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Inez Courtney (March 12 1908 - April 5 1975) was a star of the Broadway stage and a motion picture actress of the 1930s, who played supporting roles. She was born in New York City. Courtney came from a large Irish-American family.

She became well-known among New York theatrical audiences for her work in Good News (1927), a musical comedy. Her first role as a singer and dancer came in the musical The Wild Rose in 1926. Inez's other credits include Spring Is Here in 1929 and America's Sweetheart in 1931. In the early 1930s Miss Courtney left Broadway and came to Hollywood.

She acted in 58 films beginning in 1930 and concluding in 1940. She secured her first movie work by asking Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for his assistance. The red-headed comediene made her screen debut as Cousin Betty in Loose Ankles (1930). The film co-starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Some of her many movie credits include Hollywood Here We Come (1934), Brilliant Marriage (1936), Ship Cafe (1935), The 13th Man (1937), The Farmer's Daughter (1940), and Turnabout (1940), her last film.

She was married to an Italian nobleman, whereby she acquired the title Marchessa, but did not use it. Inez Courtney died at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey in 1975 of undisclosed causes. She was 67 years old.

Links

• [1] IMDb

References

• Albert Lea, Minnesota Evening Tribune, Friday, August 10, 1936, Page 6.
• New York Times, Inez Courtney, April 7, 1975, Page 34.
• Oakland, California Tribune, Smile!-It Pays, Sunday, December 13, 1936. Page 72.
• Winnipeg, Manitoba Free Press, Saturday, May 17, 1930, Page 23.

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