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Louise Henry was born as Jessouise Heiman to Dr. Jesse Heiman and his wife, Louise Henry Heiman, who was a vaudeville star. Louise Henry Sr. as she was known, contracted tuberculosis while performing in vaudeville and was sent to a sanitarium in Saranac Lake, NY. While there she was treated by Dr. Heiman and the couple fell in love and got married. Jessoiuse was their only child, and she and her mother spent a great deal of her youth touring Europe, where the young Louise, as she was called, made quite a splash dancing the Charleston. When they returned to the states Louise moved to Hollywood, where she took her mother's name as a stage name and started acting in movies. She had several connections before arriving in Hollywood, among them Will Rogers who had been a good friend of Louise Sr. in their vaudeville days and Carl Laemmle, whose life had been saved by Dr. Heiman.
Louise only acted for a few years, but made several films mostly at MGM, where her beauty was compared to that of Jean Harlow and Carol Lombard. She returned to New York City in the early 40's and married Samuel Robert Weltz, Sr. She had two stepchildren from this marriage S. Robert Weltz, Jr. and Pauline Weltz Raiff. Louise and her husband, who was a lawyer, lived a quiet life splitting their time between homes in Manhattan and Elberon, NJ. Although she was very sick in her last few years, her beauty never waned and she always had a smile on her face.
She was the step grandmother of filmmaker, Laurie Weltz and the step great grandmother of actress India Ennenga.- Margaret Leahy was born on August 17, 1902 in London, England. Her father, William Leahy, was a garage mechanic. Margaret's family nicknamed her "Bubbles". When she was eighteen she opened a costume shop where she designed her own clothes. In 1922 she beat out 80,000 other girls to win a beauty contest sponsored by Norma and Constance Talmadge. Margaret, who was five feet, five inches tall with dark blue eyes, was described as "the most ravishing girl in England". Producer Joseph Schenck signed her to a three year contract and she moved to Hollywood. The press called her the "Cinderella Girl". She said "It all feels like a dream, like some fantastic fairy tale". Margaret was chosen to be one the 1923 Baby Wampas stars and appeared on the cover of Movie Weekly. The first movie she was cast in was the drama Within The Law. Unfortunately the director didn't like her acting and she was fired from the film. She was also told she needed to lose ten pounds.
Then she costarred with Buster Keaton in the comedy Three Ages. Her performance got mixed reviews and she would never make another film. She decided to sue Joseph Schenck for $50,000 for breach of contract and injured feelings. Margaret remained in California and married businessman Ernest Vogt in June of 1924. The couple divorced eleven years later. In court she testified that Ernest was cheap and forced her to wear shabby clothes. She started working as an interior decorator at Bullock's department store. By the early 1960s she had divorced her second husband and was living in a small apartment on Bronson Avenue. Her friends said she was very bitter about her failed acting career and had burned all her memorabilia. She was devastated when her beloved mother died in 1964. Tragically on February 23, 1967 she committed suicide by drinking drain cleaner, Margaret was sixty-four years old. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. - Ciro Alegría was born on 4 November 1909 in Trujillo, Peru. He was a writer, known for Los perros hambrientos (1977). He was married to Dora Varona, Ligia Marchand and Rosalia Amezquita. He died on 17 February 1967 in Lima, Peru.
- Philippe Janvier was born on 17 September 1903 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Les petites alliées (1936), Mercadet (1936) and Quadrille d'amour (1935). He died on 17 February 1967 in Cognac, Charente, France.