Jacqueline Medura Logan (November , â€" April , ) was an American
actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of .Logan
was born in Corsicana, Texas, on November , . Some sources give her
birthdate as November , , or November , . Her father, Charles A.
Logan, was an architect and her mother, Marian Logan, was briefly an
opera singer and later gave vocal lessons. Her childhood was spent in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska where she briefly worked as a journalist for the
Scottsbluff Republican.Logan traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado,
for her health[citation needed] and acted in stock theater there.
While there she took a course in journalism from Ford Frick, who later
became commissioner of Major League Baseball. Setting out to Chicago,
Logan found employment dancing in a stage production of a theater. Her
family believed she intended to visit an uncle in the windy city and
also attend college. To get the job she lied about her age, and when
her uncle found out, he was irate. She was let go from the stage job
as a result.[citation needed]She left Chicago and set out for New York
City. Again Logan was untruthful regarding her intentions. With her on
her trip to New York was a theatrical troupe. She secured a small role
in Florodora, a musical on Broadway in . At this time, Flo Ziegfeld
noticed her and hired her for a job dancing on his Ziegfeld Roof. She
replaced Billie Donovan who was leaving to act in films in Hollywood.
Together with the Ziegfeld venture, Logan modeled as a Dobbs Girl in
Alfred Cheney Johnston photographs. She also had a part in a Johnny
Hines' comedy short.[citation needed] Her other Broadway credits
included Two Strange Women () and Merrily We Roll Along ().
actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of .Logan
was born in Corsicana, Texas, on November , . Some sources give her
birthdate as November , , or November , . Her father, Charles A.
Logan, was an architect and her mother, Marian Logan, was briefly an
opera singer and later gave vocal lessons. Her childhood was spent in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska where she briefly worked as a journalist for the
Scottsbluff Republican.Logan traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado,
for her health[citation needed] and acted in stock theater there.
While there she took a course in journalism from Ford Frick, who later
became commissioner of Major League Baseball. Setting out to Chicago,
Logan found employment dancing in a stage production of a theater. Her
family believed she intended to visit an uncle in the windy city and
also attend college. To get the job she lied about her age, and when
her uncle found out, he was irate. She was let go from the stage job
as a result.[citation needed]She left Chicago and set out for New York
City. Again Logan was untruthful regarding her intentions. With her on
her trip to New York was a theatrical troupe. She secured a small role
in Florodora, a musical on Broadway in . At this time, Flo Ziegfeld
noticed her and hired her for a job dancing on his Ziegfeld Roof. She
replaced Billie Donovan who was leaving to act in films in Hollywood.
Together with the Ziegfeld venture, Logan modeled as a Dobbs Girl in
Alfred Cheney Johnston photographs. She also had a part in a Johnny
Hines' comedy short.[citation needed] Her other Broadway credits
included Two Strange Women () and Merrily We Roll Along ().
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