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Molly ODay, For other people named Molly ODay, see Molly ODay (singer).Molly ODay (October 16, 1911 – October 22, 1998) was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally ONeil.Born as Suzanne Dobson Noonan in Bayonne, New Jersey, her first appearance was in the Laurel and Hardy short 45 Minutes from Hollywood in 1926. She also appeared in Hal Roachs Our Gang series, and like her sister became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928. After appearing in a few dozen films in the 1930s she retired.Only 16, she defeated 2,000 contenders in an audition for the tough girl heroine in the 1927 prizefighter movie The Patent Leather Kid. That role led to major roles in The Lovelorn, Hard-Boiled Haggerty, Shepherd of the Hills, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Show of Shows, Sisters, Hired Wife, Gigolettes of Paris, Skull and Crown and other features.Born Suzanne Noonan, ODay was the youngest of 11 children of Metropolitan Opera singer Hannah Kelly and Bayonne, N.J., Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan. After their fathers death, ODay and her two sisters moved to Hollywood. One of the sisters became an equally successful actress, Sally ONeil, who died in 1968.[edit] DeathShe died in Avila Beach, California, aged 87.[edit] External linksMolly ODay at the Internet Movie Databasehttp://www.fanpix.net/gallery/molly-o-day-pictures.htmhttp://hwof.com/star/motion-pictures/molly-o-day/1593http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/21/news/mn-34777PersondataNameODay, MollyAlternative namesShort descriptionAmerican Film actress.Date of birthOctober 16, 1911Place of birthBayonne, New Jersey, U.S.Date of deathOctober 22, 1998Place of deathAvila Beach, California, U.S.This article about a United States film actor or actress born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · eRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_O%27DayCategories: 1911 births | 1998 deaths | Actors from New Jersey | American film actors | American silent film actors | American people of Irish descent | People from Bayonne, New Jersey | American film actor, 1910s birth stubsHidden categories: Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesDeutschEspañol This page was last modified on 13 August 2010 at 22:50.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();