Patsy Farnum was a blonde starlet who had a brief career in the 1930s  She was born Mary Ellen Boelzner on June 18, 1912 in Athens, Ohio. Her father, John Boelzner, was a traveling salesman. In 1926 her mother, Maude Boelzner, was arrested for stealing a diamond ring. Soon after her family moved to Burbank, […]

Margaret Shelby was a silent film actress and the older sister of Mary Miles Minter  She was born Alma Margaret Reilly on June 16, 1900 in San Antonio, Texas. When she was a child her parents divorced. Her mother, Charlotte Selby, was a domineering woman who pushed Margaret and her younger sister Mary Miles Minter […]