Barbara LaMarr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful
Silent screen actress Barbara La Marr was a legend in her time, leading an astounding life described by newspapers of the day as "a wilder story than she ever helped to film." Presented by Sherri Snyder, actress, writer, and author of Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood.
Time & Location
Mar 23, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
Los Angeles, 2100 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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About the Event
Silent screen actress Barbara La Marr was a legend in her time, leading an astounding life described by newspapers of the day as "a wilder story than she ever helped to film." Join us for a look at the actress' life and legacy!
Sherri Snyder, actress, writer, and author of Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood, portrays Barbara in a self-authored performance, then presents a slideshow lecture about her, detailing Barbara's oftentimes scandalous life from her humble beginnings to her tragic death at age twenty-nine in 1926. Barbara's banishment from Los Angeles at age seventeen for being "too beautiful"; her notable careers as a dancer, vaudevillian, screenwriter, and an actress; her impact upon cinematic history; and her fierce determination to forge her own destiny amid the constant threat of losing it all to scandal and, ultimately, death are spotlighted.
The program, approximately an hour long, begins at…