Dempster, Carol (1901–1991)
Dempster, Carol (1901–1991)
American actress and dancer. Born Dec 9, 1901, in Duluth, Minnesota; raised in Santa Monica, California; died Feb 1, 1991, in La Jolla, California; trained at Los Angeles Denishawn school; m. Edwin S. Larsen, 1929.
Performed with the Denishawn concert groups; starred for D.W. Griffith in Isn't Life Wonderful (1924) and The Sorrows of Satan (1926); other films include Dream Street, Scarlet Days, True Heart Susie, The White Rose, America, Limehouse Nights, Sally of the Sawdust and That Royle Girl; also starred opposite John Barrymore in Sherlock Holmes and tangoed with Rudolf Valentino at Grauman's (1922); retired (1926).
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