13 Facts About Wanda Hawley

Wanda Hawley entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the United States and Canada as a singer.

Wanda Hawley initially began in films acting with the likes of William Farnum, William S Hart, Tom Mix, Douglas Fairbanks, and others.

Wanda Hawley co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1922 The Young Rajah, and rose to stardom in a number of Cecil B DeMille's and director Sam Wood's films.

Hawley was born Selma Wanda Pittack in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but together with her family moved to the Seattle, Washington area, when she was a child.

Wanda Hawley married Allen Burton Hawley in 1916, and adopted his surname professionally.

In Wilkinson's passport application of January 1923, Hawley signed an affidavit stating she had known him for four years.

In 1938, Wanda Hawley married Justus Livingston Richey in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.

Wanda Hawley was widowed in 1957 when Richey, a salesman, died of a heart attack.

Wanda Hawley had appeared opposite William S Hart, Charlie Ray, Bryant Washburn, Wally Reid and others.

Wanda Hawley was five feet three inches high, weighed a hundred and ten pounds, and had blond hair and greyish blue eyes.

Wanda Hawley demonstrated and sold dresses in a department store in Tacoma, Washington.

Wanda Hawley married Jack in 1938 in Roosevelt County, New Mexico and in 1940 they were living in Roswell, New Mexico, according to civic and census records; Jack promoted oil leases.

Wanda Hawley is known to have enjoyed composing music; she and Jack copyrighted a song in 1945.