Barbara Kent was a Canadian film actress, prominent from the silent film era to the early talkies of the 1920s and 1930s.
10 Facts About Barbara Kent
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In 1925, Barbara Kent won the Miss Hollywood Beauty Pageant.
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Barbara Kent made a strong impression as the heroine pitted against Greta Garbo's femme fatale in Flesh and the Devil in 1926 after Universal had lent the actress to MGM to make the film.
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Barbara Kent then attracted the attention of audiences and censors in the 1927 production No Man's Law by appearing to swim nude.
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Barbara Kent actually wore a flesh-colored moleskin bathing suit in scenes that were considered very daring at the time.
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Barbara Kent made a smooth transition into talking pictures opposite Harold Lloyd in the 1929 comedy Welcome Danger.
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Barbara Kent was featured with Lloyd in his iconic Feet First.
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Barbara Kent was a longtime member of Marakkesh, Sunland, and Thunderbird Country Clubs.
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Barbara Kent was known as a talented cook and loved entertaining friends and family.
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Barbara Kent married again in 1954, to Jack Monroe, a Lockheed aircraft engineer.