Jeanette Loff

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Jeanette Loff (born Janette Clarinda Lov; October 9, 1906 – August 4, 1942) was an American actress, musician, and singer who came to prominence for her appearances in several Pathé Exchange and Universal Pictures films in the 1920s. Born in Idaho, Loff was raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, and began singing professionally as a lyric soprano and performing as an organist while a teenager in Portland, Oregon. She studied music at the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music. After moving to Los Angeles, California, Loff was signed to a film contract by producer Cecil B. DeMille, with Pathé Exchange in 1927. She subsequently signed a contract with Universal Pictures. She appeared in over twenty films during the course of her seven-year career, with lead parts in such films as Hold 'Em Yale (1928) and the controversial crime film Party Girl (1930). She also appeared in the musical King of Jazz (1930) as a vocalist. Loff formally retired from acting in 1934, with her last screen credit in Joseph Santley's Million Dollar Baby (1934). She died on August 4, 1942, from ammonia poisoning in Los Angeles at the age of 35. Though law enforcement was unable to determine whether her death was an accident or a suicide, Loff's family maintained that she had been murdered. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanette Loff licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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1934
Million Dollar Baby
Movie Rita Ray
1934
Flirtation
Movie Nancy Poole
1934
Hide-Out
Movie Blonde #2 (uncredited)
1934
Benny, from Panama
Movie Jeanette Foy
1934
A Duke for a Day
Movie Gloria Blossom
1934
St. Louis Woman
Movie Lou Morrison, the St. Louis Woman
1930
Fighting Thru
Movie Alice Malden
1930
The Boudoir Diplomat
Movie Greta
1930
See America Thirst
Movie Woman (uncredited)
1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Movie Self
1930
King of Jazz
Movie Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
1930
Party Girl
Movie Ellen Powell
1929
The Racketeer
Movie Millie Chapman
1929
The Sophomore
Movie Barbara Lange
1929
.45 Calibre War
Movie Ruth Walling
1928
Love Over Night
Movie Jeanette Stewart