Barbara Kent
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Barbara Kent 🇨🇦

Barbara Cloutman
Silent Film Actress, Harold Lloyd Leading Lady, Hollywood Centenarian
Born Dec 16, 1907 🇨🇦 Gadsby, Canada
Passed Away Oct 13, 2011 Palm Desert, United States
Lifespan 103 years old
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"Silent films had an enchantment all their own; we spoke to the world through our eyes."

Archival Overview

One of the last surviving adult stars of the Hollywood silent film era, who starred opposite Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil and played Harold Lloyd's leading lady in Welcome Danger and Feet First.

Biographical Record

Barbara Cloutman was born in rural Alberta, Canada, and moved to Hollywood after winning Miss Hollywood in 1925. Signed by Universal, she made a sensational splash in the 1926 silent classic 'Flesh and the Devil' starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

Kent achieved enduring cinema renown when comedy titan Harold Lloyd cast her as his leading lady in his transition from silent to sound cinema in 'Welcome Danger' (1929) and the skyscraper comedy 'Feet First' (1930). Retiring from films in the mid-1930s, she lived quietly in California, living to age 103.

Key Life Milestones

1926

Flesh and the Devil with Greta Garbo

Featured in Clarence Brown's romantic masterpiece alongside Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

1930

Feet First with Harold Lloyd

Starred opposite Harold Lloyd in his thrilling skyscraper comedy classic.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Cremated, private memorial
Palm Desert, United States
GPS: 33.7222, -116.3744
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