Jeanette Loff
Known For
Acting
Born
1906-10-09 in Orofino, Idaho, USA
Died
1942-08-04
Biography
Jeanette Loff (born Janette Clarinda Lov; October 9, 1906 – August 4, 1942) was an American actress, musician, and singer who came to prominence for her appearances in several Pathé Exchange and Universal Pictures films in the 1920s. Born in Idaho, Loff was raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, and began singing professionally as a lyric soprano and performing as an organist while a teenager in Portland, Oregon. She studied music at the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music. After moving to Los Angeles, California, Loff was signed to a film contract by producer Cecil B. DeMille, with Pathé Exchange in 1927. She subsequently signed a contract with Universal Pictures. She appeared in over twenty films during the course of her seven-year career, with lead parts in such films as Hold 'Em Yale (1928) and the controversial crime film Party Girl (1930). She also appeared in the musical King of Jazz (1930) as a vocalist. Loff formally retired from acting in 1934, with her last screen credit in Joseph Santley's Million Dollar Baby (1934). She died on August 4, 1942, from ammonia poisoning in Los Angeles at the age of 35. Though law enforcement was unable to determine whether her death was an accident or a suicide, Loff's family maintained that she had been murdered. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanette Loff licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Party Girl
as Ellen Powell
King of Jazz
as Vocalist ('It Happened in Monterey' / 'Bridal Veil' / 'A Bench in the Park')
Hide-Out
as Blonde #2 (uncredited)
See America Thirst
as Woman (uncredited)
The Racketeer
as Millie Chapman
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Auction Spectator (uncredited)
Man-Made Women
as Marjorie
Young April
as Extra (uncredited)
St. Louis Woman
as Lou Morrison, the St. Louis Woman
Flirtation
as Nancy Poole
Million Dollar Baby
as Rita Ray
My Friend from India
as Marion / Ruth Brooks
Hold 'Em Yale
as Helen Bradbury
A Duke for a Day
as Gloria Blossom
The Black Ace
Benny, from Panama
as Jeanette Foy
Fighting Thru
as Alice Malden
Fashion News
as Self
The Man Without a Face
Annapolis
as Betty