1. – Ruth Chatterton, The Laughing Lady, 1929. Having suffered a nervous breakdown (or too many drugs) during Jealousy, 1929, the self-made Broadway star (the greatest Sadie Thompson!), asked to be relieved of her next Paramount movie. The studio agreed – and she was dead before Ruth completed shooting.
2. – Nancy Carroll, The Devil’s Holiday, 1930. Jeanne ODed on heroin before she could start the script written expressly for her by director Edmund Goulding. Nancy won an Oscar nod – and more fan mail than any other Parmount contract star that year.
Birth year: 1894Death year: 1929Other name: Casting Calls: 0