Babe London
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Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler Our Wife.
London began her screen career as a teenager, making her film debut in The Expert Eloper in 1919. She then appeared in A Day's Pleasure, performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. London appeared in more than 50 silent films, including The Perfect Flapper, The Boob, and the 1928 version of Tillie's Punctured Romance starring W. C. Fields. She worked with many of the funny men of the day, including Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin.
At the height of her career London weighed 255 pounds. Later, a heart condition necessitated a loss of 100 pounds, and her movie offers declined along with her weight. She never regained her earlier success.
In the late 1950s London began a second career as a painter and devoted the last 20 years of her life to depicting on canvas the early years of Hollywood. She titled the series The Vanishing Era. London willed 75 of her paintings to the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center, along with her personal belongings.
Acting
Movie
Go West
as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
1925
Movie
A Day's Pleasure
as Large Husband's Seasick Wife (uncredited)
1919
Movie
The Balloonatic
as Fat Girl at The House of Trouble
1923
Movie
Hollow Triumph
as Hotel Lady with Orchid (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Our Wife
as Dulcy, the bride (uncredited)
1931
Movie
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Fat Woman (uncredited)
1949
Movie
When the Clouds Roll By
as Switchboard Operator
1919
Movie
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Miss Amanda Cadwallader
1960
Movie
The Boob
as Fat Girl (uncredited)
1926
Movie
Long Pants
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1927
TV
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Movie
The Good Humor Man
as Inmate (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Scrambled Brains
as Nora
1951
Movie
The Weak-End Party
as Party Guest
1922
Movie
New Moon
as Buxom Peasant Girl on Ship
1930
Movie
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
1947
Movie
Hazard
as Matron (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Dancing in the Dark
as Hula Girl
1949
Movie
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Mrs Smith
1924
Movie
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Heavy Woman (uncredited)
1957
Movie
The Awakening
1928
Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Strong Woman
1928
Movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Dulcy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Movie
Jackass Mail
as Dancehall Girl
1942