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Barbara Kent
b. December 16, 1906 in Gadsby, Alberta
d. October 13, 2011 in Palm Desert, California.
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Both of these images are scanned from original photographs in the Northernstars Collection.
Barbara Kent started out in life as Barbara Klowtmann and began her career at 19 as one of the original actors signed to a contract at Universal Studios. She was a popular comedienne opposite stars like Reginald Denny, but she also made a strong showing as the heroine pitted against Greta Garbo's femme fatale in the feature, Flesh and the Devil. She attracted a lot of attention in No Man's Law by swimming nude although some say she wore a flesh colored bathing suit in scenes that were considered very daring at the time. She easily moved into "the talkies" appearing with the Harold Lloyd in the comedy Welcome Danger. She also appeared in what is generally recognized as the worst version of Oliver Twist ever made. Directed by William Cowen in 1933 this low-budget effort is only worth seeing because of Barbara Kent's acting which was praised. She married Hollywood agent, Harry E. Eddington in 1934 and took a year off as he groomed her for what they hoped would be a triumphant return, but out of the limelight her popularity had waned and she was unable to restart what had been a very promising career. Barbara Kent lived for many years in retirement near Sun Valley, Idaho and refused to be interviewed about her career. Some sources say she was born in 1907. She was 103, or 104 depending on when she was born, when she died at the Marrakesh Country Club in Palm Desert, California.
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Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Prowlers of the Night (1926)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
No Man's Law (1927)
The Lone Eagle (1927)
The Drop Kick (1927)
The Small Bachelor (1927)
Lonesome (1928)
His Destiny (1928)
That's My Daddy (1928)
Stop that Man (1928)
Modern Mothers (1928)
The Shakedown (1929)
Welcome Danger (1929)
What Men Want (1930)
Night Ride (1930)
Dumbbells in Ermine (1930)
Feet First (1930)
Grief Street (1931)
Indiscreet (1931)
Chinatown After Dark (1931)
Freighters of Destiny (1931)
Vanity Fair (1932)
No Living Witness (1932)
Exposed (1932)
Beauty Parlor (1932)
Emma (1932)
Pride of the Legion (1932)
Self Defense (1933)
My Mother (1933)
Marriage On Approval (1933)
Her Forgotten Past (1933)
Oliver Twist (1933)
Swellhead (1935)
Guard That Girl (1935)
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
Under Age (1941)
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