Biography

Corra Beach(1880-1963)

Actress
Writer

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Corra Beach was born on 19 December 1880 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for What Becomes of the Children? (1918), Poochy (1935) and La danse de la vie (1929). She was married to Walter Shumway. She died on 5 October 1963 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

What Becomes of the Children? (1918)

What Becomes of the Children?

Mrs. Trayne

1918

Jimmy Durante, Sally Eilers, and Lee Tracy in Poochy (1935)

6.3

Woman(as Cora Beach Shumway uncredited)

1935

Nancy Carroll, Magda Blom, Theresa Allen, Gordona Bennet, Kay Deslys, Gladys DuBois, Marjorie Kane, Miss La Reno, Thelma McNeil, Charlotte Ogden, Cora Beach Shumway, and Hal Skelly in La danse de la vie (1929)

La danse de la vie

6.7

Amazon Chorus Girl(as Cora Beach Shumway)

1929

Alison Skipworth in Madame Racketeer (1932)

Madame Racketeer

6.6

Matron(as Cora Shumway uncredited)

1932

Credits

Actress

Poochy
6.3
- Woman (as Cora Beach Shumway uncredited)
- 1935
Madame Racketeer
6.6
- Matron (as Cora Shumway uncredited)
- 1932
La danse de la vie
6.7
- Amazon Chorus Girl (as Cora Beach Shumway)
- 1929
What Becomes of the Children?
- Mrs. Trayne
- 1918

Writer

What Becomes of the Children?
5.0
- novel and adaptation
- 1936
What Becomes of the Children?
- Writer
- 1918

Personal details

Alternative names
- Cora Beach Shumway
Born
- December 19, 1880
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
Died
- October 5, 1963
- North Hollywood, California, USA
Spouse
- Walter Shumway
Other works
Novel: "What Becomes of the Children?". NOTE: Filmed as What Becomes of the Children? (1936).

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