Babe London

Known for ActingBorn 1901-08-28Died 1980-11-29Des Moines, Iowa, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler Our Wife. London began her screen career as a teenager, making her film debut in The Expert Eloper in 1919. She then appeared in A Day's Pleasure, performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. London appeared in more than 50 silent films, including The Perfect Flapper, The Boob, and the 1928 version of Tillie's Punctured Romance starring W. C. Fields. She worked with many of the funny men of the day, including Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin. At the height of her career London weighed 255 pounds. Later, a heart condition necessitated a loss of 100 pounds, and her movie offers declined along with her weight. She never regained her earlier success. In the late 1950s London began a second career as a painter and devoted the last 20 years of her life to depicting on canvas the early years of Hollywood. She titled the series The Vanishing Era. London willed 75 of her paintings to the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center, along with her personal belongings.Read more

Movies & web series

Scared Silly

All Aboard

Red Pepper

Jonah Jones

Call the Wagon

Golden Dreams

Mr. Dynamite

Just a Good Guy

Winter Has Came

Merely Mary Ann

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Hazard

This Time for Keeps

Scrambled Brains

The Princess from Hoboken

Jackass Mail

The Judge Steps Out

Our Wife

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Is That Nice?

Scrambled Eggs

Grandpa's Girl

A Hula Honeymoon

When Romance Rides

Go West

Hollow Triumph

Public Pigeon No. 1

When the Clouds Roll By

The Good Humor Man

Tillie's Punctured Romance

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Getting Gertie's Goat

Dancing in the Dark

The Balloonatic

A Day's Pleasure

The Boob

Stay Single

The Handy Man

Kidding Katie

The Weak-End Party

New Moon

Long Pants

The Awakening

Sex Kittens Go to College

Done in Oil

Why Worry

Nearly Married

The Rent Dodgers