Tweet Edith Fellows, 1923-2011

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-edith-fellows-20110630,0,5499404.story

I had wondered how she was doing lately. Pennies from Heaven is her best-remembered film, but I also enjoyed her a great deal in And So They Were Married.

-Harold

She never rose beyond a second-tiered child star but she had a very natural presence on film. Her work with Crosby and Autry seemed to bring out the natural ease in both of those actors.

Being stuck turning out Columbia potboilers probably didn't help.

Tom Mix's The Rider of Death Valley (1932) is my favourite B-western. Although it's been seventy-nine years since it was released, I'm saddened to think that the film's last surviving cast member is no longer with us.

I read somewhere that she said Mix was rather distant, but that she loved being able to ride Tony. I'm envious!