Natalie Moorhead

American actress

Raymond Phillips

(m. 1929; div. 1930)

Alan Crosland

(m. 1930; div. 1935)

Robert J Dunham

(m. 1942; died 1948)

Juan Garchitorena

(m. 1957; died 1983)

Natalie Moorhead (born Nathalian Morehead,^[1]^{[better source needed]} July 27, 1901 – October 6, 1992) was an American film and stage actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She was known for distinctive platinum blond hair.^[2]

Early years

Moorehead grew up in Pittsburgh.^[3]

Career

She began her theatre career on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre^{[citation needed]} playing a bridesmaid in the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose^[4] which broke a record for run of the play, finally closing at the Theatre Republic on October 1, 1927.^{[citation needed]} She then played Sadie in A Lady in Love (1927)^[5] at the Lyceum Theatre.^{[citation needed]} She played Lydia Webster in George M. Cohan's 1927 farce Baby Cyclone^[5] at Henry Miller's Theatre.

Personal life

On December 21, 1930, Moorhead married director Alan Crosland in Yosemite National Park.^[6] She sued him for divorce on July 2, 1935.^[7] On March 28, 1942, in Maricopa, Arizona, she married millionaire Robert J. Dunham, the sixty-six year-old president of the Chicago Park District.^[8] He died in 1948.^[9] Moorhead's fourth husband was Juan Garchitorena, an actor (under the stage name Juan Torena) and former soccer player. They wed on July 27, 1957, in Beverly Hills.^[10]

Selected filmography

Thru Different Eyes (1929) - Frances Thornton
The Unholy Night (1929) - Lady Violet Montague
The Girl from Havana (1929) - Lona Martin
The Furies (1930) - Caroline Leigh
The Benson Murder Case (1930) - Fanny Del Roy
Spring Is Here (1930) - Rita Conway
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) - Blonde Actress with Frank Buelow at Premiere (uncredited)
The Runaway Bride (1930) - Clara Muldoon
Shadow of the Law (1930) - Ethel Barry aka Ethel George
Hot Curves (1930) - Maizie
Manslaughter (1930) - Eleanor Bellington
Ladies Must Play (1930) - Connie
The Office Wife (1930) - Linda Fellowes
Divorce Among Friends (1930) - Joan Whitley
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) - Duchess Bessie Von Essie
Captain Thunder (1930) - Bonita
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) - Della
Illicit (1931) - Margie True
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) - Leila Crofton
Women Men Marry (1931) - Dolly Moulton
My Past (1931) - Consuelo 'Connie' Byrne
The Phantom of Paris (1931) - Vera
Morals for Women (1931) - Flora
The Deceiver (1931) - Mrs. Lawton
Maker of Men (1931) - Mrs. Rhodes
Discarded Lovers (1932) - Irma Gladden
Three Wise Girls (1932) - Ruth Dexter
The Menace (1932) - Caroline Quayle
Cross-Examination (1932) - Inez Wells
Love Bound (1932) - Verna Wilson, alias Vera Wendall
The Stoker (1932) - Vera Martin
The King Murder (1932) - Elizabeth Hawthorn
The Fighting Gentleman (1932) - Violet Reed
Forgotten (1933) - Myrtle Strauss
The Mind Reader (1933) - Mrs. Austin
Private Detective 62 (1933) - Helen Burns
Corruption (1933) - Sylvia Gorman
Dance Hall Hostess (1933) - Clare
The Big Chance (1933) - Babe
Curtain at Eight (1933) - Alma Jenkins Thornton
Gigolettes of Paris (1933) - Diane Valraine
Secret Sinners (1933) - Mrs. Gilbert
Only Yesterday (1933) - Lucy (uncredited)
Long Lost Father (1934) - Phyllis Mersey-Royds
Dancing Man (1934) - Tamara Trevor
The Thin Man (1934) - Julia Wolf
Fifteen Wives (1934) - Carol Manning
The Curtain Falls (1934) - Katherine Scorsby
Champagne for Breakfast (1935) - Mrs. Morton
Two in a Crowd (1936) - Mrs. Anthony (uncredited)
15 Maiden Lane (1936) - Nellie - Society Crook (uncredited)
What Becomes of the Children? (1936) - Edith Worthington
King of Gamblers (1937) - Woman at Table (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde (1937) - Theresa Gray
Heart of Arizona (1938) - Belle Starr
The Beloved Brat (1938) - Evelyn Morgan
Letter of Introduction (1938) - Maud Raleigh - Park Plaza Gossip (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939) - Woman (uncredited)
Lady of the Tropics (1939) - Mrs. Hazlitt
The Women (1939) - Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
I Take This Woman (1940) - May - Saleslady (uncredited)
Flight Angels (1940) - Miss Mason
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
I Want a Divorce (1940) - Mrs. Tyrell (uncredited)
Margie (1940) - Mrs. Dixon (final film role)

References

^ 1910,1920 census for nathalian morehead. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Natalie Moorhead biodata, allmovie.com; accessed November 12, 2016.
^ "Lace, Ribbons, Chiffon Irresistible -- Natalie". The Times Dispatch. Virginia, Richmond. November 17, 1929. p. 47. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Natalie Moorhead is Fascinating". Kenosha News. Wisconsin, Kenosha. June 30, 1930. p. 14. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Natalie Moorhead". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^ "Natalie Moorehead, film actress, weds director". The St. Louis Star and Times. Missouri, St. Louis. International News Service. December 22, 1930. p. 8. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Natalie Moorhead Sues for Divorce". The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. United Press. July 3, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wedding Plans Told", p. 3, Chicago Tribune, March 23, 1942.
^ "R.J. Dunham, Long Head of Parks, Dies", p. 20, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 4, 1948
^ "Natalie Moorhead Wed to Actor Garchitorena". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. July 28, 1957. p. 61. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.