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.
Known for
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Hollow Triumph
Hotel Lady with Orchid (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Fat Woman (uncredited)
Go West
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
A Day's Pleasure
Large Husband's Seasick Wife (uncredited)
Our Wife
Dulcy, the bride
The Judge Steps Out
Mother at Party (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
Inmate (uncredited)
The Balloonatic
Fat Girl at The House of Trouble
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Dulcy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
Hula Girl
This Time for Keeps
Fat Lady in Theater Balcony
Sex Kittens Go to College
Miss Amanda Cadwallader
Jackass Mail
Dancehall Girl
Public Pigeon No. 1
Heavy Woman (uncredited)
The Boob
Fat Girl (uncredited)
Hazard
Matron (uncredited)
The Princess from Hoboken
Princess Sonia Alexandernova Karpoff
New Moon
Buxom Peasant Girl on Ship
The Awakening
Scrambled Brains
Nora
When the Clouds Roll By
Switchboard Operator
Getting Gertie's Goat
Mrs Smith
Kidding Katie
Queenie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Strong Woman
Golden Dreams
Strong Woman
Mr. Dynamite
Heavyset Ball-throw Target
Jonah Jones
The Hired Man's Sweetheart
Call the Wagon
The Maid
Done in Oil
Winter Has Came
The Hired Girl
The Weak-End Party
Party Guest
The Rent Dodgers
When Romance Rides
Sally Brackton
The Handy Man
A house guest
Grandpa's Girl
Red Pepper
Girl on Tom's Bike
Scared Silly
Stay Single
Scrambled Eggs
Babe
Nearly Married
John D. Gotalot's Niece
Why Worry
A Hula Honeymoon
Mrs. Smudge