Addie McPhail

Addie McPhail (July 15, 1905 – April 14, 2003) was an American film actress.

Addie McPhail
From a 1927 magazine
Born	(1905-07-15)July 15, 1905 White Plains, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	April 14, 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 97) Canoga Park, California, U.S.
Years active	1927–1941
Spouse(s)	Lindsay McPhail Fatty Arbuckle ​ ​ (m. 1932; died 1933)​
Children	1

Early years

McPhail was born Addie Dukes in White Plains, Kentucky, on July 15, 1905.^[1] Her parents were Van and Cordelia Dukes, and she attended schools in Madisonville and Providence, Kentucky.^[2] Her father worked in insurance, and the family often moved. They went to Chicago in 1911 and "settled for a long period".^[1] While there, she won several contests on stage.^[2] They went to Hollywood in 1925, a move that McPhail considered to be fate because she wanted to be an actress.^[1]

Career

McPhail began her work in films with Stern Brothers, a studio that produced short comedies that Universal distributed.^[1] She appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1941.^{[citation needed]} The physical demands of comedy gradually diminished McPhail's interest in acting, and she later said, "May I was never the actress I wanted to be."^[1] Her film career ended with Northwest Passage (1940).^[1]

Personal life and death

McPhail's first husband was Lindsay McPhail, a pianist and songwriter with whom she had a daughter.^[1] She was the third and last wife of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. After she retired from acting, she served for 17 years as a volunteer nurse at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.^[3]

McPhail died of undisclosed causes in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, on April 14, 2003.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Mrs. Hickson
• Double Whoopee (1929) - Woman applying make-up (uncredited)
• The Three Sisters (1930) - Antonia
• Night Work (1930) - Trixie
• Midnight Daddies (1930) - Trixie - Charlie's Sweetheart
• Won by a Neck (1930)
• Extravagance (1930) - Helen - Fred's Secretary (uncredited)
• Up a Tree (1930) - Addie
• Marriage Rows (1931) - Winnie
• Girls Demand Excitement (1931) - Sue Street (uncredited)
• Ex-Plumber (1931) - Addie - The Wife
• Aloha (1931) - Rosalie
• Beach Pajamas (1931)
• Corsair (1931) - Jean Phillips
• Smart Work (1931) - Billy's Wife
• Keep Laughing (1932)
• Hollywood Luck (1932)
• Merry Wives of Reno (1934) - Mrs. Dillingworth (uncredited)
• By Your Leave (1934) - Gloria Dawn (uncredited)
• Bordertown (1935) - Carter's Girl (uncredited)
• Diamond Jim (1935) - (uncredited)
• It's in the Air (1935) - (uncredited)
• Women of Glamour (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Northwest Passage (1940) - Jane Browne (uncredited)
• The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) - Cafe Hostess (uncredited)