Blanche Mehaffey

Blanche Mehaffey
Mehaffey about 1922
Born	Blanche Mehaffey July 28, 1903 Cincinnati, OH, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1968 (aged 65) Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Occupations	Actress showgirl
Years active	1922–1938
Spouses	George Joseph Hausen, 1928-1928 (Div) Ralph Martin Like, 1932-1939 (Div)

Early years

Mehaffey was born to Dr. Edward Alexander Mehaffey and his wife, Blanche Berndt, in Cincinnati, OH. Blanche Berndt Mahaffey was a noted soprano who toured nationally during the early twentieth century. Daughter Blanche was said to be a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

Broadway Career

Blanche Mehaffey began her professional career in 1921 when she was cast as a showgirl in Florenz Ziegfeld's Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. In 1922 she won first prize in a contest held in Cincinnati, OH, to pick the three most beautiful girls in Ohio. She was then cast in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922.

Film Career

Mehaffey began her movie career in 1923 when she was cast in the George Jeske comedy, Fully Insured. She made over 60 films during a career that lasted until 1938.

• It's a Boy (1923)
• The White Sheep (1924)
• Meet the Missus (1924)
• The Goofy Age (1924)
• The Battling Orioles (1924)
• Position Wanted (1924)
• Going to Congress (1924)
• April Fool (1924)
• Friend Husband (1924)
• Powder and Smoke (1924)
• Just a Minute (1924)
• One of the Family (1924)
• The Big Idea (1924)
• At First Sight (1924)
• A Woman of the World (1925)
• His People (1925)
• Cuckoo Love (1925)
• Tell It to a Policeman (1925)
• Hold My Baby (1925)
• A Sailor Papa (1925)
• The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
• The Wages of Tin (1925)
• Take It from Me (1926)
• The Runaway Express (1926)
• The Texas Streak (1926)
• He Forgot to Remember (1926)
• The Old War-Horse (1926)
• Finnegan's Ball (1927)
• The Tired Business Man (1927)
• The Princess from Hoboken (1927)
• The Denver Dude (1927)
• The Silent Rider (1927)
• Marlie the Killer (1928)
• The Air Mail Pilot (1928)
• Smilin' Guns (1929)
• Mounted Fury (1931)
• Soul of the Slums (1931)
• Is There Justice? (1931)
• Dancing Dynamite (1931)
• Dugan of the Badlands (1931)
• The Sky Spider (1931)
• Riders of the North (1931)
• The Mystery Trooper (1931)
• White Renegade (1931)
• The Sunrise Trail (1931)
• Hypnotized (1932)
• Alias Mary Smith (1932)
• Dynamite Denny (1932)
• Passport to Paradise (1932)
• Sally of the Subway (1932)
• Border Guns (1934)
• The Silent Code (1935)
• Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)
• The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
• The Outlaw Tamer (1935)
• North of Arizona (1935)
• The Sea Fiend (1936)
• Wildcat Saunders (1936)
• The Wages of Sin (1938)
• Held for Ransom (1938)

Mehaffey was among the WAMPS "Baby Stars" of 1924 chosen by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers.

She spent 1930 away from films studying voice and languages in New York City.

One critic considers Mehaffey's films to be "eminently forgettable [B movies]", although another cites A Woman of the World as one of a hundred "essential silent film comedies."

Personal life

Mehaffey wed George Joseph Hausen in Los Angeles, California in January 1928. She obtained a divorce in April of the same year. She married Ralph Like in 1932 and obtained a divorce in 1939.

Death

Mehaffey died on March 31, 1968, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.

External links

• Blanche Mehaffey at IMDb