The Resume

(April 1, 1897-February 17, 1961)
Born in New York City, New York
Birth name is Anita Donna Dooley
Acted in 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920),' 'Blood and Sand (1922),' 'The Ten Commandments (1923),' 'Cobra (1925),' 'The Mountain Eagle (1926)' and 'Pratermizzi (1927)'

Why she might be annoying:

Like nearly every other sultry actress of the 1920's, she was nicknamed 'The Female Valentino.'
Her over-the-top acting can seem ludicrous to modern audiences.
She changed her Irish surname because she felt it was not 'exotic' enough.
Her press agent claimed she was related to Beatrice from Dante's Divine Comedy.
She embarrassed her friends by swearing and telling off color stories in public.
She said, 'Be nice to a man, and he's as good as gone.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She was discovered by John Barrymore when still a showgirl.
She was disliked by many female moviegoers because she often played husband stealers.
In real life she was down to earth and humorous, the opposite of her vamp persona.
She was an avid reader.
In her later years, she lived on charity from the Actors Fund.
She died alone in a hotel, with no known relatives.

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Born on April Fool's Day [April 1st] (Ranked: 1897)
• Cecil B. Demille Films
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4011897)
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 2]
• Green Eyes
• I Died in 1961 (Ranked: 63)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I was a Ziegfeld Girl
• I’m Buried at Calvary Cemetery [Queens, New York]
• Look at My Bling Bling
• Lovely Lassies
• Profiles 19751-20000 (Ranked: 19942)
• Rudolph Valentino's Leading Ladies

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 5.26% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 130 Votes: 56.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 69 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 78 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 51.19% Annoying