Louise Fazenda

Birth Name:

Louise Fazenda

Birth Place:

Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

After reading about a woman who died in a car accident that left her daughter injured, Fazenda paid the daughter's entire hospital bill
Worked extensively with the UCLA Medical Center to feed young children who were receiving care there
When she learned that a law student was considering leaving school to provide for his family when his wife got pregnant, she subsidized his studies
After dying to a cerebral hemorrhage, she was interred at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, Calif
Worked for a dentist, a candy store owner and a tax collector before trying acting
Appeared in many silent comedies as a gawky, wide-eyed, slapstick comedian
Was recruited into Mack Sennett's troupe at Keystone Studios
Once went back and forth between her home and the hospital where she was volunteering to make different meals or a child who refused to eat
When notorious criminal and author Edward Bunker was a child, she helped him during his recovery at a hospital, an encounter he detailed in the autobiographical "The Education of a Felon․"
After retiring from movies, she spent her remaining years as an art collector

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