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Actress, Mary Philbin, was born Mary L. Philbin on Jul 16, 1902 in Chicago, IL. Philbin died at the age of 90 on May 7, 1993 in Huntington Beach, CA .

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A Tribute to Mary Philbin

By Silentfilmfanatic on Sep 28, 2012 From Noir and Chick Flicks

A Tribute to Mary Philbin Even though Mary Philbin is best known for unmasking Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925), she was in a number of Universal’s best known productions of the 1920’s. Born on July 16, 1903, in Chicago, Mary had a strict Irish Catholic upbringing. ... Read full article


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Dea: God closed my eyes so I could see only the real Gwynplaine.


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Didn't make any appearances after her film career, except at Rudolph Valentino's memorial and at the Los Angeles premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" starring Michael Crawford.

Although she never married, due to the fact she lost the love of her life, Paul Kohner; she did admit in her later years to having crushes on some of her colleagues - namely Norman Kerry and Rudolph Valentino. She also admitted that she adored Lon Chaney (her co-star in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)) and Erich von Stroheim.

Studied classical dancing as a young girl before she was discovered.

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