Evelyn Venable was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday.
14 Facts About Evelyn Venable
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Evelyn Venable is one of a number of women who have been suggested to have served as the model for the personification of Columbia in the Columbia Pictures logo that was used from 1936 to 1976.
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Evelyn Venable was born on October 18,1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only child of Emerson and Dolores Venable.
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Evelyn Venable graduated from Walnut Hills High School, where her father and grandfather William Henry Venable taught English.
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Evelyn Venable performed in several plays at Walnut Hills, such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the Dream Child in Dear Brutus and Rosalind in As You Like It.
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Evelyn Venable attended Vassar College for a short time, then returned to the University of Cincinnati.
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Evelyn Venable performed in Walter Hampden's touring productions, including Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and Ophelia in Hamlet.
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Evelyn Venable's contract was unique in that she would not have to cut her hair, pose for leg art, or perform in bit parts.
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Evelyn Venable played the lead or second lead in a series of films in the 1930s and claimed to be the original model for the Columbia Pictures logo, but the studio has never confirmed it.
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Evelyn Venable met cinematographer Hal Mohr on the set of the Will Rogers film David Harum.
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Evelyn Venable insisted they wait a year to marry because she feared a Hollywood divorce.
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Evelyn Venable provided the voice of The Blue Fairy for the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio.
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In 1943, Evelyn Venable retired from acting, resumed her studies at UCLA, and became a faculty member there, teaching ancient Greek and Latin and organizing the production of Greek plays within the Classics department.
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Evelyn Venable died of cancer in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on November 15,1993 at age 80.