![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: May 20, 1923 in Boston, MA Biography:Expressive, dark-eyed child actress "Edith Fellows" made her movie debut in the "Charley Chase" two-reeler "Movie Night" (1929). She occasionally appeared with "Hal Roach"'s Our Gang troupe in the very early talkie era, but was quickly snapped up by the bigger studios for feature-film work. Never a star, Fellows was allowed more versatility than many "bigger" movie moppets; her roles ranged from spoiled brats to pathetic street urchins. She was well-showcased in "Bing Crosby"'s "Pennies from Heaven" (1936), which led to a series of leading roles in several Columbia programmers of the late 1930s. Fellows retired from films in 1942, opting for a quiet married life as the wife of agent/producer "Freddie Fields". The advent of her divorce, coupled with a nervous breakdown, was followed by near-miraculous emotional recovery, which became the basis of one of "Ralph Edwards"' "This is Your Life" TV programs... Full Biography
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