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Suzanne Kaaren

Actor
Died August 27, 2004 (92 years)
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Suzanne Kaaren (March 21, 1912 – August 27, 2004) was an American B-movie actress and dancer who starred in stock film genres of the 1930s and 1940s: horror films, westerns, comedies and romances. Kaaren left for Hollywood in October 1933. Her starting salary was $150 per week, and was eventually cast opposite Tim McCoy in Ridin' Gents, a Monogram Pictures production. She was then signed by Republic Pictures to play a character in From Rags To Riches. Ridin' Gents was filmed without either McCoy or Kaaren.

She joined a troupe assembled by producer Walter Wanger, which also included Gloria Youngblood. The theatrical company was known as Trade Winds. The comedy When's Your Birthday? (1937) showcased the zany Joe E. Brown, with Kaaren among the supporting players in an RKO Radio Pictures movie about an astrologer.

In October 1941, Kaaren was added to the cast of I Married an Angel. She portrayed a maid named Simone, and was uncredited. In October 1943, Pete Smith assigned Kaaren and Harry Barris the leading roles in an MGM motion picture which was to be called Practical Joker. The film was never made.

Kaaren figured prominently in several Three Stooges comedy short films. They are Disorder in the Court, Yes, We Have No Bonanza, and What's the Matador?.

Miracles for Sale (1939) was based on the novel Death From A Tophat by Clayton Rawson. Kaaren plays a woman who is separated into halves and then joined together again suspensefully. The murder mystery has Robert Young and Florence Rice in prominent roles.

She starred opposite Bela Lugosi in The Devil Bat. The cult film of the horror film genre is a Poverty Row production released by Producers Releasing Corporation. In the movie, Lugosi breeds giant bats to attack people.

Her final appearance on film is uncredited role as the Duchess of Park Avenue (Manhattan) in 1984's The Cotton Club.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Cotton Club
  • The Devil Bat
  • Disorder in the Court
Known For
  • The Devil Bat
  • Disorder in the Court
  • Phantom Ranger
  • Roar of the Press
  • When's Your Birthday?
  • Undercover Man
  • Seasoned Greetings
  • Rhythm in the Clouds
  • Here's Flash Casey

Filmography

1985
Stoogemania · as Gail Tempest
1984
The Cotton Club · as The Duchess Of Park Avenue (uncredited)
1974
The Three Stooges Follies · as Saloon Girl
1944
Rationing · as Information Girl
1942
I Married an Angel · as Simone
1941
Roar of the Press · as Angela Brooks
1940
The Devil Bat · as Mary Heath
1940
The Ghost Comes Home · as Nightclub Flower Girl (uncredited)
1940
City of Chance · as Mrs. Williams
1939
The Women · as Princess Mara (uncredited)
1939
Miracles for Sale · as Magician's Assistant In Demo
1939
Yes, We Have No Bonanza · as Singing Sister (uncredited)
1939
Mexicali Rose · as Carruthers' Secretary
1939
Idiot's Delight · as Nurse #3
1938
Sweethearts · as Woman In Lobby
1938
Trade Winds · as Russian Girl (uncredited)
1938
Phantom Ranger · as Joan Doyle
1938
Blondes at Work · as Olive
1938
Here's Flash Casey · as Mitzi La Rue
1937
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds · as Dorothy Day
1937
When's Your Birthday? · as Diane Basscombe
1936
A Million to One · as Pat Stanley
1936
Undercover Man · as Linda Forbes
1936
Wives Never Know · as Miss Flinton
1936
Disorder in the Court · as Gail Tempest (uncredited)
1936
The Great Ziegfeld · as Ruth Blair
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936 · as Young Woman In Negligee
1935
Strangers All · as Frances Farrell
1934
Wild Gold · as One Of The Golden Girls
1934
Bottoms Up · as Wolf's Secretary
1933
Seasoned Greetings · as Girl Looking In Store Window

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