| Blanche Mehaffey | |
| Birth Name: | Blanche Mehaffey |
| Birth Date: | July 28, 1903 |
| Death Date: | March 31, 1968 (aged 64) |
| Years Active: | 1922–1938 |
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Blanche Mehaffey (July 28, 1903 – March 31, 1968) was an American showgirl and film actress.
Blanche was said to be a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.[1]
Blanche Mehaffey began her professional career in 1921 when she was cast as a showgirl in Florenz Ziegfeld's Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic.[2] In 1922 she won first prize in a contest held in Cincinnati, OH, to pick the three most beautiful girls in Ohio.[3] She was then cast in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922.[4]
Mehaffey began her movie career in 1923 when she was cast in the George Jeske comedy, Fully Insured. She made over 60 films during a career that lasted until 1938.
Mehaffey was among the WAMPS "Baby Stars" of 1924 chosen by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers.[6]
She spent 1930 away from films studying voice and languages in New York City.[7]
One critic considers Mehaffey's films to be "eminently forgettable [B movies]",[8] although another cites A Woman of the World as one of a hundred "essential silent film comedies."[9]
Mehaffey wed George Joseph Hausen in Los Angeles, California in January 1928. She obtained a divorce in April of the same year.[10] She married Ralph Like in 1932 and obtained a divorce in 1939.[11]
Mehaffey died on March 31, 1968.