Actress and talent agent, known professionally as Rita Stanwood.
Rita Stanwood was born on January 15, 1888 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA as Rita Louise Stanwood. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Breaker (1914), The Deserter (1916) and The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919). She was married to H.B. Warner in 1915. In 1935, Rita was one of a few key players credited with discovering Hollywood actress Deanna Durbin (Three Smart Girls, Christmas Holiday) while working as an assistant to talent scout Jack Sherill and Frederick Falkin, and searching for someone to play a young Ernestine Schumann-Heink in an MGM bio-pic titled "Gram". "Gram" ultimately never came to fruition as Heink eventually fell ill and died in 1936. Durbin was eventually fired from MGM and went over to Universal Studios. Rita, along with Ralph Thomas Academy student Olive White and Hollywood Agent Milo Marchetti sued Sherrill and Falkin in 1938 for taking sole credit in Durbin's discovery. The legal dispute led to many early write-ups on Ms. Durbin as being discovered by Sherrill or casting director Rufus Le Maire. Stanwood was eventually awarded $41,391.86 as a result of the case. Rita Stanwood died on November 15, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bio courtesy of Dylan Brann
Rita Stanwood was born on January 15, 1888 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA as Rita Louise Stanwood. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Breaker (1914), The Deserter (1916) and The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919). She was married to H.B. Warner in 1915. In 1935, Rita was one of a few key players credited with discovering Hollywood actress Deanna Durbin (Three Smart Girls, Christmas Holiday) while working as an assistant to talent scout Jack Sherill and Frederick Falkin, and searching for someone to play a young Ernestine Schumann-Heink in an MGM bio-pic titled "Gram". "Gram" ultimately never came to fruition as Heink eventually fell ill and died in 1936. Durbin was eventually fired from MGM and went over to Universal Studios. Rita, along with Ralph Thomas Academy student Olive White and Hollywood Agent Milo Marchetti sued Sherrill and Falkin in 1938 for taking sole credit in Durbin's discovery. The legal dispute led to many early write-ups on Ms. Durbin as being discovered by Sherrill or casting director Rufus Le Maire. Stanwood was eventually awarded $41,391.86 as a result of the case. Rita Stanwood died on November 15, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bio courtesy of Dylan Brann
Actress and talent agent, known professionally as Rita Stanwood.
Rita Stanwood was born on January 15, 1888 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA as Rita Louise Stanwood. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Breaker (1914), The Deserter (1916) and The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919). She was married to H.B. Warner in 1915. In 1935, Rita was one of a few key players credited with discovering Hollywood actress Deanna Durbin (Three Smart Girls, Christmas Holiday) while working as an assistant to talent scout Jack Sherill and Frederick Falkin, and searching for someone to play a young Ernestine Schumann-Heink in an MGM bio-pic titled "Gram". "Gram" ultimately never came to fruition as Heink eventually fell ill and died in 1936. Durbin was eventually fired from MGM and went over to Universal Studios. Rita, along with Ralph Thomas Academy student Olive White and Hollywood Agent Milo Marchetti sued Sherrill and Falkin in 1938 for taking sole credit in Durbin's discovery. The legal dispute led to many early write-ups on Ms. Durbin as being discovered by Sherrill or casting director Rufus Le Maire. Stanwood was eventually awarded $41,391.86 as a result of the case. Rita Stanwood died on November 15, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bio courtesy of Dylan Brann
Rita Stanwood was born on January 15, 1888 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA as Rita Louise Stanwood. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Breaker (1914), The Deserter (1916) and The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919). She was married to H.B. Warner in 1915. In 1935, Rita was one of a few key players credited with discovering Hollywood actress Deanna Durbin (Three Smart Girls, Christmas Holiday) while working as an assistant to talent scout Jack Sherill and Frederick Falkin, and searching for someone to play a young Ernestine Schumann-Heink in an MGM bio-pic titled "Gram". "Gram" ultimately never came to fruition as Heink eventually fell ill and died in 1936. Durbin was eventually fired from MGM and went over to Universal Studios. Rita, along with Ralph Thomas Academy student Olive White and Hollywood Agent Milo Marchetti sued Sherrill and Falkin in 1938 for taking sole credit in Durbin's discovery. The legal dispute led to many early write-ups on Ms. Durbin as being discovered by Sherrill or casting director Rufus Le Maire. Stanwood was eventually awarded $41,391.86 as a result of the case. Rita Stanwood died on November 15, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Bio courtesy of Dylan Brann
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