Hilda Vaughn

Hilda Vaughn
Born	27 December 1898 Baltimore, MD
Died	28 December 1957 Baltimore, MD
Occupation	Female actress
Years active	1929-1940
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse(s)	Charles Morgan

Hilda Vaughn (December 27, 1898- December 28, 1957), was a female actress of the stage, radio, and television.^{[1][2] [3][4]}

Vaughn frequently played a “pleb”, or a commoner in the films she acted in. More often than not, she portrayed waitresses, maids, charwomen, governesses, saleswomen, and slaveys. Her characters were outgoing and spunky. A fixture at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the sound era of the early 1930s, Vaughn acted in multiple films. Her most notable films were 1933's "Dinner at Eight" and the 1940 film, Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.

Filmography

• Her screen debut, Three Live Ghosts (1929). She played an English Cockney.
• Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931).
• The Phantom of Crestwood (1932). She played Carter.
• Dinner at Eight (1933). She played Tina.
• Today We Live (1933). She played an ambulance corps worker.
• Straight from the Heart (1935)
• Anne of Green Gables (1934). She played Mrs. Blewett
• Chasing Yesterday (1935). She played a slavey.
• Banjo On My Knee (1936).
• Gentle Julia (1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940). She played a suspect.

References

1. Bellinger, Guy. “Hilda Vaughn.” IMDb. n.d. Accessed March 28, 2015. http://www.imdb.com/nm0891176/bio
2. Dirks, Tim. “Film History of the 1940s”. AMC Filmsite. n.d. Accessed March 28, 2015. http://filmsite.org/40sintro6.html.
3. Eckstein, Arthur. “The Hollywood Ten in History and in Memory”. Film History 16, no. 4 (December 2004): 424-436. Communication and Mass Media complete, EBSCOhost. (Accessed March 28, 2015).
4. “McCarthyism”. PBS. August 23, 2006. Accessed March 28, 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484/. Wollstein, Hans J. “Hilda Vaughn—Biography.” New York Times. March 28, 2013. Accessed March 28, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/73141/Hilda-Vaughn/biography.