Molly O'Day Biography

Fast Facts

• Was one of the first film actresses to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Was the younger sister of another successful Hollywood actress, Sally O'Neil, and the two appeared together in the early talkie "Meet My Sister․"
• Made her screen acting debut in the Laurel and Hardy short film "45 Minutes from Hollywood" in 1926
• Beat out 2,000 other girls at auditions for the heroine role in "The Patent Leather Kid" in 1927, the film that launched her career
• Her struggle with her weight as a teenager was highly publicized, and she later said that she was threatened by her studio with a contract cancellation if she couldn't fit into a certain dress size
• Best known for appearing in Hal Roach's "Our Gang" comedy film series
• After retiring from the film industry, she became a successful California real estate agent