Janet Chandler (December 31, 1911 – March 16, 1994) was a model and actress in American films. She had starring roles in several films of the 1930s. She began her film career as a child actress.

Biography

Born Lillian Elizabeth Guenther in

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to Albert John and Janet Elizabeth (Williams) Guenther, Chandler was a

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in the films '' The Golden West'' and ''

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''. After her family moved to

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, young Lillian attended girls schools (Harter, Orton). Chandler moved from New York to Hollywood in 1929 "to make the grade in pictures". Chandler married twice and had three daughters. On October 21, 1935, she married George Edward Barrett, a New York investment broker. They divorced in 1947. She married, secondly, to playwright

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in 1956. That union also ended in divorce. Chandler died at

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on March 19, 1994, aged 82, of heart failure and was interred in Bellwood Cemetery in her native

Selected filmography

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'' (1921) (uncredited) *'' Inez from Hollywood'' (1924) as Ruth Sullivan - Child (not billed) *'' The Golden West'' (1932) * '' House of Danger'' (1934) as Sylvia Evans *''

'' (1934) as Ruth Hopkins *'' Cyclone of the Saddle'' (1935) as Sue *''

The Drunkard ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American temperance play first performed on February 12, 1844.

'' (1935) * ''

Million Dollar Haul ''Million Dollar Haul'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Reed Howes, Janet Chandler and William Farnum.Pitts p.374 Plot The owner of a Los Angeles warehouse that has been robbed calls in a private investigato ...

'' (1935) *'' Rough Riding Ranger'' (1935) as Dorothy White *'' Now or Never'' (1935) as Audrey Ferry *'' Cyclone of the Saddle'' (1935) as Sue *'' Show Girls'' *''

The Drunkard ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American temperance play first performed on February 12, 1844.

'' (1935) as Mary Wilson

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* 1911 births 1994 deaths People from Pine Bluff, Arkansas Actresses from Arkansas 20th-century American actresses Actors from Jefferson County, Arkansas {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub