Winnie Lightner


Actor
Winnie Lightner

About

Also Known As
Winifred Josephine Reeves
Birth Place
Greenport, New York, USA
Born
September 17, 1899
Died
March 05, 1971
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Bawdy, brash vaudeville star who made a brief splash in films in the early talkie era. Lightner was signed by Warner Brothers after making a hit on Broadway in "The Gold Diggers." She appeared in about a dozen films before retiring in the early 1930s....

Family & Companions

Roy Del Ruth
Husband
Director. Fourth husband, married 1934.

Biography

Bawdy, brash vaudeville star who made a brief splash in films in the early talkie era. Lightner was signed by Warner Brothers after making a hit on Broadway in "The Gold Diggers." She appeared in about a dozen films before retiring in the early 1930s.

Life Events

Companions

Roy Del Ruth
Husband
Director. Fourth husband, married 1934.

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