Fritzi Fern

Fritzi Fern was born Fritzi Fern Blower in Akron, Ohio. After her parents divorced she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and brother. Fritzi began her career as a child actress and made films for the Greyhound Motion Picture Company. In 1922 producer Harry Burns cast her in a series of shorts starring Little Napoleon. She spent the next several years dancing in vaudeville. Fritzi signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1928. Unfortunately the only movie she made at the studio was The Charlaton. She was supposed to costar with Reginald Denny in Clear In The Decks but she was replaced before filming began. In 1929 she appeared on stage in Earl Carroll's Revue. Fritzi had a small part in the 1932 Western serial The Last Frontier. It would be her last acting role. In the Fall of 1932 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had surgery to remove it. Tragically she never recovered and died on September 20, 1932. Fritzi was only twenty-five years old.