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Born on July 28, 1896 in Yakima, Washington, United States, Barbara La Marr was a screenwriter, stage actor and film actor. Barbara La Marr died on January 30, 1926, aged 29. Awards on record include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
My Take
There's something genuinely heartbreaking about Barbara La Marr — she packed what should have been a fifty-year career into barely six years and still managed to become one of the most talked-about women in 1920s Hollywood. Dubbed "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful," she wasn't just a pretty face: she wrote screenplays too, which almost no actress of her era could claim. She made twenty-seven films between 1920 and 1926, and then she was gone at twenty-nine — a reminder that the silent film era burned through its stars at a brutal pace. Her Hollywood Walk of Fame star is a small but fitting memorial. I find myself wishing we had more of her work to go back to, because the fragments that survive suggest someone with real, electric screen presence who deserved a much longer story.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Barbara La Marr
- Name (Japanese)
- バーバラ・ラ・マー
- Reading
- ばーばら・ら・まー
- Born
- July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Yakima, Washington, United States
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Barbara La Marr born?
Born July 28, 1896.
When did Barbara La Marr die?
Died January 30, 1926, aged 29.
Where was Barbara La Marr from?
Barbara La Marr was from Yakima, Washington, United States.
What did Barbara La Marr do?
Barbara La Marr worked as actor, screenwriter, stage actor, film actor.
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