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Lilyan Tashman(1896-1934)

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Lilyan Tashman
Lilyan Tashman was born on October 23, 1896 in Brooklyn, New York to Rose (Cook) from Germany and Morris Tashman from Bialystock, Poland. After toying with stage work, Lilyan made her film debut with Experience (1921), followed the next year by Head Over Heels (1922) (this was at a time when some studios and their performers were turning out one film per week. She had no other offers for 1923, but her constant rounds of the casting offices finally did some good. In 1924 she appeared in no fewer than 6 films. For a while she averaged 7 films per year. She was one of relatively few performers who easily made the transition to the sound era, In 1934 she finished filming Frankie and Johnnie (1936) and went into a New York City hospital to have some tumors removed; she died there on March 21, 1934 at age 37. The film was released two years after her death.
BornOctober 23, 1896
DiedMarch 21, 1934(37)
BornOctober 23, 1896
DiedMarch 21, 1934(37)
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Marion Byron, Frank Fay, and Lilyan Tashman in The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
William 'Stage' Boyd and Lilyan Tashman in The Wiser Sex (1932)
June Clyde, Fritzi Ridgeway, and Lilyan Tashman in The Mad Parade (1931)
William Bakewell, Neely Edwards, Helen Foster, Albert Gran, Armand Kaliz, Winnie Lightner, Nick Lucas, Lee Moran, Ann Pennington, George Raft, Gertrude Short, Lilyan Tashman, Conway Tearle, Nancy Welford, Judith Wood, and Dorothy O'Connell in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
Norma Talmadge and Lilyan Tashman in New York Nights (1929)
Kenneth MacKenna and Lilyan Tashman in Those We Love (1932)
William Bakewell, Helen Foster, Albert Gran, Winnie Lightner, Nick Lucas, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman, Conway Tearle, and Nancy Welford in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
Earl Metcalfe, Antonio Moreno, Pauline Starke, and Lilyan Tashman in Love's Blindness (1926)
Frank Fay and Lilyan Tashman in The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
Bobbe Arnst, Gertrude Astor, Marjorie Reynolds, and Lilyan Tashman in Wine, Women and Song (1933)
Lilyan Tashman in Murder by the Clock (1931)
Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Harry Davenport, Ross Alexander, William 'Stage' Boyd, Paul Harvey, Effie Shannon, Lilyan Tashman, and Franchot Tone in The Wiser Sex (1932)

Known for:

Florence Eldridge, Frank Fay, and James Gleason in The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
The Matrimonial Bed
5.7
  • Sylvaine
  • 1930
Mary Brian and Fredric March in The Marriage Playground (1929)
The Marriage Playground
5.9
  • Joyce Wheater
  • 1929
Norma Talmadge in Camille (1926)
Camille
5.1
  • Olympe
  • 1926
Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray in No, No, Nanette (1930)
No, No, Nanette
6.1
  • Lucille Early
  • 1930

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Actress

  • Chester Morris and Lilyan Tashman in Frankie and Johnnie (1936)
    Frankie and Johnnie
    • Nellie Bly
    • 1936
  • Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer in Riptide (1934)
    Riptide
    • Sylvia
    • 1934
  • Bing Crosby, Judith Allen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Jack Oakie, and Lilyan Tashman in Too Much Harmony (1933)
    Too Much Harmony
    • Lucille Watkins
    • 1933
  • Mama Loves Papa (1933)
    Mama Loves Papa
    • Mrs. McIntosh
    • 1933
  • Lew Cody and Lilyan Tashman in Wine, Women and Song (1933)
    Wine, Women and Song
    • Frankie Arnette
    • 1933
  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
    • Short
    • 1933
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Scarlet Dawn (1932)
    Scarlet Dawn
    • Vera Zimina
    • 1932
  • Mary Astor, Hale Hamilton, Kenneth MacKenna, and Lilyan Tashman in Those We Love (1932)
    Those We Love
    • Valerie
    • 1932
  • Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, William 'Stage' Boyd, and Lilyan Tashman in The Wiser Sex (1932)
    The Wiser Sex
    • Claire Foster
    • 1932
  • Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Eugene Pallette, and Lilyan Tashman in Girls About Town (1931)
    Girls About Town
    • Marie Bailey
    • 1931
  • Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Lilyan Tashman in The Road to Reno (1931)
    The Road to Reno
    • Mrs. Jackie Millet
    • 1931
  • Louise Fazenda and Lilyan Tashman in The Mad Parade (1931)
    The Mad Parade
    • Lil Wheeler
    • 1931
  • Irving Pichel and Lilyan Tashman in Murder by the Clock (1931)
    Murder by the Clock
    • Laura Endicott
    • 1931
  • Carole Lombard and Norman Foster in Up Pops the Devil (1931)
    Up Pops the Devil
    • Polly Griscom
    • 1931
  • Helen Twelvetrees in Millie (1931)
    Millie
    • Helen Riley
    • 1931

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Lillian Tashman
  • Born
    • October 23, 1896
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 21, 1934
    • New York City, New York, USA(following cancer surgery)
  • Spouses
      Edmund LoweSeptember 1, 1925 - March 21, 1934 (her death)
  • Parents
      Maurice Tashman
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 11 Articles
    • 4 Pictorials

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Tashman left some $31,000 in cash, along with $121,000 in furs and jewels, but had not thought to leave a will. This resulted in years of legal squabbling between her husband Edmund Lowe and her two surviving sisters, Hattie and Jennie. A third sister, also an actress, had died in 1931.
  • Quotes
    It's more boring for a woman to talk about clothes than for a man to talk of his golf score.
  • Nickname
    • The Best Dressed Woman On The Screen

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