Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November , â€" October , ), known
professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, dancer, and
singer remembered for his roles in such films as Laura (), The Razor's
Edge (), and Sitting Pretty (). Webb was Oscar-nominated for all
three. He was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël
Coward, including Blithe Spirit, as well as appearances on Broadway in
a number of successful musical revues.Webb was born Webb Parmelee
Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the only child of Jacob
Grant Hollenbeck ( â€" May , ), the ticket-clerk son of a grocer from
an Indiana farming family, and his wife, the former Mabel A. Parmelee
(Parmalee or Parmallee; March , â€" October , ), the daughter of
David Parmelee, a railroad conductor. The couple married in Kankakee,
Illinois, on January , , and separated in , shortly after their son's
birth. According to Marion County, Indiana records, the marriage took
place in Indianapolis.In , Webb's mother, now called "Mabelle", moved
to New York City with her beloved "little Webb", as she called him for
the remainder of her life. She dismissed questions about her husband,
Jacob, who like her father, worked for the Indianapolis-St. Louis
Railroad, by saying, "We never speak of him. He didn't care for the
theatre." The couple apparently divorced, since, by , Mabelle was
married to Green B. Raum, Jr. New York City's U.S. census indicates
Mabelle and her son were using the surname Raum and living on West th
Street with Green Berry Raum, Jr., a copper-foundry worker, who gave
his position in the household as Mabel's husband. Raum was the son of
General Green Berry Raum, former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and former U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Webb's father, Jacob,
married his second wife, Ethel Brown, and he died in .
professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, dancer, and
singer remembered for his roles in such films as Laura (), The Razor's
Edge (), and Sitting Pretty (). Webb was Oscar-nominated for all
three. He was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël
Coward, including Blithe Spirit, as well as appearances on Broadway in
a number of successful musical revues.Webb was born Webb Parmelee
Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the only child of Jacob
Grant Hollenbeck ( â€" May , ), the ticket-clerk son of a grocer from
an Indiana farming family, and his wife, the former Mabel A. Parmelee
(Parmalee or Parmallee; March , â€" October , ), the daughter of
David Parmelee, a railroad conductor. The couple married in Kankakee,
Illinois, on January , , and separated in , shortly after their son's
birth. According to Marion County, Indiana records, the marriage took
place in Indianapolis.In , Webb's mother, now called "Mabelle", moved
to New York City with her beloved "little Webb", as she called him for
the remainder of her life. She dismissed questions about her husband,
Jacob, who like her father, worked for the Indianapolis-St. Louis
Railroad, by saying, "We never speak of him. He didn't care for the
theatre." The couple apparently divorced, since, by , Mabelle was
married to Green B. Raum, Jr. New York City's U.S. census indicates
Mabelle and her son were using the surname Raum and living on West th
Street with Green Berry Raum, Jr., a copper-foundry worker, who gave
his position in the household as Mabel's husband. Raum was the son of
General Green Berry Raum, former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and former U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Webb's father, Jacob,
married his second wife, Ethel Brown, and he died in .
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