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Lina Basquette

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Actress

The Resume

    (April 19, 1907-September 30, 1994)
    Born in San Mateo, California
    Birth name was Lena Baskette
    Starred in the 'Lena Baskette Features' film serial (1916-17)
    Appeared in the films 'A Prince for a Day' (1917), 'The Weaker Vessel' (1919), 'Penrod' (1922), 'The Noose' (1928), 'The Younger Generation' (1928), 'The Godless Girl' (1929), Mounted Fury' (1931), 'The Chump' (1934), 'Rose of the Rio Grande' (1938), 'A Night for Crime' (1943) and 'Paradise Park' (1991)
    Wrote the autobiography 'Lina: DeMille's Godless Girl' (1990)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was married nine times to seven men.
    After the death of her first husband, Sam Warner of Warner Brothers, Sam's brother Harry successfully filed for custody of her daughter, claiming that Lina was neglecting her family.
    She had affairs with boxer Jack Dempsey and singer Nelson Eddy.
    She attempted suicide on multiple occasions.
    She was Hitler's favorite American actress.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Anna Pavlova offered to take her on as a protegee, but her mother turned down the ballerina in favor of a more lucrative contract with the Ziegfeld Follies.
    She rejected an offer from Hitler to make films for the Third Reich.
    She was raped by an AWOL soldier (1943).
    After retiring from films, she became a breeder of champion Great Danes and a dog show judge.
    She said, 'So many people get reformed through religion. I got reformed through dogs.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying