Babe London

Infobox actor
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name = Babe London


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birthname = Jean London
birthdate = birth date|1901|8|28|mf=y
location = Des Moines, Iowa, USA
deathdate = Death date and age|1980|11|29|1901|8|28
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, USA
othername = Ruth Glover
yearsactive = 1919 - 1971
spouse = Phil Boutelje
notable role =

Jean "Babe" London (Ruth Glover) (28 August 1901 - 29 November 1980) was an American motion-picture actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931's Laurel and Hardy's two-reeler "Our Wife".

Career

London began her screen career as a teenager. She debuted in "The Expert Eloper" and then appeared in "A Day's Pleasure", performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. The two played seasick tourists on an excursion boat.

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 all 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. Her last most notable role was that of the toothless nurse Nora that Shemp Howard has eyes for in the Three Stooges film "Scrambled Brains".

Her last appearance on screen was in 1971's "Kotch".

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 passed away on November 29, 1980.

Family

In 1975, London married Hollywood musical director Phil Boutelje, whom she met after both retired to the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California. The Bouteljes lived their final years at the home, and London bequeathed her personal memorabilia and 75 personal paintings to the University of Wyoming's "American Heritage Center".

Filmography

*"Sex Kittens Go to College" (1960)
*"The Unholy Wife" (1957)
*"Bundle of Joy" (1956)
*"Pleasure Treasure" (1951)
*"Scrambled Brains" (1951)
*"The Good Humor Man" (1950)
*"Mother Didn't Tell Me" (1950)
*"Dancing in the Dark" (1949)
*"Anna Lucasta" (1949)
*"The Judge Steps Out" (1949)
*"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949)
*"The Paleface" (1948)
*"Joan of Arc" (1948)
*"The Snake Pit" (1948)
*"Hollow Triumph" (1948)
*"Hazard" (1948)
*"Road to Rio" (1947)
*"Blaze of Noon" (1947)
*"The Clock" (1945)
*"Here Come the Waves" (1944)
*"Three Is a Family" (1944)
*"The Crystal Ball" (1943)
*"Jackass Mail" (1942)
*"This Time for Keeps" (1942)
*"Mr. Dynamite" (1941)
*"Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga" (1941)
*"Hell Below" (1933)
*"The Pottsville Palooka "(1931)
*"Our Wife" (1931)
*"New Moon" (1931)
*"The Awakening" (1928)
*"Tillie's Punctured Romance" (1928)
*"My Friend from India" (1927)
*"All Aboard" (1927)
*"Ain't Love Funny?" (1927)
*"Long Pants" (1927)
*"The Princess from Hoboken" (1927)
*"Slippery Silks" (1927)
*"The Fortune Hunter" (1927)
*"The Boob" (1926)
*"Is That Nice?" (1926)
*"Go West" (1925)
*"Scrambled Eggs" (1925)
*"Red Pepper" (1925)
*"Rapid Transit" (1925)
*"Half a Hero" (1925)
*"Jonah Jones" (1924)
*"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" (1924)
*"Grandpa's Girl" (1924)
*"The Perfect Flapper" (1924)
*"Call the Wagon" (1923)
*"Kidding Katie" (1923)
*"Back to the Woods" (1923)
*"Winter Has Come" (1923)
*"The Handy Man" (1923)
*"Babies Welcome" (1923)
*"A Hula Honeymoon" (1923)
*"Second Childhood" (1923)
*"The Balloonatic" (1923)
*"Be Yourself" (1923)
*"The Weak-End Party" (1922)
*"Golden Dreams" (1922)
*"When Romance Rides" (1922)
*"Merely Mary Ann" (1920)
*"Too Many Burglars" (1920)
*"When the Clouds Roll By" (1919)
*"A Day's Pleasure" (1919)
*"The Expert Eloper" (1919)
*"The Laundry" (1919)

External links

*imdb name|id=0518673|name=Babe London
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6914089 Memorial for Babe London] at Find A Grave

Persondata
NAME= London, Babe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= London, Jean
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1901-8-28
PLACE OF BIRTH= Des Moines, Iowa, USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1980-11-29
PLACE OF DEATH= Los Angeles, California, USA