ONE of the few screen stars that have never had stage experience is Wanda
Hawley. She was born in Scranton, Pa., July 30, 1897.
She received her education at the Union High School in Brenierton, Wash.
Then she became interested in music and traveled to New York, where she
attended the Master School of Music in Brooklyn. There she studied the piano
and composing. Miss Hawley continued her study of music at the University
of Washington, Seattle, and then began her concert tour through the United
States and Canada.
Then the moving picture world called her and she gave up her music to
play a lead in a Fox Film with Stuart Holmes. That was in 1917. Since then
her success has been rapid. One of her first featured roles was in an all-star
Cecil De Mille production titled "We Can't Have Everything." Other
special features followed in which Miss Hawley played a lead. Those included
"For Better or Worse," "Secret Service," "Old Wives
for New," "Everywoman," "The Tree of Knowledge,"
"The Six Best Sellers," "Mrs. Temple's Telegram," "Held
by the Enemy" and many others.
Then she became a star for Realart and her first starring vehicle was
"Miss Hobbs." Then followed "Food for Scandal," "Her
Beloved Villain," "Her First Elopement" "The House That
Jazz Built," "The Snob," "Her Faced Value," "Bobbed
Hair," "Bobbed Hair," "The Truthful Liar" and "The
Affairs of Anatol."
Miss Hawley is a blonde, with blue eyes; is five feet three inches in
height, and weighs 125 pounds. Her hobby is composing music and playing
the piano. She lives with her husband in Hollywood. Miss Hawley swims, plays
golf and indulges in indoor sports. |