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Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee (October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975) was an American silent film actress from Los Angeles, California, possibly best known for her role in Mickey (1918). She met Roscoe Arbuckle when he was attempting to get started in theater, and the two married in August 1908. Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of 17. She was the first leading lady of Charlie Chaplin.
Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet Virginia Rappe. There were three trials and finally, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle divorced in 1925. Durfee in her later years said Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man." Durfee was an avid defender of her close friend Mabel Normand throughout Normand's many public scandals.
A regular performer on television, Durfee appeared on such shows as Noah's Ark (1956). She had minor roles in motion pictures including How Green Was My Valley (1941), Naughty Marietta (1935), Rose-Marie (1936), It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), and Savage Intruder (1970).
In later life, Durfee gave lectures on silent film and held retrospectives on her and her former husband's pictures. She was surprised and excited by the renewed interest in silent film.
Durfee died in Woodland Hills, California, at the Motion Picture Country Home in 1975. She suffered from a heart ailment.
Filmography
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Movies 94
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TV Shows 1
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Funny Girl (1968)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Auntie Mame (1958)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Illegal (1955)
Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
Glamour for Sale (1940)
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Mickey (1918)
The Cabaret (1918)
The Other Man (1916)
His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
Bright Lights (1916)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
Saved by Wireless (1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915)
Court House Crooks (1915)
Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915)
A One Night Stand (1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)
Hearts and Planets (1915)
A Bird's a Bird (1915)
He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
Love, Speed and Thrills (1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
An Incompetent Hero (1914)
Lovers' Post Office (1914)
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
Fatty Again (1914)
Fatty's Debut (1914)
Lover's Luck (1914)
The Rounders (1914)
A Brand New Hero (1914)
The Masquerader (1914)
Fatty's Gift (1914)
Those Happy Days (1914)
The Sky Pirate (1914)
Love and Bullets (1914)
The Knockout (1914)
The Alarm (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
The Star Boarder (1914)
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
The Water Dog (1914)
Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
A Misplaced Foot (1914)
His Sister's Kids (1913)
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
A Muddy Romance (1913)
Wine (1913)
Fatty at San Diego (1913)
A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1889-09-30
Deathday1975-09-09 (85 years old)
Birth NameAraminta Estelle Durfee
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
RelationshipsRoscoe Arbuckle (1908 - 1925)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsAraminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee, Araminta Estelle Durfee
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