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{{Short description|American actress (1889–1975)}}
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| name = Minta Durfee
| name = Minta Durfee
| image = Mintadurfee.jpg
| image = File:Mintadurfee.jpg
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| caption = Cover of ''Photoplay'', December, 1915
| caption = Durfee in 1915
| birth_name = Araminta Estelle Durfee
| birth_name = Araminta Estelle Durfee
| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|10|01}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|10|01}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]]
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|09|09|1889|10|01}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|09|09|1889|10|01}}
| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, California]]
| death_place = Los Angeles California, U.S.
| yearsactive = 1913–1971
| resting place =
| other_names = Minta Durfee Arbuckle
| occupation = Actress
| othername = Minta Durfee Arbuckle
| occupation = Actress
| website =
| years_active = 1913–1971
| spouse = [[Roscoe Arbuckle]]<br>(m. 1908–1925; divorced)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Roscoe Arbuckle]]|1908|1925|reason=div.}}
| website =
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'''Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee''' (October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975) was an American [[silent film]] actress from [[Los Angeles, California]], possibly best known for her role in ''[[Mickey (1918 film)|Mickey]]'' (1918).
'''Araminta Estelle''' "'''Minta'''" '''Durfee''' (October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975) was an American [[silent film]] actress from [[Los Angeles]], California, possibly best known for her role in ''[[Mickey (1918 film)|Mickey]]'' (1918).


==Biography==
==Biography==
She met [[Roscoe Arbuckle]] when he was attempting to get started in theater, and the two married in August 1908. Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of seventeen. She was the first leading lady of [[Charlie Chaplin]].
She met [[Roscoe Arbuckle]] when he was attempting to get started in theater, and the two married in August 1908. Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of 17. She was the first leading lady of [[Charlie Chaplin]].


Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet [[Virginia Rappe]]. There were three trials and finally Arbuckle was acquitted. His career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle were divorced in 1925. Durfee was quoted in her later years as saying Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man."<ref name=1974interview/>
Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet [[Virginia Rappe]]. There were three trials and finally, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle divorced in 1925. Durfee in her later years said Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man."<ref name=1974interview/> Durfee was an avid defender of her close friend [[Mabel Normand]] throughout Normand's many public scandals.<ref name=1974interview/>


A regular performer on television, Durfee appeared on such shows as ''[[Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)|Noah's Ark]]'' (1956). She had minor roles in motion pictures including ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), ''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]'' (1935), ''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (1936), ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World|It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963), ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964), and ''[[Savage Intruder]]'' (1970).
Durfee was an avid defender of her close friend [[Mabel Normand]] throughout Normand's many public scandals, and she spoke fondly of her until her own death.<ref name=1974interview/>


In later life, Durfee gave lectures on silent film and held retrospectives on her and her former husband's pictures. She was surprised and excited by the renewed interest in silent film.<ref name=1974interview/>
A regular performer on television, Durfee appeared on such shows as ''[[Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)|Noah's Ark]]'' (1956). She had minor roles in motion pictures like ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), ''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]'' (1935), ''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (1936), ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964), and ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World|It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963).


Durfee died in [[Woodland Hills, California]], at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]] in 1975. She suffered from a heart ailment.<ref name=NYTobit/><ref name=LATobit/>
In later life, Durfee gave lectures on silent film and held retrospectives on her and her husband's pictures. She was surprised and excited by the renewed interest in silent film and did her best to help.<ref name=1974interview/>


==Filmography==
Minta Durfee died in Woodland Hills, California at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]] in 1975. She suffered from a heart ailment.<ref name=NYTobit/><ref name=LATobit/>

==Selected filmography==
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*''[[His Sister's Kids]]'' (1913, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography">{{cite web|url= http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/54736%7C113681/Minta-Durfee/filmography.html|title=Minta Durfee Filmography| publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate=March 13, 2020|archivedate=October 19, 2015|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151019001348/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/54736%7C113681/Minta-Durfee/filmography.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Fatty's Day Off]]'' (1913)
*''[[A Quiet Little Wedding]]'' (1913)
*''[[Fatty's Day Off]]'' (1913, Short)
*''[[Fatty at San Diego]]'' (1913)
*''[[A Quiet Little Wedding]]'' (1913, Short) as Fatty's fiancée
*''[[Wine (1913 film)|Wine]]'' (1913)
*''[[Fatty at San Diego]]'' (1913, Short) as Girl at the carnival
*''[[Fatty Joins the Force]]'' (1913)
*''[[Wine (1913 film)|Wine]]'' (1913, Short) as Diner's sweetheart
*''[[Fatty's Flirtation]]'' (1913)
*''[[Fatty Joins the Force]]'' (1913, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[A Misplaced Foot]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Flirtation]]'' (1913, Short) as Minta
*''[[Ambrose's First Falsehood]]'' (1914, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Under-Sheriff]]'' (1914)
*''[[A Flirt's Mistake]]'' (1914)
*''[[A Misplaced Foot]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Rebecca's Wedding Day]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Under-Sheriff]]'' (1914, Short) as The Sheriff's Wife
*''[[A Flirt's Mistake]]'' (1914, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Tango Tangles]]'' (1914)
*''[[Rebecca's Wedding Day]]'' (1914, Short) as Wedding guest (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Cruel, Cruel Love]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Star Boarder (1914 film)|The Star Boarder]]'' (1914)
*''[[Making a Living]]'' (1914, Short) as Girl (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Twenty Minutes of Love]]'' (1914)
*''[[Tango Tangles]]'' (1914, Short) as Guest
*''[[Where Hazel Met the Villain]]'' (1914)
*''[[Cruel, Cruel Love]]'' (1914, Short) as The Lady
*''[[Caught in a Cabaret]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Star Boarder (1914 film)|The Star Boarder]]'' (1914, Short) as Landlady
*''[[A Suspended Ordeal]]'' (1914)
*''[[Twenty Minutes of Love]]'' (1914, Short) as Edgar's girl
*''[[The Water Dog]]'' (1914)
*''[[Where Hazel Met the Villain]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Caught in a Cabaret]]'' (1914, Short) as Cabaret patron / Girl in park (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[The Alarm (film)|The Alarm]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Knockout]]'' (1914)
*''[[A Suspended Ordeal]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Fatty and the Heiress]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Water Dog]]'' (1914, Short) as Nursemaid
*''[[Fatty's Finish]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Alarm (film)|The Alarm]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[The Sky Pirate]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Knockout]]'' (1914, Short) as Pug's sweetheart (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Those Happy Days (1914 film)|Those Happy Days]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty and the Heiress]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Fatty's Gift]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Finish]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[His New Profession]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Sky Pirate (film)|The Sky Pirate]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[The Rounders (1914 film)|The Rounders]]'' (1914)
*''[[Those Happy Days (1914 film)|Those Happy Days]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[The Masquerader (1914 film)|The Masquerader]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Gift]]'' (1914, Short) as Fatty's Wife
*''[[The Masquerader (1914 film)|The Masquerader]]'' (1914, Short) as leading lady
*''[[Lover's Luck]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Debut]]'' (1914)
*''[[His New Profession]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Fatty Again]]'' (1914)
*''[[The Rounders (1914 film)|The Rounders]]'' (1914, Short) as Fatty's wife
*''[[Lovers' Post Office]]'' (1914)
*''[[Lover's Luck]]'' (1914, Short) as The Girl
*''[[An Incompetent Hero]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Debut]]'' (1914, Short)
*''[[Fatty Again]]'' (1914, Short) as Proprietor's daughter
*''[[Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914 film)|Tillie's Punctured Romance]]'' (1914) as Crook's Girlfriend in "A Thief's Fate" (uncredited)
*''[[Fatty's Wine Party]]'' (1914)
*''[[Lovers' Post Office]]'' (1914, Short) as Fatty's sweetheart
*''[[Leading Lizzie Astray]]'' (1914)
*''[[An Incompetent Hero]]'' (1914, Short) as Neighbor's maid
*''[[Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914 film)|Tillie's Punctured Romance]]'' (1914) as Maid (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Fatty's Magic Pants]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty and Minnie He-Haw]]'' (1914)
*''[[Fatty's Wine Party]]'' (1914, Short) as in a minor role (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Leading Lizzie Astray]]'' (1914, Short) as Lizzie, the farm boy's fiancée
*''[[Mabel, Fatty and the Law]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty's Magic Pants]]'' (1914, Short) as Fatty's sweetheart
*''[[Fatty's Reckless Fling]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty and Minnie He-Haw]]'' (1914, Short) as Minta
*''[[Dirty Work in a Laundry]]'' (1915, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Fatty's Chance Acquaintance]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty's Faithful Fido]]'' (1915)
*''[[A Bird's a Bird]]'' (1915, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition]]'' (1915, Short) as Jealous husband's wife (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[When Love Took Wings]]'' (1915)
*''[[Court House Crooks]]'' (1915)
*''[[Mabel, Fatty and the Law]]'' (1915, Short) as Flirty wife
*''[[Fickle Fatty's Fall]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty's Reckless Fling]]'' (1915, Short) as Neighbor's wife
*''[[Fatty's Faithful Fido]]'' (1915, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[A Village Scandal]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty and the Broadway Stars]]'' (1915)
*''[[Fatty's Chance Acquaintance]]'' (1915, Short) as Pickpocket's girlfriend
*''[[The Masquerader (1914 film)|The Masquerader]]'' (1914)
*''[[That Little Band of Gold]]'' (1915, short)
*''[[Fatty's Faithful Fido]]'' (1915, Short) as Fatty's sweetheart
*''[[Bright Lights (1916 film)|Bright Lights]]'' (1916)
*''[[His Wife's Mistakes]]'' (1916)
*''[[When Love Took Wings]]'' (1915, Short)
*''[[The Other Man (1916 film)|The Other Man]]'' (1916)
*''[[Court House Crooks]]'' (1915, Short) as Judge's wife
*''[[Mickey (1918 film)|Mickey]]'' (1918)
*''Dirty Work in a Laundry'' (1915)
*''[[Fickle Fatty's Fall]]'' (1915, Short) as Fatty's wife
*''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941) (uncredited)
*''[[Fatty and the Broadway Stars]]'' (1915, Short) as Sam Bernard's leading lady
*''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) as a crowd extra watching the fire escape rescue (uncredited)
*''[[Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition]]'' (1915, Short) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Bright Lights (1916 film)|Bright Lights]]'' (1916, Short) in a minor role (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[His Wife's Mistakes]]'' (1916, Short)
*''[[The Other Man (1916 film)|The Other Man]]'' (1916, Short)
*''The Cabaret'' (1918)
*''[[Mickey (1918 film)|Mickey]]'' (1918) as Elsie Drake
*''[[Skinner's Dress Suit (1926 film)|Skinner's Dress Suit]]'' (1926) as Party guest (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]'' (1935) in minor role (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[The Man with Nine Lives (film)|The Man with Nine Lives]]'' (1940) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Glamour for Sale]]'' (1940) as Matron (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Rollin' Home to Texas]]'' (1940) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Devil and Miss Jones]]'' (1941) as Customer (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941) in a minor role (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[The Miracle Kid]]'' (1941) as Pheney
*''[[The Man Who Returned to Life]]'' (1942) as Mrs. Tuller (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Blondie for Victory]]'' (1942) as Housewife (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Chance of a Lifetime (1943 film)|The Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1943) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Eve Knew Her Apples]]'' (1945) as Landlady (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Son of Rusty]]'' (1947) as Townswoman (uncredited)<ref name=blottner282>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FUzc4If3M8gC&q=dwayne+hickman+rusty&pg=PA282|title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years|first=Gene |last=Blottner|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2011|isbn=978-0786433537|page=282}}</ref>
*''[[My Dog Rusty]]'' (1948) as Mrs. Laura Foley (uncredited)<ref>Blottner, p. 283.</ref>
*''[[How to Be Very, Very Popular]]'' (1955) as Older woman (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Artists and Models]]'' (1955) as Dancer (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) as an extra (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Hollywood or Bust]]'' (1956) as Miss Pettywood (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Buster Keaton Story]]'' (1957) as Boarder (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' (1957) as Ship passenger (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?]]'' (1957) as Scrubwoman (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Big Fisherman]]'' (1959) in a minor role (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Beloved Infidel]]'' (1959) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[My Six Loves]]'' (1963) as Woman at auction (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963)<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvmcAwAAQBAJ&q=it%27s+a+MAD%2C+MAD%2C+MAD%2C+MAD+WORLD+%2B%22durfee%22&pg=PA500|chapter=Minta Dufee|title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory|year=2009|first=Brent E. |last=Walker|publisher=[[McFarland & Co.]]|isbn=978-0786436101|page=500}}</ref> as Woman in crowd (uncredited)
*''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964) as Denver party guest (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Caprice (1967 film)|Caprice]]'' (1967) as Agent (uncredited){{cn|date=March 2020}}
*''[[Savage Intruder]]'' (1970) as Guest
*''[[Willard (1971 film)|Willard]]'' (1971) (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[What's the Matter with Helen?]]'' (1971) as Old lady (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[The Steagle]]'' (1971) as Old lady (uncredited)<ref name="TCM filmography" />
*''[[Portnoy's Complaint (film)|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' (1972) as Elevator lady<ref name="TCM filmography" />
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=1974interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/minta1.html |title=Excerpts of Interview with Minta Durfee Arbuckle |last=Schneider |first=Don |last2=Normand |first2=Stephen |date=July 21, 1974 |accessdate=2015-11-15}}</ref>
<ref name=1974interview>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/mn/hp/minta1.html |title=Excerpts of Interview with Minta Durfee Arbuckle |last1=Schneider |first1=Don |last2=Normand |first2=Stephen |date=July 21, 1974 |access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>
<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news |title=Minta Durfee, Actress, 85, Dies; Former Wife of Fatty Arbuckle |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C11FA3D5B157493C0A81782D85F418785F9 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=September 12, 1975 |accessdate=2008-07-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news |title=Minta Durfee, Actress, 85, Dies; Former Wife of Fatty Arbuckle |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C11FA3D5B157493C0A81782D85F418785F9 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=September 12, 1975 |accessdate=2008-07-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=LATobit>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Del Olmo |title=Fatty Arbuckle's First Wife Dies |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/679361712.html?dids=679361712:679361712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+11%2C+1975&author=FRANK+DEL+OLMO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Fatty+Arbuckle%27s+First+Wife+Dies&pqatl=google |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 12, 1975 |accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref>
<ref name=LATobit>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Del Olmo |title=Fatty Arbuckle's First Wife Dies |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/679361712.html?dids=679361712:679361712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+11%2C+1975&author=FRANK+DEL+OLMO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Fatty+Arbuckle%27s+First+Wife+Dies&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927160448/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/679361712.html?dids=679361712:679361712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+11%2C+1975&author=FRANK+DEL+OLMO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Fatty+Arbuckle%27s+First+Wife+Dies&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2008 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 12, 1975 |accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref>
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Minta Durfee
Durfee in 1915
Born
Araminta Estelle Durfee

(1889-10-01)October 1, 1889
DiedSeptember 9, 1975(1975-09-09) (aged 85)
Los Angeles California, U.S.
Other namesMinta Durfee Arbuckle
OccupationActress
Years active1913–1971
Spouse
(m. 1908; div. 1925)

Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee (October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975) was an American silent film actress from Los Angeles, California, possibly best known for her role in Mickey (1918).

Biography

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She met Roscoe Arbuckle when he was attempting to get started in theater, and the two married in August 1908. Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of 17. She was the first leading lady of Charlie Chaplin.

Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet Virginia Rappe. There were three trials and finally, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle divorced in 1925. Durfee in her later years said Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man."[1] Durfee was an avid defender of her close friend Mabel Normand throughout Normand's many public scandals.[1]

A regular performer on television, Durfee appeared on such shows as Noah's Ark (1956). She had minor roles in motion pictures including How Green Was My Valley (1941), Naughty Marietta (1935), Rose-Marie (1936), It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), and Savage Intruder (1970).

In later life, Durfee gave lectures on silent film and held retrospectives on her and her former husband's pictures. She was surprised and excited by the renewed interest in silent film.[1]

Durfee died in Woodland Hills, California, at the Motion Picture Country Home in 1975. She suffered from a heart ailment.[2][3]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Schneider, Don; Normand, Stephen (July 21, 1974). "Excerpts of Interview with Minta Durfee Arbuckle". Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Minta Durfee, Actress, 85, Dies; Former Wife of Fatty Arbuckle". New York Times. September 12, 1975. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Del Olmo, Frank (September 12, 1975). "Fatty Arbuckle's First Wife Dies". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Minta Durfee Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland & Company. p. 282. ISBN 978-0786433537.
  6. ^ Blottner, p. 283.
  7. ^ Walker, Brent E. (2009). "Minta Dufee". Mack Sennett's Fun Factory. McFarland & Co. p. 500. ISBN 978-0786436101.
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