Addie McPhail (July 15, 1905 – April 14, 2003) was an American film actress.

Early years

McPhail was born Addie Dukes in White Plains, Kentucky, on July 15, 1905. Her parents were Van and Cordelia Dukes, and she attended schools in Madisonville and

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. Her father worked in insurance, and the family often moved. They went to Chicago in 1911 and "settled for a long period". While there, she won several contests on stage. They went to Hollywood in 1925, a move that McPhail considered to be fate because she wanted to be an actress.

Career

McPhail began her work in films with Stern Brothers, a studio that produced short comedies that Universal distributed. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1941. The physical demands of comedy gradually diminished McPhail's interest in acting, and she later said, "May I was never the actress I wanted to be." Her film career ended with ''

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'' (1940).

Personal life and death

McPhail's first husband was Lindsay McPhail, a pianist and songwriter with whom she had a daughter. She was the third and last wife of

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. After she retired from acting, she served for 17 years as a volunteer nurse at the

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in Woodland Hills, California. McPhail died of undisclosed causes in

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, California, on April 14, 2003.

Selected filmography

* '' Anybody Here Seen Kelly?'' (1928) - Mrs. Hickson * '' Double Whoopee'' (1929) - Woman applying make-up (uncredited) * '' The Three Sisters'' (1930) - Antonia * '' Night Work'' (1930) - Trixie * '' Midnight Daddies'' (1930) - Trixie - Charlie's Sweetheart * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Extravagance'' (1930) - Helen - Fred's Secretary (uncredited) * '' Up a Tree'' (1930) - Addie * '' Marriage Rows'' (1931) - Winnie * '' Girls Demand Excitement'' (1931) - Sue Street (uncredited) * '' Ex-Plumber'' (1931) - Addie - The Wife * ''

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'' (1931) - Rosalie * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Corsair'' (1931) - Jean Phillips * '' Smart Work'' (1931) - Billy's Wife * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1934) - Mrs. Dillingworth (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Gloria Dawn (uncredited) * '' Bordertown'' (1935) - Carter's Girl (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - (uncredited) * '' It's in the Air'' (1935) - (uncredited) * '' Women of Glamour'' (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

'' (1940) - Jane Browne (uncredited) * '' The Cowboy and the Blonde'' (1941) - Cafe Hostess (uncredited)

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* 1905 births 2003 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses People from Hopkins County, Kentucky 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub