Jean Vachon (February 8, 1903 – February 2, 1989) was a motion picture actress whose career began in the
silent film
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era. She was the daughter of Mrs. Rosemary Vachon of
Los Angeles California
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.
Vachon is in the cast of ''For Sale'' (1924). In 1927 Vachon portrayed a maid servant in ''
Two Arabian Knights
''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) is an American silent comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and Louis Wolheim. The film was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwr ...
''.
She became engaged to Nate
[ "Chase"][ Watt, unit business manager for the Caddo Film Company][ at the Metropolitan Studios.,][ in June 1928. Watt was promoted from assistant director only a few days earlier. At the time of the couple's engagement Watt was working with ]Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he made ...
on a new feature film.
He met Vachon when she first began making films.[''Good Luck Visits Him In Bunches'', Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1928, Page A8.] Their wedding was performed at St. Basil's Church, Wilshire Boulevard
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and Harvard Boulevard, in Los Angeles.[
]
References
1903 births
1989 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
Actresses from Los Angeles
20th-century American actresses
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