Fern Emmett
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1896 in Oakland, California, USA
- Died
- September 3, 1946
- Active Years
- 1928–1947 (20 Years)
- Total Credits
- 166 credits in database
Biography
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a factual identity profile of Fern Emmett (Acting).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented details (titles, names, dates, etc.).
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Plain text ONLY (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Word count: 90-130 words.
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Source [1] (TMDB):
Name: Fern Emmett.
Gender: Female.
Birthday: March 21, 1896 (Note: TMDB says March 21, while the user's provided "TMDB BIO" snippet says March 22. I must stick to the provided sources. Source [1] says March 21, 1896. Source [2] says 22. března 1896. I will use the specific dates provided in the text. Wait, the prompt says "TMDB BIO: 'Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896...)'" and then provides Source [1] which says "March 21, 1896". I should prioritize the provided text if it's part of the "SYNOPSIS" but the prompt says "Use ONLY facts present above". I'll look at the sources. Source [1] says March 21. Source [2] says March 22. I'll use the dates as they appear in the sources. Actually, I'll check the prompt again: "TMDB BIO: 'Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896 – September 3, 1946) was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946.'" This is the primary synopsis provided.
Death: September 3, 1946 (50 years old).
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA.
Known Credits:
Career overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Goal: Write a career overview of Fern Emmett (Acting).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No inventions/guesses (titles, names, dates, etc.).
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Format: Plain text only (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Length: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
No preamble or JSON.
Source [1] (TMDB):
Name: Fern Emmett.
Gender: Female.
Birthday: March 21, 1896 (Note: TMDB says March 21, while the user bio says March 22. I will stick to the source provided in the text or the TMDB source. The prompt says "TMDB BIO: 'Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896...)'" but the TMDB source [1] says "March 21, 1896". I will use the provided bio text as the primary instruction if it's part of the prompt context, but the prompt says "Use ONLY facts present above". The "above" includes the TMDB BIO text. I'll check the Wikipedia source [2] which says "22. března 1896". I will use March 22, 1896, as it is in the provided bio text and the Wikipedia source).
Death: September 3, 1946 (Age 50).
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA.
Known For: Acting.
Known Credits: 165.
Source [2] (Wikipedia):
Name: Fern Emmett.
Birth: March 22, 1896, Oakland, California.
Death: September 3, 1946, Hollywood, California.
Profession: American film actress.
Film count: Appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946.
Source [4] (Kinobox):
Notable films: Henry Aldrich's Little Secret, Ďábel a slečna Jonesová (Devil and Miss Jones), Svět valčíků (World of Waltz/The Waltz World - though I should use the titles as provided or translated if clear, but the prompt says "Do not invent... titles". I will use the titles provided).
Paragraph 1: Biography and context.
Fern Emmett was an American film actress born on March 22, 1896, in Oakland, California. She died on September 3, 1946, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 50. Her career in film spanned the years 1930 through 1946.
Paragraph 2: Career details.
During her career, Emmett appeared in 212 films. Her work is noted for various credits, including the films Henry Aldrich's Little Secret, Ďábel a slečna Jonesová, and Svět valčíků. She is recognized for her acting contributions within the film industry during this period.
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Current draft: ~85 words.
Target: 180-260 words.
Problem: The provided sources are very sparse. To reach 180-260 words without inventing facts is extremely difficult. I must expand on the existing facts using neutral, encyclopedic language without adding new information.
Expanding the text:
Fern Emmett was an American film actress who was born on March 22, 1896, in Oakland, California. Her life and professional career concluded on
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166 titles- The Trouble with Women (1947) as Landlady (uncredited)
- The People's Choice (1946)
- A Song to Remember (1945) as Madame Lambert (uncredited)
- Pillow of Death (1945)
- Jungle Woman (1944) as Beth's Neighbor (archive footage / uncredited)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- San Diego I Love You (1944) as Mrs. Callope
- Tale of a Dog (1944) as Gossiper
- A Stranger in Town (1943) as Hotel Maid
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) as Mrs. Marvin (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Burden's maid (uncredited)
- The West Side Kid (1943) as Landlady
- First Comes Courage (1943) as Dress designer
- First Comes Courage (1943) as Dress Designer (uncredited)
- Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Beth's Murdered Neighbor (uncredited)
- Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) as Lady in 'poiple'
- Cinderella Swings It (1943) as Clara Potts
- Quiet Please, Murder (1943) as Miss Philbert
- Dead Men Walk (1943) as Kate
- Is Everybody Happy? (1943) as Mrs. Broadbelt
- Woman of the Year (1942) as Mrs. Calverton (uncredited)
- The Mummy's Tomb (1942) as Laura - Wedding Dress Seamstress (uncredited)
- Valley of the Sun (1942) as Spinster (uncredited)
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942) as Hotel Maid
- The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) as Martha (uncredited)
- In Old California (1942) as Mrs. Coggins
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) as Josephine-the Maid
- Police Bullets (1942) as Mrs. Bowse
- The Great Gildersleeve (1942) as Second Old Crow
- Broadway (1942) as Will's Wife (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Miss Bryant
- The Sundown Kid (1942) as Agnes Peabody
- Calling All Pa's (1942) as Grandma Thunderstruck (uncredited)
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) as Mrs. Palestrom
- One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Woman Gossip (uncredited)
- The Monster and the Girl (1941) as Woman Social Organizer (uncredited)
- Love Crazy (1941) as Martha - Ireland's Maid
- She Knew All the Answers (1941) as Woman Applicant
- You're in the Army Now (1941) as Farmer's Wife
- Go West, Young Lady (1941) as Townswoman
- The Great Man's Lady (1941) as City Editor's Secretary
- Pot o' Gold (1941) as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich for President (1941) as Mrs. Perkins
- Jesse James at Bay (1941) as Mrs. Emmy Davis
- Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) as Clara Potts
- In Old Cheyenne (1941) as Miss Smith
- Six-Gun Gold (1941) as Jenny Blanchard
- Scattergood Baines (1941) as Clara Potts
- Miss Polly (1941) as Mrs. Frisbee
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Lady in Question (1940) as Natalie Roguin #2 (uncredited)
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) as Jenny
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) as Housekeeper Annie
- Young People (1940) as (uncredited)
- Young Tom Edison (1940) as Mrs. McCarney
- Arise, My Love (1940) as Spinster (uncredited)
- Triple Justice (1940) as Martha Hathaway
- Star Dust (1940) as Della
- Lucky Partners (1940) as Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)
- Hidden Enemy (1940) as Aunt Mary
- Deadwood Dick (1940) as Miranda
- Rangers of Fortune (1940) as Mrs. Ellis
- Half a Sinner (1940) as Margaret Reed
- Keeping Company (1940) as Mrs. Miller
- Little Orvie (1940) as Mrs. Jackson
- Made for Each Other (1939) as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Mac Gregor's Maid
- I Stole a Million (1939) as Visitor in Hospital (uncredited)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) as Maid
- Saga of Death Valley (1939) as Miss Minnie
- They Shall Have Music (1939) as Woman on Steps (uncredited)
- Pirates of the Skies (1939)
- In Name Only (1939) as Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)
- Frontier Marshal (1939) as Hotel Maid
- The Rains Came (1939) as Hindu Woman (uncredited)
- Tail Spin (1939) as Matilda, Gerry's Maid (Uncredited)
- Second Fiddle (1939) as Townswoman
- Lucky Night (1939) as Mrs. Applewaite (uncredited)
- Sabotage (1939) as (uncredited)
- Reno (1939) as Shayne's Secretary
- Boy Trouble (1939) as Receptionist
- Desperate Trails (1939) as Mrs. Plunkett
- You and Me (1938) as Mother of Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)
- Hunted Men (1938) as Miss Quinn
- Female Fugitive (1938) as Cook who quits
- Overland Stage Raiders (1938) as Ma Hawkins
- Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) as Customer
- Crime Ring (1938) as Alice-Phoebe's Maid
- Assassin of Youth (1938) as Henrietta Frisbee
- Fight for Your Lady (1937) as Maid (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo (1937) as Mrs. Jenkins
- The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) as Henrietta McCoy
- Sea Devils (1937) as Miss McGonigle - Librarian (uncredited)
- Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) as Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)
- Amateur Crook (1937) as Sarah, Ephraim's Wife
- Come on, Cowboys (1937) as Bus Passenger Mother
- The Devil Diamond (1937) as Miss Wallace
- Girls Can Play (1937)
- Paradise Express (1937) as Landlady
- Dangerous Holiday (1937) as Aunt Elsie
- Michael O'Halloran (1937) as Ella (uncredited)
- Swing Time (1936) as (uncredited)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) as Lena Tolliver
- Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936) as Hattie - Webster Housekeeper
- Two in the Dark (1936) as Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Three on a Limb (1936) as Molly's Mother
- Fatal Lady (1936) as American Tourist (uncredited)
- Dancing Feet (1936) as Silas' Secretary
- Walking on Air (1936) as Bennett's Maid (uncredited)
- M'Liss (1936) as Mrs. Larkin
- The Harvester (1936) as Miss Sophronia
- The Oregon Trail (1936) as Minnie
- Burning Gold (1936) as Cousin Lena
- The E-Flat Man (1935) as Farmer's Wife
- Smart Girl (1935) as Miss Brown
- Texas Terror (1935) as Aunt Martha Hubbard
- Loser's End (1935) as Molly O'Hara, the Cook
- Melody Trail (1935) as Nell - Cowgirl Foreman
- Motive for Revenge (1935) as Mrs. Kenilworthy - Housekeeper
- Big Calibre (1935) as Woman at Dance
- Heir to Trouble (1935) as Amanda Witherspoon
- The Marriage Bargain (1935) as Sara 'Aunt Sis' Gordon
- Terror of the Plains (1934) as Rose
- City Limits (1934) as Mrs. Benton
- Gunfire (1934)
- Wagon Wheels (1934) as Settler (uncredited)
- Happy Landing (1934) as Landlady
- The Curtain Falls (1934) as Undetermined Secondary Role
- She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Woman in Conversation (uncredited)
- Hello, Everybody! (1933) as Ettie
- East of Fifth Avenue (1933) as Lizzie
- Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933) as Woman at Radio Station (uncredited)
- Leave It to Dad (1933) as Miss Emmett, the Daughter
- His Weak Moment (1933)
- The Trail Drive (1933) as Aunt Martha
- Bridge Wives (1932) as Al's wife, Mrs. Smith
- The Devil Is Driving (1932) as Garage Customer With Shapely Legs (uncredited)
- Dynamite Denny (1932) as Marston's Nurse
- Young Blood (1932) as Mrs. Pettiwell
- Love in High Gear (1932) as Hotel Maid
- Hollywood Luck (1932)
- Hollywood Lights (1932) as Landlady
- The Forty-Niners (1932) as Widow Spriggs
- Boy Oh Boy! (1932) as Woman with fur
- Mother's Holiday (1932) as Mother
- Anybody's Goat (1932) as Fanny
- Honeymoon Beach (1932) as Ma Watts
- A Rider of the Plains (1931) as Miss Whipple
- Ten Nights in a Bar-room (1931) as Fanny
- Idle Roomers (1931)
- Queenie of Hollywood (1931) as Landlady (uncredited)
- The Itching Hour (1931) as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
- The Ridin' Fool (1931) as Miss Scully
- Mickey's Wildcats (1931) as Mrs. Davis
- Neck and Neck (1931) as Aunt Susan
- West of Cheyenne (1931) as Rose
- Second Honeymoon (1930) as Maid
- The Land of Missing Men (1930) as Martha Evans
- Romance of the West (1930) as Landlady
- Westward Bound (1930) as Emma
- Mickey's Champs (1930)
- Mickey's Warriors (1930) as Society lady
- Bar-L Ranch (1930) as Mrs. Polk
- Knights Before Christmas (1930) as Ma
- Mickey's Surprise (1929) as Woman in audience
- Say Uncle (1928)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Fern Emmett best known for?
Fern Emmett is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including It Happened Tomorrow (1944), Love (2016), A Stranger in Town (1943), The Mummy's Tomb (1942).
When and where was Fern Emmett born?
Fern Emmett was born on March 21, 1896 in Oakland, California, USA. They passed away on September 3, 1946.
How many credits does Fern Emmett have?
Fern Emmett has accumulated over 166 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1928 to 1947.
What is Fern Emmett's background in cinema and television?
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a factual identity profile of Fern Emmett (Acting). Constraints: Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No invented details (titles, names, dates, etc.). Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose. Plain text ONLY (no markdown, no asteris...
Fern Emmett by the numbers
Age in their best-rated roles
- A Rider of the Plains (1931) as Miss Whipple — aged about 35
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944) — aged about 48
- Love Crazy (1941) as Martha - Ireland's Maid — aged about 45
- Saga of Death Valley (1939) as Miss Minnie — aged about 43
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) as Mrs. Palestrom — aged about 45
- A Stranger in Town (1943) as Hotel Maid — aged about 47
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