Rosalie Roy

Born: 1911-01-11

She was born Rosalie Jones in Stanford, Texas, on 11th January 1911. She first appeared in Hollywood in 1930 and was signed as a starlet by Fox and loaned out to Warner Bros and other studios during her career. All of her 24 film parts from 1930 onwards, including Paramount on Parade as a Chorus Girl, and in 1935 , The Case of the Curious Bride as a Reporter, were minor roles, or chorus girls, and then she took a 11 year break from film. She did get to star in a low budget cinema serial called ' Clancy of the Mounted ' in 1932, but had limited screen time as Clancy's wife, despite 12 episodes being made. Between 1935 and 1945 it is known she was married twice and had a child from each marriage, Ivor and Melissa . In 1946 she returned to the screen in two minor role parts, one in a Bette Davis picture and the other starring Barbara Stanwyck. Then she emigrated to London in the late 1940s and started a relationship with a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, Alan Norwell Clark from Holmwood Lodge, Surrey, UK. Although there is documentation of friends congratulations and a newspaper announcement of their forthcoming marriage in 1950, there seems to be no marriage, between the two, officially registered. Nothing more was heard until her husband / partner, Alan, passed away in 1988, and her death in 2000, aged 89. Strangely, there was an old leather trunk discovered in a London house clearance, either before her death or just after, which contained an amazing collection of all her personal memorabilia from her Hollywood career and family life beyond to London. On YouTube, a six minute video is listed as ' The Curious Case of Rosalie Roy' . The trunk contents were allegedly sold to various buyers, eventually, and so sadly fragmenting this unique collection, and making it virtually impossible of obtaining any further information on her intimate personal life. IMDB have completely her wrong birth date, place and death date on their site. Her birth certificate was found within the memorabilia in her trunk, and the BFI do have her correct birth and death date / year on their site. ( Some of the above information is taken from the original eBay trunk sale page. There was a portion of Rosalie's personal details mentioned in the descriptive sales passage, written by the seller, Brian Grattan. He too, has now passed away)


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Back Street

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-04

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back...

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A Stolen Life

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-01

A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.

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Desirable

as Manicurist
Released: 1934-09-08

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

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Fashions of 1934

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1934-02-14

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...

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Transatlantic

as Bride
Released: 1931-08-19

As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy...

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Wonder Bar

as (uncredited)
Released: 1934-03-31

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with...

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Go Into Your Dance

as Phone Operator
Released: 1935-04-20

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

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Journal of a Crime

as Chorus Girl #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1934-03-10

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.

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Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Polly Granger, Beulah's Friend
Released: 1934-07-28

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone...

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Mary Jane's Pa

as Secretary
Released: 1935-04-27

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family,...

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Young as You Feel

as Rose Gregson
Released: 1931-08-06

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact...

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