Majel Coleman

From Wikipedia Majel Coleman February 22 1903 July 27 1980 was a movie actress and model from Mason Ohio Most of her 11 film credits are silent movie features Majel who was a beauty contest winner in her hometown went to Hollywood in 1921 after high school Coleman wanted to work for Cecil B Demille in particular When she could not find a way to get his attention she lost interest in working for other movie studios Then a chance happening changed Colemans future Demille noticed Coleman when a small stray dog followed her home and became intimidated by her police dog The little dog jumped off her porch and broke its leg on the cement below It continued on across the street with Coleman pursuing A car driven by the film producer almost ran over the red haired beauty Together Demille and Coleman took the puppy to the hospital Demille then signed Coleman to a movie contract in March 1925 He made tests and arranged for her to act in small parts in his next films Colemans hands became an ideal of perfection beginning with film screen tests which revealed their beauty and she was often a hand double in movies She was listed among the 14 most beautiful women in the world in 1926 along with Sally Rand Etta Lee Eugenia Gilbert Jocelyn Lee Sally Long Clara Morris Olive Borden Christina Montt Adalyn Mayer Thais Valdemar Yola DAvril and Dorothy Seastrom Her early motion picture efforts include roles in Bluebeards Eighth Wife 1923 and several Harry Carey westerns Soft Shoes 1925 and West of Broadway 1926 In Corporal Kate 1926 Coleman stars with Vera Reynolds and Julia Faye In 1927 Coleman played Procula the wife of Pontius Pilate in Demilles production of King of Kings Her last films include roles in The Girl In The Glass Cage 1929 and Romance of the Rio Grande 1929 Majel Coleman was married to Academy Awardwinning feature film and television set decorator Victor Gangelin 18991967 and they lived in Los Angeles Majel Coleman died at age 77 in 1980 in Paramount California