Lilyan Tashman

Lilyan Tashman

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Lilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 – March 21, 1934) was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the vindictive "other woman." She made 66 films over the course of her Hollywood career and although she never obtained superstar status, her cinematic performances are described as "sharp, clever and have aged little over the decades."

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Lilyan Tashman was born on Friday, 23 October 1896 in Brooklyn, New York. Her full name at birth was Lilyan Tashman. She was best known as an actress. Tashman's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. She died on Saturday, 24 March 1934 in New York, New York at the age of 37. She is buried at Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA. Lilyan attended high school at Brooklyn High School. Her religion is listed as Jewish. She was 5' 7" (170 cm) tall with a slim build. She had blue eyes and blonde hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Scorpio.

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Full name at birth
Lilyan Tashman
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Claim to fame
Best dressed woman in Hollywood
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Date of birth
23 October 1896
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Brooklyn, New York
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Date of death
24 March 1934
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Age
37 (age at death)
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New York, New York
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Cause of death
Stomach Cancer
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Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
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Actress
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5' 7" (170 cm)
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Brooklyn High School
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  • Interred at the Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. About 10,000 people crowded the streets surrounding the cemetery for her funeral.
  • Tashman left some $31,000 in cash, along with $121,000 in furs and jewels, but had not thought to leave a will. This resulted in years of legal squabbling between her husband Edmund Lowe and her two surviving sisters, Hattie and Jennie. A third sister, also an actress, had died in 1931.
  • Started her career in the legendary Ziegfeld Follies revue, starring alongside several future stars including Marion Davies and Ina Claire.
  • Renowned for her personal style, Tashman was one of Hollywood's leading "clothes horses" during the early 1930s.
  • Lilyan first entered a New York hospital for surgery in 1932, for what was described in the press as an appendectomy. "She was worried about her health," Tashman's friend Virginia Maxwell said after her death. "If the physicians knew she had a tumor, I don't believe they ever told her so." She continued to appear on screen despite her weakening physical health and finished her final role in Frankie and Johnny (1936) just two weeks before her death of abdominal cancer.

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