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Pert Kelton

Pert Kelton

Highest Rated:
96% You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Lowest Rated:
94% The Music Man (1962)
Birthday:
Oct 14, 1907
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
She was onstage from age three in her parents' vaudeville act; by age 12 she was performing solo. In 1925 she debuted on Broadway, then joined the rush to Hollywood in 1929 at the dawn of the sound era. She was fairly busy through the '30s as a comedic supporting actress, usually playing a floozie…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 94% - 96%
Number of Movies: 12
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2010 I'll Reach for a Star
  • Actor
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1969 The Comic (Billy Bright)
  • Mama
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1962 94% The Music Man
  • Mrs. Paroo
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1938 Rhythm of the Saddle
  • Aunt Hattie
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1938 96% You Can't Take It with You
  • Inmate
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1936 Cain and Mabel
  • Toddy
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1935 Lightning Strikes Twice
  • Fay
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1935 Annie Oakley
  • Vera Delmar
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1934 Bachelor Bait
  • Allie Summers
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1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
  • Lulu White
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1933 The Bowery
  • Trixie Odbray
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1929 Sally
  • Rosie
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    1. Harold Hill: Oh, my dear little librarian. You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.
    2. Mrs. Paroo: It's a well-known principle that if you keep the flint in one drawer and the steel in the other, you'll never strike much of a fire.
    3. Marcellus Washburn: I heard you was in steam automobiles. (to Harold Hill)
    4. Harold Hill: answers: I was... till someone actually 'invented' one!
    5. Harold Hill: 'Brooklyn'? Marce, this isn't even *Dubuque*!
    From The Music Man. Submitted by rick b (50 days ago)
    1. Harold Hill: A man can't turn tail and run just because a little personal risk is involved. What did Shakespeare say? 'Cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave man... only 500'?
    2. Mayor Shinn: It's as clear as a buttonhook in the well water!
    3. Mayor Shinn: You watch your phraseology!
    4. Mrs. Paroo: When a woman's got a husband, and you've got none, why should she take advice from you? Even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other high-falutin' Greeks.
    5. Mrs. Paroo: I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books!
    6. Harold Hill: The sadder but wiser girl for me.
    From The Music Man. Submitted by rick b (50 days ago)

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