Ena Gregory

Known for ActingBorn 1906-04-18Died 1993-06-13 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ena Gregory (1906–1993) was an Australian motion picture actress. In Australia, Gregory was known as the child wonder of the vaudeville stage. Her first screen experience came at the age of four when she was shown in her mother's arms in a crowd which was welcoming British dignitaries. She was first signed in Hollywood for ingenue roles by Universal Pictures in 1921. She also worked for Hal Roach Studios and First National Pictures. In all she spent five years in comic roles before going into dramatic work. By 1924 she was the leading lady of the Independent Pictures Corporation. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1925. Gregory's film career started with comedy shorts like The Bull Thrower, Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws, and The Whizbang. After completing The Calgary Stampede and The Chip of the Flying U, she was promoted to leading lady for Jack Hoxie for two movies. When Gregory failed to achieve stardom, she consulted a Hollywood seer. He suggested a new name which combined the syllables of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. It was Marian Douglas. Her first film using the new name was The Shepherd of the Hills. She took steps to become an American citizen beginning in October 1927. Gregory continued to make movies as Marion Douglas until 1931. Her final films are Twisted Tales, Three Wise Clucks, Aloha, and Beach Pajamas. Gregory divorced film director Alfred Rogell in August 1934. Gregory married Dr. Frank Nolan on 5 November 1937. The couple separated in May 1938 and Gregory obtained a divorce decree in July 1939. Ena Gregory died in Laguna Beach, California in 1993, aged 87.Read more

Movies & web series

The Power of Silence

The Bushranger

Blazing Days

Cold Nerve

Wedding Bells

Short Skirts

Sioux Blood

The Wagon Show

The Devil's Trademark

Red Hot Leather

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws

Aloha

The Western Rover

Men of Daring

The Better Man

The Desert Flower

Folly of Vanity

The Golf Bug

Up in Mary's Attic

Uncensored Movies

Accidental Accidents

Beach Pajamas

The Upland Rider

The Shepherd of the Hills

Rough and Ready

Sporting Life

Brothers Under the Chin

Paging Love

The Law Rustlers

Jeffries, Jr.

Near Dublin

Seeing Nellie Home

Wide Open Spaces

Postage Due

The Jazz Singer

The Calgary Stampede

Pay or Move

A Ten-Minute Egg

Zeb vs. Paprika

Smithy

Mother's Joy

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Riders of the Kitchen Range

The Soilers

Short Kilts

Down the Stretch

Home Cooking

The Man from Broadway