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Nov-1859)<br><b>Father:</b> John H. Edwards (stepfather, b. Mar-1858)<br><b>Brother:</b> Edwin Oettinger (b. May-1886, d. Oct-1962)<br><b>Brother:</b> Fred Oettinger (b. 20-May-1887, d. 7-Jul-1888)<br><b>Sister:</b> Rae Oettinger (b. 26-Aug-1889, d. 1-Dec-1889)<br><b>Husband:</b> John Dement Parsons (m. 31-Oct-1905, div. 29-Sep-1911)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Harriet (b. 23-Aug-1906, d. 2-Jan-1983)<br><b>Husband:</b> John McCaffrey, Jr. (m. 9-Jan-1915, div.)<br><b>Husband:</b> Henry W. Martin (m. 4-Jan-1930, d. 24-Jun-1951 leukemia)<br><p> High School: Dixon High School, Dixon, IL (1901)<br> University: Dixon Normal School and Business College, Dixon, IL (1903)<br><p> <u>Los Angeles Examiner</u> <br> <u>New York American</u> <br> <a href="/media/154/000162665/">The New York Morning Telegraph</a> <br> <u>Chicago Record-Herald</u> <br> <u>Hollywood Women's Press Club</u> <br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6418 Hollywood Boulevard (motion pictures)<br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6300 Hollywood Boulevard (radio)<br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/264/000058090/">Campbell Soup</a> <br> <a href="/event/930/000084678/">Converted to Catholicism</a> (c. 1926)<br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/936/000043807/">Irish Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/352/000211716/">Tuberculosis</a>, <a href="/lists/089/000347045/">Tonsillitis</a>, <a href="/lists/666/000362577/">Hernia</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/298/000086040/">Starlift (14-Dec-1951)</a> · Herself<br> <a href="/films/961/000079724/">Without Reservations (13-May-1946)</a> · Herself<br> <a href="/films/640/000173121/">Hollywood Hotel (20-Dec-1937)</a> · Herself<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=162667"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=162667">Louella Parsons</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=162667" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>