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Melva Cornell was born on December 15, 1904 in Santa Barbara, CA. Her parents Tom and Mabel Cornell found work in the wardrobe department of The American Film Company, which was based in Santa Barbara. Young Melva caught the acting bug and was an extra for that company in 1916. She also sought stage work and appeared on Broadway in at least 2 productions. Her only credited film role in Fox Movietone Follies (1929) is a lost film. Melva was married to Marc Lachmann (1897-1941) and had a son, Cornell Anthony Lachmann, who died shy of his 7th birthday in 1945.
Her only child, Cornell Anthony Lachmann, died from leukemia before h
Melva Cornell was born on December 15, 1904 in Santa Barbara, CA. Her parents Tom and Mabel Cornell found work in the wardrobe department of The American Film Company, which was based in Santa Barbara. Young Melva caught the acting bug and was an extra for that company in 1916. She also sought stage work and appeared on Broadway in at least 2 productions. Her only credited film role in Fox Movietone Follies (1929) is a lost film. Melva was married to Marc Lachmann (1897-1941) and had a son, Cornell Anthony Lachmann, who died shy of his 7th birthday in 1945.
Her only child, Cornell Anthony Lachmann, died from leukemia before he reached his 7th birthday.
In the late 1940s, press reports indicate she bore a striking resemblance to actress Greer Garson.
In 1930, a murder reportedly took place just below her apartment. When she quickly decided to move, her landlord tried to talk her out of it. Telling her landlord that the murder victim had been shot 21 times and she was frightened, her landlord assured her the press had exaggerated the details of the crime. He told her that the victim had instead only been shot 10 times. This, of course, did not allay her fears and she continued with her plans to move.
After the deaths of her husband and son, she worked for the publicity department at 20th Century Fox.
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