Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film, television, and theatre actress best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the 1930s film series.
Career
Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era. She began her career with a theatrical company at the age of 7. She played the role of Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Farrell paused at times to continue her education, and appeared in several Broadway productions, with a number of theatrical companies.
She was in the cast of Cobra and The Best People with actress Charlotte Treadway, at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles, California, in 1925.
Farrell was first signed to a long-term contract by First National Pictures in July 1930. She was given the female lead in Little Caesar directed by Mervyn Leroy.
In 1932, Warner Bros. signed her to re-create on film the role she played in Life Begins on Broadway. Farrell worked on parts in twenty movies in her first year with the studio. She came to personify the wise-cracking, hard-boiled, and somewhat dizzy blonde of the early talkies, along with fellow Warner Bros. brassy blonde, Joan Blondell, with whom she would be frequently paired.