Wanda Perry

Wanda Perry

Nascimento : 1917-07-24, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Morte : 1985-02-17

Perfil

Wanda Perry

Filmes

Mame
Woman in Plaza Hotel (uncredited)
O musical gira em torno das travessuras de Mame Dennis, amante da diversão, rica excêntrica com muita abertura para a vida e um humor afiado como navalha. Sua vida é subitamente alterada quando ela se torna a guardiã da única filha de seu falecido irmão, Patrick Dennis. Suas aventuras nos levam desde os anos 20, até à depressão após o grande crash da Bolsa. Ela é resgatada por um rico fazendeiro do sul, casa-se e fica viúva de repente, e apesar de tudo isso, consegue manter as coisas sob controle. Com a ajuda de sua amiga mais querida, Vera Charles, ela ajuda a manter as coisas em 3 Beekman Place num empolgante aberto para todos.
As Três Faces de Eva
Nurse (uncredited)
Um médico cura uma mulher que sofre de múltiplas personalidades. Eve White é um simples dona de casa que começa a sofrer de fortes dores de cabeça e momentos de total esquecimento. Quando é mandada a um psiquiatra descobre-se que, quando isso ocorre, uma outra personalidade assume seu lugar. E com a evolução do tratamento, uma terceira personalidade aparece. Baseado em uma história real.
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Narcissus (archive footage)
Shemp is a sick man with a bad case of nerves. The stooge's friend Claude, a self-taught healer, tries to cure Shemp with various home- made remedies. When nothing seems to work, Claude suggests they buy his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp on a trip to the country. The car won't start, and the trip never gets off the ground, but not to worry, Shemp is cured by all the excitement.
Musty Musketeers
Princess Alisha (uncredited)
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets married. The princess is abducted by Mergatroyd, an evil magician who plans to marry her and become ruler of the country. The stooges help the princess escape and then defeat the magician and his henchmen in a sword fight.
Death of a Salesman
Girl (uncredited)
Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to make amends with his family, but his biggest struggle is to make peace with himself over a failed dream of financial success.
Follow the Sun
Wife (uncredited)
A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
A Ladra
Miss Wilson (uncredited)
Uma mulher secretamente sofrendo de cleptomania é hipnotizada em um esforço para curar sua condição. Logo depois, ela é encontrada no local de um assassinato sem memória de como ela chegou lá e aparentemente não há como provar sua inocência.
And Baby Makes Three
Minor Role (uncredited)
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Ruth (uncredited)
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Jolson Sings Again
Lady (uncredited)
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jolson back to earth - and to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin, Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses from exhaustion it takes young, pretty nurse Ellen Clark to show him there's more to life than "just rushing around".
Mummy's Dummies
Princess Fatima (uncredited)
Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed, but instead become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.
Na Cova da Serpente
Nurse (uncredited)
Uma crônica detalhada da estadia de uma mulher em uma instituição mental. Virginia Cunningham se encontra em um asilo de loucos... E não consegue se lembrar de como chegou lá. Em flashback, seu marido Robert relata seu namoro, casamento e seus sintomas em desenvolvimento. O pessoal do asilo não é demonizado, mas o medo, a ignorância e os preconceitos mantêm a Virgínia em um estado de miséria, enquanto o Dr. Mark Kik luta para encontrar a raiz de seu problema. Mas uma recaída leva Virgínia de volta para a angustiante 'Cova da Serpente' ...
Rusty Leads the Way
Hugh's Secretary (uncredited)
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handicap. But with Rusty's help, the girl gains a new lease on life and agrees to adopt a seeing-eye dog.
Billie Gets Her Man
Nurse Pushing Gurney (uncredited)
Billie has the mistaken impression that her only daughter is pregnant and must rush to the hospital. At the same time, her old boyfriend, now wealthy, returns to make amends with her.
The Man from Colorado
Townswoman (uncredited)
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
The Mating of Millie
Elevator Girl (uncredited)
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to her neighbor, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.
Pardon My Clutch
Narcissus (uncredited)
The stooge's friend Claude sells them his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp, who is sick with a toothache, camping. The car won't work and the boys are apparently out a bundle, when a car collector happens on the scene and offers to buy it at a premium. Claude backs out on the deal and gives the stooges their money back, only to discover the "collector" is an escaped lunatic.
Sublime Devoção
Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Nurse (uncredited)
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
Blondie's Big Moment
Secretary (uncredited)
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.
Boston Blackie and the Law
Secretary (uncredited)
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Miss White (uncredited)
A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
Shadowed
Waitress (uncredited)
Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
Gallant Journey
(uncredited)
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
The Return of Rusty
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A young Czechoslovak orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into the United States as a stowaway by the soldier. He is apprehended, but escapes and makes his way to the sergeant's home town. There, he is befriended by young Danny Mitchell and his dog, Rusty, a K-9 veteran of World War II. A third boy reports Loddy to the authorities, and when Loddy tries to run away, he falls into a deep ravine.
Talk About a Lady
Nightclub Woman (uncredited)
A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, manages to restore the optimism of a jaded and disillusioned nightclub owner. Eventually, she marries the manager of one of the man's nightclubs.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Tenant in Hallway (uncredited)
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
Sua Alteza e o Groom
Maid (uncredited)
In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
Booby Dupes
Bathing Beauty
The stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat which turns out to be a piece of junk that soon falls apart and sinks in the middle of the ocean. Luckily the boys also have a row boat which they climb into and then try to signal some passing planes for help. Unfortunately, their paint spattered rag is mistaken for a Japanese flag and they are bombed from the sky.
Eadie Was a Lady
Student (uncredited)
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art
Presenting Lily Mars
Girl at Party
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
Panama Hattie
Woman at Club (uncredited)
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
I Married an Angel
Girl at Costume Birthday Party (uncredited)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.
Ringside Maisie
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Love Crazy
Party Guest (uncredited)
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Conquistadoras da Broadway
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives.
Melodia da Broadway de 1940
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Johnny Brett e King Shaw vêm tentando fazer sucesso como uma dupla de dança em Nova York. O produtor Bob Casey quer um novo parceiro para a estrela da dança Clare Bennett, ele escolhe Johnny, mas Brett acha que o produtor é um cobrador e diz que ele é King Shaw, que deve dinheiro. Devido a essa confusão o homem errado ganha o papel principal em um show da Broadway.
Second Fiddle
Minor Role
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Bridal Suite
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Broadway Serenade
Girl (uncredited)
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Miss Broadway
Chorus (uncredited)
Betsy é uma órfã talentosa que passa a ficar sob os cuidados de seu tio Pop, gerente de uma casa teatral. Em pouco tempo a garota se transforma na queridinha da clientela, incluindo o maestro Jimmy Clayton. Mas a proprietária do edifício, Sarah Roger não está gostando nada da situação.
Rosalie
Girl (uncredited)
West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.
Thin Ice
Guest at Lonely Hearts Club (uncredited)
A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
Wake Up and Live
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Saratoga
Girl at the Racetrack (uncredited)
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Born to Dance
Guest at Lonely Hearts Club (uncredited)
Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.
Sing, Baby, Sing
Member of Girl's Band (uncredited)
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
Ziegfeld - O Criador de Estrelas
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
O filme retrata a vida de Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell), um dos maiores empresários do showbusiness norte-americano no começo do século XX. Incluindo seus casos com artistas de seus espetáculo, seu casamento com Anna Held (Luise Rainer) e a crise da década de 30.
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
Só Assim Quero Viver
Girl in Church (Uncredited)
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Melodia da Broadway de 1936
Showgirl (uncredited)
Dotada de uma voz surpreendente e admirada por seu carisma, Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell), sonha em brilhar nas noites da Broadway. Seguindo seu instinto e seu coração, Irene se muda para a Broadway na esperança de que seu amor de infância, agora produtor, Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor), a reconheça. Robert, por outro lado, está muito ocupado com um jornalista fofoqueiro, o colunista Bert Keeler (Jack Benny), e acaba não a notando. Kitty (Una Merkel), secretária de Robert, no entanto, percebe o talento da moça e planeja, junto com Irene, uma situação onde Robert note não só sua voz, mas também todo o seu charme e encanto. Melodia da Broadway, além de indicado a dois Oscars, Melhor Fotografia e Melhor Roteiro Original, foi vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Direção. Este filme ainda foi o principal responsável pela grande ascenção da atriz Eleanor Powell em Hollywood, e fez das músicas You Are My Lucky Star e Brodway Rhythm os maiores sucessos da época.
Roberta
Fashion Model (uncredited)
John visita sua tia em Paris, junto de sua banda. Ela é dona de uma loja de moda gerenciada por sua assistente, Stephanie. Lá, eles encontram a cantora Scharwenka, com quem conseguem um trabalho. Enquanto isso, Madame Roberta vem a falecer e deixa os negócios para John, que entra em sociedade com Stephanie.
Kid Millions
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Romance in the Rain
Cinderella Girl
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
Let's Talk It Over
Party Girl
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.
Murder at the Vanities
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.
A Regular Trouper
Laura Eton (uncredited)
Ruth Eton (Ruth Etting), a singer with a traveling show troupe, is engaged to the troupe manager, Joe Grant (Edward Leiter), but when Ruth's younger sister, Laura (Wanda Perry) arrives, fickle Joe transfers his attentions and intentions to her. For the sake of her sister and the show, Ruth accepts her tough break philosophically, and sings "Why Did It Have To Be Me?"...because she is a real trouper.