Died Today (December 12th): Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939)

Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939)

Born: May 23, 1883 in Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: December 12, 1939 (age 56) in Santa Monica, California, USA

Married to: Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes (7 March 1936 – 12 December 1939) (his death)
Mary Pickford (28 March 1920 – 10 January 1936) (divorced)
Anna Beth Sully (11 July 1907 – 30 November 1919) (divorced) (1 child)

[last words] I never felt better in my life.

The man that’s out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time.

[Referring to D.W. Griffith] D. W. didn’t like my athletic tendencies, or my spontaneous habit of jumping a fence or scaling a church at unexpected moments which were not in the script. Griffith told me to go into Keystone comedies.

 

 

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