Lorena Carr

Biography

Lorena Carr was born Laura Emma Clark on September 20, 1911 in Ann Arbour, Michigan. She grew up in Missoula, Montana where her father was a Professor at the State University. Lorena attended Missoula High School and took dancing lessons at Bishop's School of Dancing. In 1927 she moved to Hollywood with her mother and brother. She worked as a dancer and was offered a contract at Hal Roach's studios. Lorena married film director Robert Farfan on May 25, 1929. Tragedy struck a few months later when her fifteen year old brother, Fay Clark, committed suicide. Lorena had bits parts in Paramount On Parade and Dancing Lady. She was voted "the most beautiful and shapely blond" on the Paramout lot. Lorena said "I am perfectly contented. I make a good living, much better than I would have done at an average job". Although she appeared in more than a dozen film Lorena never became a major star. In 1934 she starred on stage in George White's Scandals. A few years later she retired from acting. Lorena divorced her husband and opened a whole sale dress selling business in New York City. Eventually she returned to California and married again. She died on August 26, 1964 at the age of fifty-two. Lorena was buried at Hollywood Forver Cemetery in Los Angeles. The name on her grave is Lorena C. Rose.