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First Name

Merna

Last Name

Kennedy

Date of Birth

07 September 1908

Height

62.5

Build

Slim

Hair Color

Brown - Dark

Place of Birth

Kankakee, Illinois

Star Sign

Virgo

Date of Death

20 December 1944

Place of Death

Los Angeles, California

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Ethnicity

White

Religion

Roman Catholic

Claim to Fame

The Circus (1928) with Charlie Chaplin

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

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Wikipedia Text

Merna Kennedy (September 7, 1908 - December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era.

Couple Profile

Merna is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin`s second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. It is rumored she had an affair with Chaplin during the filming of this movie, and Grey used this infidelity in her divorce proceedings from Chaplin in 1927. Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, at thirty-six years of age.

Full Name at Birth

Maude Kahler

Friend

Lita Grey (Merna had an affair with Lita's husband Charlie Chaplin)

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