- Galloping Bungalows (1924)[9]
- The Iron Nag (1925)
- From Rags to Britches (1925)[10]
- Syncopating Sue (1926) as Landlady
- Lovey Mary (1926) as Mrs. Chultz
- Crazy to Act (1927) as Mrs. St. John
- The Jolly Jitter (1927)
- My Best Girl (1927)
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelburg[4]
- The Burglar (1928)[11]
- Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928) as Guest
- The Man in Hobbles (1928) as Ma Harris
- Midnight Daddies (1929) as 2nd Bridge Player
- The Bride's Relations (1929)[4]
- When a Man's a Prince[4]
