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Actor Born: August 19, 1900 in Port Huron, MI Death: January 25, 1988 Biography:Born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, MI, the daughter of an irrigation engineer, actress "Colleen Moore" was a favorite star of both silent and early sound films in Hollywood. Following her education in a convent, Moore studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory. It was her uncle, Walter Howey, who helped her break into films. It was he, an editor of the Chicago Examiner, who helped "D.W. Griffith" get his epic films, "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance", past the censors; to pay Howey back for his invaluable help, Griffith hired Moore as an actress in 1917 (Hollywood legend has it that she came in 1916, and actually appeared in "Intolerance" as an extra, but it's not true). At first Moore played leads in second features and Westerns, frequently opposite cowboy star "Tom Mix", but in the 1920s, she bobbed her hair and created the character of a vivacious flapper. The ploy made her an immediate... Full Biography
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