Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead (born Nathalian Morehead,^{[1][better source needed]} July 27, 1901 – October 6, 1992) was an American film and stage actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She was known for distinctive platinum blond hair.^[2]

Natalie Moorhead
Moorhead in 1930
Born	Nathalian Morehead (1901-07-27)July 27, 1901 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 6, 1992(1992-10-06) (aged 91) Montecito, California, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
Occupation	actress
Years active	1929–1940
Spouses	Raymond Phillips ​ ​ (m. 1929; div. 1930)​ Alan Crosland ​ ​ (m. 1930; div. 1935)​ Robert J Dunham ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1948)​ Juan Garchitorena ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1983)​

Early years

Moorehead grew up in Pittsburgh.^[3]

Career

She began her theatre career on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre^{[citation needed]} playing a bridesmaid in the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose^[4] which broke a record for run of the play, finally closing at the Theatre Republic on October 1, 1927.^{[citation needed]} She then played Sadie in A Lady in Love (1927)^[5] at the Lyceum Theatre.^{[citation needed]} She played Lydia Webster in George M. Cohan's 1927 farce Baby Cyclone^[5] at Henry Miller's Theatre.

Personal life

On December 21, 1930, Moorhead married director Alan Crosland in Yosemite National Park.^[6] She sued him for divorce on July 2, 1935.^[7] On March 28, 1942, in Maricopa, Arizona, she married millionaire Robert J. Dunham, the sixty-six year-old president of the Chicago Park District.^[8] He died in 1948.^[9] Moorhead's fourth husband was Juan Garchitorena, an actor (under the stage name Juan Torena) and former soccer player. They wed on July 27, 1957, in Beverly Hills.^[10]

Selected filmography

• Thru Different Eyes (1929) - Frances Thornton
• The Unholy Night (1929) - Lady Violet Montague
• The Girl from Havana (1929) - Lona Martin
• The Furies (1930) - Caroline Leigh
• The Benson Murder Case (1930) - Fanny Del Roy
• Spring Is Here (1930) - Rita Conway
• Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) - Blonde Actress with Frank Buelow at Premiere (uncredited)
• The Runaway Bride (1930) - Clara Muldoon
• Shadow of the Law (1930) - Ethel Barry aka Ethel George
• Hot Curves (1930) - Maizie
• Manslaughter (1930) - Eleanor Bellington
• Ladies Must Play (1930) - Connie
• The Office Wife (1930) - Linda Fellowes
• Divorce Among Friends (1930) - Joan Whitley
• Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) - Duchess Bessie Von Essie
• Captain Thunder (1930) - Bonita
• Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) - Della
• Illicit (1931) - Margie True
• Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) - Leila Crofton
• Women Men Marry (1931) - Dolly Moulton
• My Past (1931) - Consuelo 'Connie' Byrne
• The Phantom of Paris (1931) - Vera
• Morals for Women (1931) - Flora
• The Deceiver (1931) - Mrs. Lawton
• Maker of Men (1931) - Mrs. Rhodes
• Discarded Lovers (1932) - Irma Gladden
• Three Wise Girls (1932) - Ruth Dexter
• The Menace (1932) - Caroline Quayle
• Cross-Examination (1932) - Inez Wells
• Love Bound (1932) - Verna Wilson, alias Vera Wendall
• The Stoker (1932) - Vera Martin
• The King Murder (1932) - Elizabeth Hawthorn
• The Fighting Gentleman (1932) - Violet Reed
• Forgotten (1933) - Myrtle Strauss
• The Mind Reader (1933) - Mrs. Austin
• Private Detective 62 (1933) - Helen Burns
• Corruption (1933) - Sylvia Gorman
• Dance Hall Hostess (1933) - Clare
• The Big Chance (1933) - Babe
• Curtain at Eight (1933) - Alma Jenkins Thornton
• Gigolettes of Paris (1933) - Diane Valraine
• Secret Sinners (1933) - Mrs. Gilbert
• Only Yesterday (1933) - Lucy (uncredited)
• Long Lost Father (1934) - Phyllis Mersey-Royds
• Dancing Man (1934) - Tamara Trevor
• The Thin Man (1934) - Julia Wolf
• Fifteen Wives (1934) - Carol Manning
• The Curtain Falls (1934) - Katherine Scorsby
• Champagne for Breakfast (1935) - Mrs. Morton
• Two in a Crowd (1936) - Mrs. Anthony (uncredited)
• 15 Maiden Lane (1936) - Nellie - Society Crook (uncredited)
• What Becomes of the Children? (1936) - Edith Worthington
• King of Gamblers (1937) - Woman at Table (uncredited)
• The Adventurous Blonde (1937) - Theresa Gray
• Heart of Arizona (1938) - Belle Starr
• The Beloved Brat (1938) - Evelyn Morgan
• Letter of Introduction (1938) - Maud Raleigh - Park Plaza Gossip (uncredited)
• When Tomorrow Comes (1939) - Woman (uncredited)
• Lady of the Tropics (1939) - Mrs. Hazlitt
• The Women (1939) - Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
• I Take This Woman (1940) - May - Saleslady (uncredited)
• Flight Angels (1940) - Miss Mason
• All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
• I Want a Divorce (1940) - Mrs. Tyrell (uncredited)
• Margie (1940) - Mrs. Dixon (final film role)