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My Take
Colleen Moore is the kind of name modern audiences have forgotten but absolutely shouldn't have. The detail that grabs me is that she helped popularize the bobbed haircut, which means she didn't just appear in the 1920s, she helped define how the decade looked. Being one of the highest-paid stars of the silent era tells me she had real commercial pull, not just critical favor. What I respect most is that she made it through the brutal transition into sound film, a cliff that ended many careers. Add an autobiographer credit and a Walk of Fame star, and you get someone who shaped her era and then documented it herself.
Overview
Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison; August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era and continued into the early sound film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable (and highly-paid) stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. Moore was a huge star in her day.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Colleen Moore
- Name (Japanese)
- コリーン・ムーア
- Reading
- こりーん・むーあ
- Born
- August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Port Huron, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- autobiographer / stage actor / film actor / actor / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Autobiographer — see all → · Stage actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.