Mildred Reardon

Mildred Reardon was born on Jun 23, 1900 in USA. Mildred Reardon's big-screen debut came with Upstairs and Down directed by Charles Giblyn in 1919.

Mildred Reardon was born Mildred Louise Riordan on June 23, 1897 in Ottawa, Illinois. She was the middle child of Anna and Thomas Riordan. Her family called her "Lou". Mildred enrolled in art school but dropped out in 1916 when her father died. She needed to work to support her family so she started dancing with The Ziegfeld Follies in Chicago. When the show moved to New York City she went with them. She also modeled for artist Henry Clive who nicknamed her "The Girl With The Brown Eyes". Mildred made headlines when she sued a man for slander after he called her "a little bum". In 1918 she made her film debut in the comedy No Place Like Jail with Stan Laurel. She signed a contract with Sunshine Pictures and appeared in several comedies with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Cecil B. Demille cast Mildred in his 1919 drama Male and Female.