Lois Neilson
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Lois Neilson was an American silent movie actress who became actor and comedian Stan Laurel's
first wife.
She was born in Tulare, California
. She and Laurel both appeared in Do You Love Your Wife?
in 1919.
Neilson and Laurel began sharing her apartment in 1925, and married on August 13, 1926.
Their daughter, also named Lois, was born in 1927. Their son, also named Stanley, was born two months premature in 1930, and lived for nine days. Neilson and Laurel separated that same year, and were divorced in December 1934.
She died in Los Angeles at the age of 94.
Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
first wife.
She was born in Tulare, California
Tulare, California
Tulare is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 59,278 at the 2010 census.Just eight miles south of Visalia, it is part of the Census Bureau's designation of the Visalia Metropolitan Area. The city is named for the currently dry Tulare Lake, once the largest...
. She and Laurel both appeared in Do You Love Your Wife?
Do You Love Your Wife?
-Cast:* Stan Laurel - The janitor* Bunny Bixby* Mary Burns* Mildred Forbes* William Gillespie* Bud Jamison* Gus Leonard* Belle Mitchell* Marie Mosquini* Lois Neilson* James Parrott* William Petterson* Charles Stevenson* Dorothea Wolbert* Noah Young...
in 1919.
Neilson and Laurel began sharing her apartment in 1925, and married on August 13, 1926.
Their daughter, also named Lois, was born in 1927. Their son, also named Stanley, was born two months premature in 1930, and lived for nine days. Neilson and Laurel separated that same year, and were divorced in December 1934.
She died in Los Angeles at the age of 94.