Beautiful blonde Glenda Farrell is best remembered as hard-boiled, fast-talking reporter Torchy Blaine in the film series of the same name.
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Glenda with her son Tommy Farrell
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Little Caesar (1931)
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with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931)
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with Benita Hume in Gambling Ship (1933)
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with Warren William in Lady for a Day (1933)
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with Warren William, May Robson and Guy Kibbee in Lady for a Day (1933)
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with Spencer Tracy in Man's Castle (1933)
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with Spencer Tracy in Man's Castle (1933)
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candid on the set, 1933
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Hi, Nellie! (1934)
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Glenda in 1936
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Fly Away Baby (1937) with Barton MacLane
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Fly Away Baby (1937) with Barton MacLane
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with Barton MacLane in Smart Blonde (1937)
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with Stuart Erwin and Allen Jenkins in Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
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out on the town with friend Joan Blondell
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Twin Beds (1942) with George Brent, Joan Bennett and Mischa Auer
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in City Without Men (1943)
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Kissin' Cousins (1964) with Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Yvonne Craig and Pamela Austin
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