Sharon Lynn (born D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay, April 9, 1901 – May 26, 1963) was an American actress and singer. She began playing in silent films but enjoyed her biggest success in the early sound years of motion pictures before fading away in the mid-1930s. She is perhaps best known for portraying Lola Marcel, the villainess in the

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comedy feature, '' Way Out West''.

Early years

Lynn was born in

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. She moved to Fullerton, California, at a young age and was educated in Fullerton's public schools. Later she was a student at the Paramount Motion Picture School.

Career

After appearing in several silent films, Lynn debuted in talking pictures in ''Speakeasy'' (1929). After her best known film role opposite

in ''Way Out West'', she made only one more film, a musical made in Britain, '' Thistledown'', and then retired from the screen.

Personal life

On January 16, 1932, in Yuma, Arizona, Lynn married film executive Benjamin Glazer who died in 1956. She was also wed to John Sershen.

Death

On May 26, 1963, Lynn died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, at age 62 of multiple sclerosis.

Partial filmography

* '' Curlytop'' (1924) *'' The Coward'' (1927) *''Clancy's Kosher Wedding'' (1927) * '' Tom's Gang'' (1927) * '' The Cherokee Kid'' (1927) *'' Aflame in the Sky'' (1927) * '' Jake the Plumber'' (1927) *'' None but the Brave'' (1928) *''

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'' (1928) *'' Give and Take'' (1928) *''

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'' (1928) *''

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'' (1929) *''

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'' (1929) *'' The One Women Idea'' (1929) *''

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'' (1929) *'' Sunny Side Up'' (1929) *'' Let's Go Places'' (1930) *''

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'' (1930) *'' Crazy That Way'' (1930) *'' Lightnin''' (1930) *'' Men on Call'' (1931) *'' Too Many Cooks'' (1931) *''

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'' (1932) *'' Discarded Lovers '' (1932) *'' Enter Madame'' (1935) *''

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'' (1935) *'' Way Out West'' (1937) *'' Thistledown'' (1938)

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