Beatrice LaPlante

born: circa 1897 Paris, France [unconfirmed]

died: ? ? (age ?)

French* silent screen actress with velvety brown eyes who briefly had her own series of films with Hal Roach in 1920.  She was evidently a trained nurse as well, and also a close friend, and unofficial secretary-companion of Gloria Swanson. She married Clyde Drollinger in 1920, but according to the 1930 Census they were divorced by then. *Depending on which source you believe, she was born in Paris (France), Illinois (USA) and Toronto (Canada).  One source mistakingly credits her birthdate as 26 March 1891.

Height: 4'10"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1920 Merely A Maid [?]   1920 Start The Show The girl 1920 Hello Uncle [?] 1920 Little Miss Jazz Little Miss Jazz 1920 A Regular Pal The girl 1921 Rough Seas [unidentified character]   1921 Trolley Troubles The lass Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7C-LBS (1920 Census, line 83) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DD-6MW (1920 marriage) https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoonscreen00foxc#page/307/mode/1up (Who's Who on the Screen, 1920) https://books.google.com/books?id=7S3Jqdz0CbIC&q=laplante#v=snippet&q=laplante&f=false (Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up) https://archive.org/stream/pictureplaymagaz13unse#page/n151/mode/1up/search/%22beatrice+la+plante%22 (Picture-Play Magazine, Oct 1920) Jesse Brisson (research and information) This page was last updated on: 13 June 2019