Child actor Dickie Moore: 'Our Gang' member. Former child actor Dickie Moore dead at 89: Film career ranged from 'Our Gang' shorts to features opposite Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper 1930s child actor Dickie Moore, whose 100+ movie career ranged from Our Gang shorts to playing opposite the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Stanwyck, and Gary Cooper, died in Connecticut on Sept. 7, '15 – five days before his 90th birthday. So far, news reports haven't specified the cause of death. According to a 2013 Boston Phoenix article about Moore's wife, MGM musical star Jane Powell, he had been “suffering from arthritis and bouts of dementia.” Dickie Moore movies At the behest of a persistent family friend, combined with the fact that his father was out of a job, Dickie Moore (born on Sept. 12, 1925, in Los Angeles) made his film debut as an infant in Alan Crosland's 1927 costume drama The Beloved Rogue,...
- 9/11/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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- 9/8/2015
- by Monica-Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Child star of the Our Gang comedies who went on to perform as an adult in Broadway musicals and radio shows
The popularity of the long-running Our Gang series of comedy shorts (1922-44), created by the producer Hal Roach, which followed the adventures of a group of poor urban children, made unlikely film stars of its young cast. Jean Darling, who has died aged 93, joined Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb, Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby “Bonedust” Young, Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, Dinah the Mule and Pete the Pup for the second Our Gang series in 1926, when she was four years old. With her golden locks, she was often at the centre of storylines that involved the boys fighting over her. But Darling, who appeared in around 35 of the 20-minute silent shorts, was a tough cookie who avoided intentional cuteness.
The strength of the series (which was appropriately renamed Little Rascals...
The popularity of the long-running Our Gang series of comedy shorts (1922-44), created by the producer Hal Roach, which followed the adventures of a group of poor urban children, made unlikely film stars of its young cast. Jean Darling, who has died aged 93, joined Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb, Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby “Bonedust” Young, Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, Dinah the Mule and Pete the Pup for the second Our Gang series in 1926, when she was four years old. With her golden locks, she was often at the centre of storylines that involved the boys fighting over her. But Darling, who appeared in around 35 of the 20-minute silent shorts, was a tough cookie who avoided intentional cuteness.
The strength of the series (which was appropriately renamed Little Rascals...
- 9/8/2015
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Jean Darling, one of the child actresses from "Our Gang" and one of the last remaining stars from the silent film era, has died. She was 93.
Darling shot to fame at the age of 4 as part of the popular "Our Gang" series of short silent films. Thanks to what the New York Times dubbed "her golden locks and a face like a kewpie doll," Darling -- whose mother legally changed her name, Dorothy Jean LeVake, at 5 months old -- kept busy in Hollywood, starring in 46 silent movies and six talkies between 1927 and 1929.
She continued to act as she grew, including appearing as the young Jane Eyre in a 1934 adaptation of the novel. Darling also made a name for herself on Broadway, starring in the debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic "Carousel" in 1945, in which she originated the role of Carrie Pipperidge.
In the 1970s, Darling moved to Dublin, Ireland,...
Darling shot to fame at the age of 4 as part of the popular "Our Gang" series of short silent films. Thanks to what the New York Times dubbed "her golden locks and a face like a kewpie doll," Darling -- whose mother legally changed her name, Dorothy Jean LeVake, at 5 months old -- kept busy in Hollywood, starring in 46 silent movies and six talkies between 1927 and 1929.
She continued to act as she grew, including appearing as the young Jane Eyre in a 1934 adaptation of the novel. Darling also made a name for herself on Broadway, starring in the debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic "Carousel" in 1945, in which she originated the role of Carrie Pipperidge.
In the 1970s, Darling moved to Dublin, Ireland,...
- 9/8/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Jean Darling, who starred in the silent comedy series Our Gang as a cute little blonde girl also named Jean, has died at age 93. The actress passed away on Friday, Sept. 4, in a nursing facility in Germany, her son, Roy Bowen, told The Hollywood Reporter. She was one of the last actors still alive who worked during the silent film era. Darling, who starred in Our Gang starting at age 4 in 1926, quit just as sound was starting to be introduced to films, [...]...
- 9/7/2015
- Us Weekly
Former child actress Jean Darling, best known for starring in the Our Gang comedy shorts during the silent era, has died at the age of 93.
The actress also starred in the first Broadway production of the famed Rogers & Hammerstein musical Carousel, where she played Carrie Pipperidge.
She died in Rodgau, Germany, where she lived with her son.
Darling came to fame at the age of 4 when she was cast in the Our Gang series, and subsequently played a role in Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland and as the child Jane Eyre in the 1934 adaptation.
Darling was born Dorothy Jean Lavake on August 23, 1922 in Santa Monica, with her mother changing her name to Jean Darling because she wanted her daughter to make it big in showbusiness.
She married a magician called Reuben Bowen in 1954, moving to Dublin in the early '70s, where she wrote mystery crime stories for magazines...
The actress also starred in the first Broadway production of the famed Rogers & Hammerstein musical Carousel, where she played Carrie Pipperidge.
She died in Rodgau, Germany, where she lived with her son.
Darling came to fame at the age of 4 when she was cast in the Our Gang series, and subsequently played a role in Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland and as the child Jane Eyre in the 1934 adaptation.
Darling was born Dorothy Jean Lavake on August 23, 1922 in Santa Monica, with her mother changing her name to Jean Darling because she wanted her daughter to make it big in showbusiness.
She married a magician called Reuben Bowen in 1954, moving to Dublin in the early '70s, where she wrote mystery crime stories for magazines...
- 9/7/2015
- Digital Spy
Jean Darling, one of the last surviving original cast members of the “Our Gang” comedy short subjects who also appeared in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, has died. Darling was 93 and died Friday in Rodgau, Germany, where she had lived with her son, Roy Bowen. She’s pictured above at far left with other members of Our Gang. Her friend Rene Riva, a Dutch actor and singer who directed Darling in 2013 in the short silent comedy film "The…...
- 9/7/2015
- Deadline
Jean Darling, one of the last surviving original cast members of the “Our Gang” comedy short subjects who also appeared in the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, has died. Darling was 93 and died Friday in Rodgau, Germany, where she had lived with her son, Roy Bowen. She’s pictured above at far left with other members of Our Gang. Her friend Rene Riva, a Dutch actor and singer who directed Darling in 2013 in the short silent comedy film "The…...
- 9/7/2015
- Deadline TV
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