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Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the media for her beauty, dubbed as the "Girl Who Is Too Beautiful," as well as her tumultuous personal life.
Barbara La Marr earned the title “The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful” after juvenile authorities ordered her from Los Angeles on the grounds that she was “too beautiful” to be alone in a big city. She was seventeen-year-old Reatha Watson then.
Barbara La Marr. Actress: The Eternal City. Barbara La Marr was born in Yakima, Washington, on July 28, 1896, as Reatha Watson. Her childhood was mostly uneventful, mainly because Yakima--today a medium-sized city with a population of over 50, 000-wasn't exactly a beehive of activity.
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- Yakima, Washington, USA
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- Altadena, California, USA
My biography, Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood, released by the University Press of Kentucky and selected as one of the Huffington Post’s “Best Film Books of 2017,” is available on the University Press of Kentucky website, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Barbara La Marr. Actress: The Eternal City. Barbara La Marr was born in Yakima, Washington, on July 28, 1896, as Reatha Watson. Her childhood was mostly uneventful, mainly because Yakima--today a medium-sized city with a population of over 50, 000-wasn't exactly a beehive of activity.
- July 28, 1896
- January 30, 1926
Step into the glitz and glamour of Classic Hollywood as we shine a spotlight on Barbara La Marr, an icon of the silver screen. 🌟 ...more.
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In the 1920s, Barbara La Marr was the vamp of Hollywood, using her dark good looks to seduce audiences across America. She was the femme fatale everyone wanted to know more about—but if they could have peered inside her life, they would have been shocked to their core.
