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{{Short description|American actress (1917–1985)}}
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| name = Wanda Perry
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| image = Actress Wanda Perry 1930s.jpg
| caption = Perry in 1930
| birth_name = Helen Marie Beuscher
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|07|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|02|17|1917|07|23|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1929–1974
| spouse = {{marriage|Irving J. Browne|1937}}
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'''Wanda Perry''' ({{date|23 July 1917|MDY}} – {{fdate|17 February 1985|MDY}}) was an American actor.
'''Wanda Perry''' (born '''Helen Marie Beuscher'''; July 23, 1917 – February 17, 1985) was an American actress.


==Biography==
Wanda Perry was born on {{date|23 July 1917|MDY}} in Brooklyn, New York City.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Dictionary of women worldwide: 25,000 women through the ages |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-7585-1 |editor-last=Commire |editor-first=Anne |series=Yorkin publications |location=Detroit |pages=1501}}</ref>
Wanda Perry was born on July 23, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York City. She attended [[Manual Training High School]] in Brooklyn. She made her feature film debut at the age of sixteen as an [[Earl Carroll]] showgirl in ''[[Murder at the Vanities]]'' (1934) and was signed to a contract with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Dictionary of women worldwide: 25,000 women through the ages |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-7585-1 |editor-last=Commire |editor-first=Anne |series=Yorkin publications |location=Detroit |pages=1501}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 04 May 1934, page Page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59862827/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |via=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Ken |url=http://archive.org/details/bodymerchantstor0000murr |title=The body merchant : the story of Earl Carroll |date=1976 |location=Pasadena, Calif. |publisher= W. Ritchie Press |isbn=978-0-378-05685-4}}</ref>


Perry starred in a number of feature films and film shorts, including several shorts with [[The Three Stooges]].
debut at 16 in Murder at the Vanities; <ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Ken |url=http://archive.org/details/bodymerchantstor0000murr |title=The body merchant : the story of Earl Carroll |date=1976 |publisher=Pasadena, Calif. : W. Ritchie Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-378-05685-4}}</ref>


She married dentist Dr. Irving J. Browne in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Los Angeles Times 05 Sep 1937, page 50 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380727004/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |via=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Wanda Perry died on 17 February 1985 in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<ref name=":0" />

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Wanda Perry died on February 17, 1985 in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<ref name=":0" />


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==


* ''[[Bring on the Bride]]'' (1929)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |url=http://archive.org/details/firsthollywoodso0000brad |title=The first Hollywood sound shorts, 1926-1931 |date=2005 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-1030-9}}</ref>
* ''[[Bring on the Bride]]'' (1929)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |url=http://archive.org/details/firsthollywoodso0000brad |title=The first Hollywood sound shorts, 1926-1931 |date=2005 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher= McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1030-9}}</ref>
* [[Murder at the Vanities|''Murder at the Vanities'']] (1934)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/americanfilminst0003unse |title=The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films 1931-1940 |date=1993 |publisher=Berkley, CA ; London : University of California Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-520-07908-3}}</ref>
* ''[[Murder at the Vanities]]'' (1934)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/americanfilminst0003unse |title=The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films 1931-1940 |date=1993 |location=Berkeley, CA ; London |publisher= University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-07908-3}}</ref>
* [[Let's Talk It Over|''Let's Talk It Over'']] (1934)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Let's Talk It Over]]'' (1934)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Romance in the Rain (film)|Romance in the Rain]]'' (1934)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Romance in the Rain (film)|Romance in the Rain]]'' (1934)<ref name=":3" />
* [[Kid Millions|''Kid Millions'']] (1934)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Kid Millions]]'' (1934)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Roberta (1935 film)|''Roberta'']] (1935)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
* [[Roberta (1935 film)|''Roberta'']] (1935)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
* [[Broadway Melody of 1936|''Broadway Melody of 1936'']] (1935)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Broadway Melody of 1936]]'' (1935)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[George White's 1935 Scandals]]'' (1935)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[George White's 1935 Scandals]]'' (1935)<ref name=":3" />
* [[Born to Dance|''Born to Dance'']] (1936)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Born to Dance]]'' (1936)<ref name=":0" />
* [[The Great Ziegfeld|''The Great Ziegfeld'']] (1936)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Rosalie (1937 film)|''Rosalie'']] (1937)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Rosalie (1937 film)|''Rosalie'']] (1937)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]'' (1937)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]'' (1937)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Second Fiddle (1939 film)|Second Fiddle]]'' (1939)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Second Fiddle (1939 film)|Second Fiddle]]'' (1939)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Booby Dupes]]'' (1945)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=Jon |url=http://archive.org/details/completethreesto0000solo |title=The complete Three Stooges : the definitive source book for the Three Stooges ; the official filmography and Three Stooges companion |date=2001 |publisher=Glendale, Calif. : Comedy III Productions |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-9711868-0-4}}</ref>
* ''[[Booby Dupes]]'' (1945)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=Jon |url=http://archive.org/details/completethreesto0000solo |title=The complete Three Stooges : the definitive source book for the Three Stooges ; the official filmography and Three Stooges companion |date=2001 |location=Glendale, Calif. |publisher= Comedy III Productions |isbn=978-0-9711868-0-4}}</ref>
* [[Crime Doctor's Man Hunt|''Crime Doctor's Man Hunt'']] (1946)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John (John A. ) |url=http://archive.org/details/screenworld19860037will |title=Screen world, 1986 |date=1986 |publisher=New York : Crown Publishers |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-517-56257-4}}</ref>
* ''[[Crime Doctor's Man Hunt]]'' (1946)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John (John A. ) |url=http://archive.org/details/screenworld19860037will |title=Screen world, 1986 |date=1986 |location=New York |publisher= Crown Publishers |isbn=978-0-517-56257-4}}</ref>
* [[Pardon My Clutch|''Pardon My Clutch'']] (1948)<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Pardon My Clutch]]'' (1948)<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Mummy's Dummies]]'' (1948)<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Mummy's Dummies]]'' (1948)<ref name=":1" />
* [[Follow the Sun (film)|''Follow the Sun'']] (1951)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Follow the Sun (film)|''Follow the Sun'']] (1951)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|''Death of a Salesman'']] (1951)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Fetrow |first=Alan G. |url=http://archive.org/details/featurefilms19500000fetr |title=Feature films, 1950-1959 : a United States filmography |date=1999 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-0427-8}}</ref>
* [[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|''Death of a Salesman'']] (1951)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Fetrow |first=Alan G. |url=http://archive.org/details/featurefilms19500000fetr |title=Feature films, 1950-1959 : a United States filmography |date=1999 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher= McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0427-8}}</ref>
* ''[[Musty Musketeers]]'' (1954)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hogan |first=David J. |url=http://archive.org/details/threestoogesfaqe0000hoga |title=Three Stooges FAQ : everything left to know about the eye-poking, face-slapping, head-thumping geniuses |date=2011 |publisher=Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-55783-788-2}}</ref>
* ''[[Musty Musketeers]]'' (1954)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hogan |first=David J. |url=http://archive.org/details/threestoogesfaqe0000hoga |title=Three Stooges FAQ : everything left to know about the eye-poking, face-slapping, head-thumping geniuses |date=2011 |location=Milwaukee, WI |publisher= Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |isbn=978-1-55783-788-2}}</ref>
* [[Wham Bam Slam|''Wham-Bam-Slam!'']] (1955)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Wham Bam Slam|''Wham-Bam-Slam!'']] (1955)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Mame (film)|''Mame'']] (1974)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Mame (film)|''Mame'']] (1974)<ref name=":0" />
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Wanda Perry
Perry in 1930
Born
Helen Marie Beuscher

(1917-07-23)July 23, 1917
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 1985(1985-02-17) (aged 67)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1929–1974
Spouse
Irving J. Browne
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(m. 1937)​

Wanda Perry (born Helen Marie Beuscher; July 23, 1917 – February 17, 1985) was an American actress.

Biography

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Wanda Perry was born on July 23, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York City. She attended Manual Training High School in Brooklyn. She made her feature film debut at the age of sixteen as an Earl Carroll showgirl in Murder at the Vanities (1934) and was signed to a contract with MGM.[1][2][3]

Perry starred in a number of feature films and film shorts, including several shorts with The Three Stooges.

She married dentist Dr. Irving J. Browne in 1937.[4]

Wanda Perry died on February 17, 1985 in Hollywood.[1]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Commire, Anne, ed. (2007). Dictionary of women worldwide: 25,000 women through the ages. Yorkin publications. Detroit: Gale. p. 1501. ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1.
  2. ^ "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 04 May 1934, page Page 3". Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Murray, Ken (1976). The body merchant : the story of Earl Carroll. Pasadena, Calif.: W. Ritchie Press. ISBN 978-0-378-05685-4.
  4. ^ "The Los Angeles Times 05 Sep 1937, page 50". Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (2005). The first Hollywood sound shorts, 1926-1931. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1030-9.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films 1931-1940. Berkeley, CA ; London: University of California Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-520-07908-3.
  7. ^ a b c Solomon, Jon (2001). The complete Three Stooges : the definitive source book for the Three Stooges ; the official filmography and Three Stooges companion. Glendale, Calif.: Comedy III Productions. ISBN 978-0-9711868-0-4.
  8. ^ Willis, John (John A. ) (1986). Screen world, 1986. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-56257-4.
  9. ^ a b Fetrow, Alan G. (1999). Feature films, 1950-1959 : a United States filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0427-8.
  10. ^ Hogan, David J. (2011). Three Stooges FAQ : everything left to know about the eye-poking, face-slapping, head-thumping geniuses. Milwaukee, WI: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 978-1-55783-788-2.
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