Addie McPhail was born on July 15, 1905 in White Plains, Kentucky, USA as Addie Oakley Dukes. She was an actress, known for Live and Learn (1930), Up a Tree (1930) and The Boss's Orders (1930). She was married to Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Lindsay McPhail. She died on April 14, 2003 in Canoga Park, California, USA.
When I reminded Norma Shearer, Caryl Lincoln, Viola Dana, Stepin Fetchit and others who I was, they would always smile and say something good about Roscoe.
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I don't believe I ever did anything spectacularly enough in pictures or on stage to be remembered for it. I was like a small ship passing through a rough sea.
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Best known as Roscoe Arbuckle's last wife (1932), Addie tried to revive the comedian's career after the notorious scandal ruined him. They went out together on a vaudeville tour in Canada and were warmly received. Jack Warner offered Fatty a chance to act under his real name again in six successful comedy sound shorts.
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Appeared in many short comedies for Universal in the 20s; later unbilled bits.
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Fatty died of a heart attack while he and Addie were staying at a New York hotel in 1933. Earlier that evening they had been to a restaurant at a party in honor of their first wedding anniversary.
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First husband was songwriter and pianist Lindsay McPhail; they had one daughter, Marilyn.
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Father was in the insurance business.
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Mother of Marilyn McPhail (from marriage to Lindsay McPhail)
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