Corinne Parquet

Corinne Parquet
Born	(1896-03-04)March 4, 1896
Died	January 16, 1975(1975-01-16) (aged 78)
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1916–1917

Corinne Parquet was an American actress who appeared in silent films with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Parquet was from Rochester, New York. ^[3] In 1916, she won a contest that started her film career. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

She appeared in two films with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Her first film was the Keystone Studios production The Waiters' Ball (1917). ^{[7] [8]} She was listed as Keystone's "leading comedienne" in an August 1916 article. ^[9] Her second film was A Reckless Romeo (1917). ^[10]

Selected filmography

• The Waiters' Ball (1917 short) as the cashier ^{[2] [11] [12] [8]}
• A Reckless Romeo (1917 short) as the wife ^{[13] [14] [10] [15]}

References

1. Massa, Steve. Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy. BearManor Media.
2. Neibaur, James L. (2015-02-18). Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-0999-7.
3. "Rochester Girl Now Plays Better Parts". Democrat and Chronicle. 1916-08-22. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
4. "Looking Backward". Democrat and Chronicle. 1923-07-22. p. 46. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
5. "Will Appear in Film Play". Democrat and Chronicle. 1916-05-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
6. "Corinne Parquet Has Cashier's Part". Democrat and Chronicle. 1916-07-15. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
7. Bean, Jennifer M. (2011). Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-0-8135-5014-5.
8. Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-5707-6.
9. "In the Movie World by C.L. Jacoby". The Dodge City Daily Globe. 1916-08-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
10. Massa, Steve (24 December 2019). Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle. BearManor Media.
11. Massa, Steve (7 May 2013). Lame Brains and Lunatics. BearManor Media.
12. Balducci, Anthony (2014-01-10). The Funny Parts: A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-8893-3.
13. Yallop, David (2014-10-23). The Day the Laughter Stopped. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN   978-1-4721-1659-8.
14. Dardis, Tom (1988). Keaton, the Man who Wouldn't Lie Down. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   978-0-87910-117-6.
15. Knopf, Robert (2018-06-05). The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-18846-1.

External links

• Corinne Parquet at IMDb