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  1. 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.

  2. 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. Her parents eventually moved to the Los Angeles area, where she began to explore the show business lifestyle ...

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    • January 30, 1926
  3. A personality dangerous, vivid, attractive; a desire to live life at its maddest and its fullest; a mixture of sentiment and hardness, a creature of weakness and strength—that was Barbara La Marr.”. Reatha Dale Watson made her grand debut into the world July 28, 1896, in Yakima, Washington. She was the last child born to Rosa (Rose) Contner ...

  4. Four thoughts about Barbara La Marr “ yes she does dont ever forget her ” — vivesca, January 28, 2011 at 11:39 a.m. “ Infamous...but she should also be remembered as one of the first women to find success as a screenwriter before she became an actress, and one of the first Southern Californians to succeed in the film industry

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  6. It isn’t my line—on or off the screen…I just want to be a woman.”. —Barbara La Marr. 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 ...

  7. May 25, 2018 · Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood is a biography authored by the actress, writer, and model, Sherri Snyder. Snyder’s scholarly endeavors follow the overlooked and notorious American actress and screenwriter, Barbara La Marr, and encompass … Continue reading →

  8. May 25, 2022 · Photo courtesy: Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood. The long hours of partying and working had finally caught up with Barbara once she added alcohol and extreme crash diets to the mix during the last two years of her life. The effects of it all had further worsened when she contracted pulmonary tuberculosis in 1925.

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