Madge Kennedy Biography

Fast Facts

• When her husband Harold Bolster died of an illness contracted in South America, she inherited over $500,000
• Worked in Robert McLaughlin's stock company in Cleveland, Ohio
• Upon the recommendation of Luis Mora, she went the the Siasconset colony for a summer, where she acted in a painter's play and pressed Harry Woodruff enough for him to offer her a job in his play "The Genius․"
• Originally moved to New York City with her mother to study painting at the Art Students League
• Made a name for herself by playing refined ladies in such theatrical productions as "Poppy," "Little Miss Brown," "Twin Beds" and "Fair and Warmer․"
• Was the last of the original Goldwyn leading ladies, a group that also included Geraldine Farrar, Mabel Normand, Mae Marsh and Pauline Frederick
• Enjoyed driving her Willys-Knight Great Six while touring in the play "Lulu․"
• Took a sabbatical from films in 1926 after her final silent picture in order to care for her mother
• Her hobbies included golf, horseback riding and driving cars
• Shared a dressing room with actress Mabel Normand at Goldwyn