Ena Gregory
Date of birth: 1906-04-18
Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Marian Douglas, Ena Jessie Gregory
Biography
Ena Gregory (1906–1993) was an Australian motion picture actress. In Australia, Gregory was known as the child wonder of the vaudeville stage. Her first screen experience came at the age of four when she was shown in her mother's arms in a crowd which was welcoming British dignitaries. She was first signed in Hollywood for ingenue roles by Universal Pictures in 1921. She also worked for Hal Roach Studios and First National Pictures. In all she spent five years in comic roles before going into dramatic work. By 1924 she was the leading lady of the Independent Pictures Corporation. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1925. Gregory's film career started with comedy shorts like The Bull Thrower, Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws, and The Whizbang. After completing The Calgary Stampede and The Chip of the Flying U, she was promoted to leading lady for Jack Hoxie for two movies. When Gregory failed to achieve stardom, she consulted a Hollywood seer. He suggested a new name which combined the syllables of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. It was Marian Douglas. Her first film using the new name was The Shepherd of the Hills. She took steps to become an American citizen beginning in October 1927. Gregory continued to make movies as Marion Douglas until 1931. Her final films are Twisted Tales, Three Wise Clucks, Aloha, and Beach Pajamas. Gregory divorced film director Alfred Rogell in August 1934. Gregory married Dr. Frank Nolan on 5 November 1937. The couple separated in May 1938 and Gregory obtained a divorce decree in July 1939. Ena Gregory died in Laguna Beach, California in 1993, aged 87.
Movie Credits
Folly of Vanity
1924-12-21
This drama had two directors: Maurice Elvey handled most of the film, but the fantasy sequence was d
Red Hot Leather
1926-10-17
Jack Lane is returning from the East after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a loan to pay off the m
Rough and Ready
1927-01-09
Ned Raleigh, a cowboy on the Stone Ranch, is laughed at by his pal Rawhide Barton for emulating his
The Desert Flower
1925-06-21
A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke her n
Jeffries, Jr.
1924-02-02
A man contacts a boxer in order to get in shape.
Accidental Accidents
1924-11-09
Jimmy Jump gets rather wet.
The Western Rover
1927-06-05
Returning to the family ranch after a spell as a circus performer, Art Hayes finds that a crooked ra
Sioux Blood
1929-04-20
One of John Waters' two Tim McCoy westerns made with MGM in the last years of the silent era. A prin
The Calgary Stampede
1925-11-01
Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Cal
Beach Pajamas
1931-09-21
Beach Pajamas is a 1931 Comedy short
Pay or Move
1924-03-17
Monty is trying to collect rent from a couple of tough deadbeats who have made a sport of beating re
Riders of the Kitchen Range
1925-06-06
An odd little one reel comedy starring Earl Mohan and Billy Engle, from the Hal Roach Studio. Direct
Mother's Joy
1923-12-23
Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Short Kilts
1924-08-03
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, bu
The Wagon Show
1928-02-19
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous com
The Upland Rider
1928-06-03
The honest John Graham and the crooked Ross Cheswick battle for supremacy. Despite Cheswick's unscru
Oils Well!
1923-02-13
Set in the oil-soaked country of “Chilitina”—shot on location in San Diego’s Balboa Park—Oils Well!
Smithy
1924-01-19
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employme
Men of Daring
1927-06-04
The story is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota circa 1876. While making their way through the B
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924-03-16
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924-06-07
Seeing Nellie Home
1924-07-26
The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924-07-19
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure t
Aloha
1931-04-26
In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander,
Near Dublin
1924-05-10
Sir Patrick attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy Stan Laurel tries to help out
Uncensored Movies
1923-12-09
A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the result
The Power of Silence
1928-10-20
Would An Innocent Woman Keep Silent? Would the fear of a murderer's death shake her from the Sphinx-
Love's Handicap
1923-05-18
Horse racing hijinks in the Old South with Monty Banks.
Paging Love
1923-07-26
Monty appears as a chap whose prospective father-in-law, to find out the stuff of which he is made,
Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws
1920-06-14
Home Cooking
1924-07-15
A new bridegroom discovers his wife's astounding ability to create culinary disasters.
Wedding Bells
1924-03-16
Monty Banks plays a groom who is about to get married. In fact, he has the marriage license just abo
Sporting Life
1925-11-29
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter
The Golf Bug
1924-07-08
Golf with Monty Banks and pals.
Cold Nerve
1925-06-08
Not only is Cody cheated out of his valuable property, he also faces trial on a charge of robbery an
The Better Man
1926-06-06
Lord Hugh Wainwright is a Britisher who, on his way to his California ranch, rescues pretty American
The Man from Broadway
1924-10-01
Tiring of Broadway, James Sanford "Jim" Richardson moves to Arizona, where he finds trouble of anoth
Up in Mary's Attic
1920-07-01
Mary has married Jack Langdon , the physical instructor of the young ladies' seminary where she is b
The Smile Wins
1923-04-08
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.
The Jazz Singer
1927-10-06
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects
Blazing Days
1927-03-27
While he goes to his lender to repay his debts, Sam Perry is robbed. He decides to hunt down the ban
The Soilers
1923-11-24
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, lea
Wide Open Spaces
1924-07-06
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Brothers Under the Chin
1924-04-13
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted an
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928-01-01
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Oz
Postage Due
1924-02-17
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery
Short Skirts
1921-06-29
Natalie, whose mother is engaged to Wallace Brewster, the reform candidate for mayor, is seventeen y
The Bushranger
1928-11-17
An Australian Bandit Story
The Law Rustlers
1923-03-30
Phil Stanley (William Fairbanks) and Harry Hartley (Edmond Cobb) are traveling toward Alaska when th