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Colleen Moore (August 19, 1900 in film|1900 -
January 25, 1988 in film|1988) was a film
actor|actress, and one of the most fashionable
stars of the silent movies|silent movie era.


Born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan,
Moore made her first film appearance in 1918 and
for the next few years appeared in small,
supporting roles gradually attracting the
attention of the public.  She was named as a
WAMPAS Baby Stars|WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922 in
recognition of her growing popularity. Her first
major success was the 1923 film Flaming Youth. 
Moore's vivacious flapper caused a sensation and
made her one of the most talked about actresses of
her day.  Moore and Louise Brooks were seen as the
people who epitomized the young adult society of
their day, and Moore's career grew over the next
few years.  As she continued to play similar
characters in successful films such as Flirting
With Love and The Perfect Flapper, Moore's bobbed
hairstyle was widely copied throughout the world.

By the late 1920s she had progressed to more
important roles in films such as So Big (1925) and
was also well received in light comedies.  

With the advent of talking pictures in 1929, Moore
took a hiatus from acting.  During this interim,
Moore was briefly married to a prominent New
York-based stockbroker, Albert Parker Scott, one
of her four husbands.  She and Scott lived at that
time in a lavish home in Bel Air, where they
hosted parties for and were supporters of the U.S.
Olympic Team, especially the Yachting team, during
the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games.  In 1933,
Moore, by then divorced, returned to work in
Hollywood. She appeared in three films.  None of
these were successful, and Moore retired.  

In the 1960s she formed a television production
company with King Vidor with whom she had worked
in the 1920s.  In her later years she would
frequently attend film festivals, and was a
popular interview subject, always willing to
discuss her Hollywood career. She was a
participant in the 1980 documentary series
Hollywood (documentary)|Hollywood providing her
recollections of Hollywood's silent film era.   

She was the author of two books, the autobiography
Silent Star and How Women Can Make Money in the
Stock Market, a subject she had proved herself
well qualified to discuss. At the height of her
fame, Moore was earning $12,500 per week.  She was
recognized as an astute investor, and through her
investments remained wealthy for the rest of her
life. 

In 1928, Moore, inspired by her father, and with
help from her former set designer, Horace Jackson,
constructed an 8-foot tall miniature "fairy
castle" which toured the United States. The
interior of The Colleen Moore Dollhouse is a
classic example of the Art Deco Style, complete
with miniature bear skin rugs and streamlined
furniture and art. Moore's dollhouse has been
housed as an exhibit at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Chicago|Museum of Science and Industry
in Chicago, Illinois since the early 1950s, where,
according to the museum it is seen by 1.5 million
people each year.  Moore continued working on it,
and contributing artifacts to it, until her death.

Colleen Moore died from cancer in Paso Robles,
California|Paso Robles, California.

Her contributions to Motion Pictures have been
recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame, at 1551 Vine St. 

==Quote==
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of her: "I was the spark
that lit up Flaming Youth, Colleen Moore was the
torch. What little things we are to have caused
all that trouble".


==External links==
*http://silentladies.com/PMoore.html Colleen Moore
Image Gallery
*http://www.silentsaregolden.com/articles/colleenm
oorearticle.html Article: "Loveable and
Sweet:Colleen Moore" (with photographs)
*http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/ The
Jazz Age - Flapper Culture (discusses mainly
Louise Brooks)
*http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/fairy_castle/fc
home.html The Fairy Castle at the Museum of
Science and Industry
*http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/dchc/meta
/intermediate_view.asp?ID=2030430150 Detailed
information about the Fairy Castle, its
construction and its history
*http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/tdc/search_fr
ame.htm Image of Fairy Castle
*imdb name|id=0601067|name=Colleen Moore

lived|b=1900|d=1988|key=Moore, Colleen