Natalie Moorhead (born Nathalian Morehead, July 27, 1901 – October 6, 1992) was an American film and stage actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She was known for distinctive platinum blond hair.
Early years
Moorehead grew up in Pittsburgh.
Career
She began her theatre career on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre playing a bridesmaid in the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose which broke a record for run of the play, finally closing at the Theatre Republic on October 1, 1927. She then played Sadie in A Lady in Love (1927) at the Lyceum Theatre. She played Lydia Webster in George M. Cohan's 1927 farce Baby Cyclone at Henry Miller's Theatre.
Personal life
On December 21, 1930, Moorhead married director Alan Crosland in Yosemite National Park. She sued him for divorce on July 2, 1935. On March 28, 1942, in Maricopa, Arizona, she married millionaire Robert J. Dunham, the sixty-six year-old president of the Chicago Park District. He died in 1948. Moorhead's fourth husband was Juan Garchitorena, an actor (under the stage name Juan Torena) and former soccer player. They wed on July 27, 1957, in Beverly Hills.
Selected filmography
Thru Different Eyes (1929) - Frances Thornton
The Unholy Night (1929) - Lady Violet Montague
The Girl from Havana (1929) - Lona Martin
The Furies (1930) - Caroline Leigh
The Benson Murder Case (1930) - Fanny Del Roy
Spring Is Here (1930) - Rita Conway
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) - Blonde Actress with Frank Buelow at Premiere (uncredited) The Runaway Bride (1930) - Clara Muldoon Shadow of the Law (1930) - Ethel Barry aka Ethel George Hot Curves (1930) - Maizie Manslaughter (1930) - Eleanor Bellington Ladies Must Play (1930) - Connie The Office Wife (1930) - Linda Fellowes Divorce Among Friends (1930) - Joan Whitley Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) - Duchess Bessie Von Essie Captain Thunder (1930) - Bonita Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) - Della Illicit (1931) - Margie True Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) - Leila Crofton Women Men Marry (1931) - Dolly Moulton My Past (1931) - Consuelo 'Connie' Byrne The Phantom of Paris (1931) - Vera Morals for Women (1931) - Flora The Deceiver (1931) - Mrs. Lawton Maker of Men (1931) - Mrs. Rhodes Discarded Lovers (1932) - Irma Gladden Three Wise Girls (1932) - Ruth Dexter The Menace (1932) - Caroline Quayle Cross-Examination (1932) - Inez Wells Love Bound (1932) - Verna Wilson, alias Vera Wendall The Stoker (1932) - Vera Martin The King Murder (1932) - Elizabeth Hawthorn The Fighting Gentleman (1932) - Violet Reed Forgotten (1933) - Myrtle Strauss The Mind Reader (1933) - Mrs. Austin Private Detective 62 (1933) - Helen Burns Corruption (1933) - Sylvia Gorman Dance Hall Hostess (1933) - Clare The Big Chance (1933) - Babe Curtain at Eight (1933) - Alma Jenkins Thornton Gigolettes of Paris (1933) - Diane Valraine Secret Sinners (1933) - Mrs. Gilbert Only Yesterday (1933) - Lucy (uncredited) Long Lost Father (1934) - Phyllis Mersey-Royds Dancing Man (1934) - Tamara Trevor The Thin Man (1934) - Julia Wolf Fifteen Wives (1934) - Carol Manning The Curtain Falls (1934) - Katherine Scorsby Champagne for Breakfast (1935) - Mrs. Morton Two in a Crowd (1936) - Mrs. Anthony (uncredited) 15 Maiden Lane (1936) - Nellie - Society Crook (uncredited) What Becomes of the Children? (1936) - Edith Worthington King of Gamblers (1937) - Woman at Table (uncredited) The Adventurous Blonde (1937) - Theresa Gray Heart of Arizona (1938) - Belle Starr The Beloved Brat (1938) - Evelyn Morgan Letter of Introduction (1938) - Maud Raleigh - Park Plaza Gossip (uncredited) When Tomorrow Comes (1939) - Woman (uncredited) Lady of the Tropics (1939) - Mrs. Hazlitt The Women (1939) - Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited) I Take This Woman (1940) - May - Saleslady (uncredited) Flight Angels (1940) - Miss Mason All This, and Heaven Too (1940) - Lady at the Theatre (uncredited) I Want a Divorce (1940) - Mrs. Tyrell (uncredited) Margie (1940) - Mrs. Dixon (final film role)