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DavidESpeed: ←Created page with '{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Florence Ravenel | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|3|18}} | birth_place = Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1975|12|18|1896|3|18}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | resting_place = | education = Hunter College, Neighborh...'


{{Short description|American actress}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Florence Ravenel
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|3|18}}
| birth_place = [[Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|12|18|1896|3|18}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place =
| education = [[Hunter College]], [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]]
| othername = Florence Ray, Florence Ravanel, Florence Ravenal
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1923–1966
}}

'''Florence Ravenel''' (March 18, 1896 – December 18, 1975)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1...enel+12/18/75"&dq="Florence+Ravenel+12/18/75" "Deaths"]. ''Screen Actor''. April 1976. p.&nbsp;35.</ref><ref name="UDSSEP">Doyle, Billy H. (1999). ''[https://archive.org/details/ultimatedirector0000doyl_v2v0/page/452/mode/2up?q="Ravenel+Florence" The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses]''. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. p.&nbsp;453. {{ISBN|0-8108-3547-9}}.</ref> also known as '''Florence Ray''',<ref>Sies, Leora M.; Sies, Luther F. (2003). ''[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000sies/page/236/mode/2up?q="Florence+Ravenel" The Encyclopedia of Women in Radio, 1920-1960]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p.&nbsp;236. {{ISBN|0-7864-1476-6}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Chi Air Notes|author=Green, Nat|date=August 24, 1935|work=The Billboard|page=9|quote=Florence Ravenel, known as Florence Ray on WLS, has given up her job there as continuity writer and announcer on women's programs. . . . Future undecided. . . .|id={{ProQuest|1032073529}}}}</ref> was an American stage, radio and film actress, perhaps best known for her work on the radio series ''[[The Court of Missing Heirs]]'',<ref name="NMreCOMH">Modell, Norman (February 8, 1941). [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-02-08.pdf#page=7 "Radio Talent: Chicago"]. ''The Billboard''. p.&nbsp;7.</ref> and on the TV sitcom ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)|The Farmer's Daughter]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/146412784/ "Television Highlights"]. ''The Edmonton Journal''. May 22, 1964. p.&nbsp;50.</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Michigan]],<ref name="UDSSEP"/> but raised primarily in [[Brooklyn, New York]],<ref name="FR: YA4TC">[https://www.mediafire.com/view/tb5fyhbq3drrgyr/ "Florence Ravanel: A Youthful Aspirant for a Theatrical Career Who Sensed the Importance of Dramatic Stock Training"]. ''The Billboard''. December 20, 1924. p.&nbsp;26.</ref> Ravenel attended [[Hunter College]] and the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/334254666/?clipping_id=146338455 "Rialto Players to Offer Mystery Play; Florence Ravenel"]. ''The Journal Times''. September 29, 1928. p.&nbsp;8.</ref>

===Stage===
Ravenel made her professional dramatic debut—billed as Florence ''Ravanel''—in the fall of 1923 with the William Augustin Players in [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]].<ref name="FR: YA4TC"/> Of her performance in [[Avery Hopwood]]'s ''[[Fair and Warmer]]'', ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reported, "Florence Ravanel made a hit as Laura Bartlett".<ref>{{Cite news|title=DRAMATIC STOCK: WILLIAM AUGUSTIN PLAYERS|author=|date=November 24, 1923|work=The Billboard|page=26|quote=Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 8.—The presentation of 'Fair and Warmer' met with the hearty approval of the packed houses that attended it. Last week Mr. Augustin and Ruth Floyd, in the roles of Billy and Bunny, went right to the heart of their audiences. Florence Ravanel made a hit as Laura Bartlett, J. Gordon Kelley was very amusing as Harrigan, the mover, and things were helped along in fine style by Maude Williams, David Walters, Benton C. Ressler and Stanley Peyton.|id={{ProQuest|1505519345}}}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, Ravenel found more lucrative employment with the Al Luttringer Players. Towards the end of a three-week engagement with that troupe at the Music Hall Theatre in Akron, Ohio (featuring ''[[The Cat and the Canary (play)|The Cat and the Canary]]'', ''[[Getting Gertie's Garter (play)|Getting Gertie's Garter]]'', [[Guy Bolton]]'s ''Polly, Preferred'', and ''My Irish Cinderella''<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/146481361/ "New Stock Company Pleases With First Show at Music Hall; Players Have Plenty of Ability and Personality in Season's Initial Offering"]. ''The Akron Beacon Journal''. September 9, 1924. p.&nbsp;15.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/146598106/ "Music Hall Crowds Like Mystery Play"]. ''The Akron Beacon Journal''. September 19, 1924. p.&nbsp;22.</ref><ref>Sands, W. F. (September 30, 1924). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/146592427/ "Large Crowd Pleased by Irish Comedy Drama at Music Hall"]. ''The Beacon Journal''. p.&nbsp;15.</ref>), ''The Beacon Journal'' singled out Ravenel's contribution, noting that the actress had tackled "hard roles and won praise from her audience."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/228403937/?clipping_id=146454250 "Plays Hard Roles in Plays at Music Hall"]. ''The Akron Beacon Journal''. September 27, 1924. p.&nbsp;2.</ref>

Between 1925 and 1927, Ravenel appeared in stock company revivals of ''[[Lightnin' (play)|Lightnin']]'' (portraying Mildred Buckley, "and doing it with a certain charm"),<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/146429403/ "Stock Actors Are Pleasing in 'Lightnin'"]. ''The Ithaca Journal''. November 3, 1925. p.&nbsp;9.</ref> ''[[Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film)|Parlor, Bedroom and Bath]]'' as Angelica Irving<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/146430206/ "Comedy Drives Away Worries at the Lyceum"]. ''The Ithaca Journal''. November 6, 1925. p.&nbsp;5.</ref> (a role previously played onscreen by [[Kathleen Kirkham]],<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world/146431611/ "'Parlor, Bedroom and Bath' Offers Sheer Nonsense, Sheer Joy and Sheer Pajamas"]. ''Tulsa World''. August 6, 1920. p.&nbsp;7.</ref> and subsequently by [[Dorothy Christy]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/hawaii-tribune-herald/146431162/ "Empire"]. Hawaii Tribune-Herald. January 18, 1932. p.&nbsp;2.</ref>) and, as Madeleine, in the [[Jules Eckert Goodman|Goodman]]-[[Edward Knoblock|Knoblock]] adaptation of [[Robert Keable]]'s ''[[Simon Called Peter]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/558692056/?clipping_id=146603839 "Plays in Brooklyn: The Fulton"]. ''Brooklyn Times Union''. January 11, 1927. p.&nbsp;14.</ref> Also in 1927, she appeared "to splendid advantage" alongside Jack Davis and [[William Rath]] as Keala Leilani in the premiere of ''Tropical Love'', a [[South Seas]]-set melodrama staged at the Majestic Theatre in [[Waukegan, Illinois]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/699616154/?clipping_id=146338239 "'Tropical Love' Is Well Received Here"]. ''Waukegan News-Sun''. October 24 , 1927. p.&nbsp;4.</ref> At that same venue the following month, Ravenel was the main attraction in Anita Loos' ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (play)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'', "giv[ing] an absorbing performance of the part—i.e. [[Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(novel)#Major_characters|Lorelei Lee]]—which was played by [[June Walker]] in New York"<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun/146453723/ "Amusements: At The Majestic"]. November 16, 1927. p.&nbsp;4.</ref>

As of February 1928, Ravenel appears to have taken up residence in [[Chicago, Illinois]], where her membership in that city's Associate Players was advertised in the ''[[Southtown Economist]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/suburbanite-economist/146435336/ "Open All Year: National Theatre"]. ''The Southtown Economist''. February 28, 1928. p.&nbsp;5.</ref> In March, the company's production of [[Avery Hopwood]]'s ''The Alarm Clock'' featured Ravenel as Mrs. Dunsmore.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/suburbanite-economist/146428338/ "News of the Theaters in Southtown: 'The Alarm Clock'"]. ''The Southtown Economist''. March 27, 1928. p.&nbsp;8.</ref> That summer, Ravenel toured with [[Jeanne Eagels]]' company in a [[vaudeville]] recreation of scenes from Eagels' recent vehicle, ''[[The Cardboard Lover]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/458157597/?clipping_id=146433345 "Miss Eagels at Orpheum Today"]. ''The San Francisco Examiner''. August 11, 1928. p.&nbsp;13.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1928-09-22_40_38/page/32/mode/2up?q="Florence+Ravenel" "Stock Notes"]. ''The Billboard''. September 22, 1928. p.&nbsp;33.</ref> The following year, she gave a well-received performance as Arlette in a revival of ''[[Seventh Heaven (play)|Seventh Heaven]]'' staged by the Guy and Eloda Beach stock company in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune/146416422/ "'Seventh Heaven' Proves Unusually Fine Production"]. ''The La Crosse Tribune''. January 21, 1929. p.&nbsp;5.</ref>

===Radio===
In 1933, Ravenel was promoted from the ranks of [[KYW ("*****")|KYW]] staffers to host the station's daily noontime dance program featuring Rex Maupin's orchestra.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Behind the Microphone|author=|date=April 1, 1933|work=Broadcasting|page=2|quote=FLORENCE RAVENAL, one of the general staff of KYU, has been drafted to handle the noontime dance programs by Rex Maupin's orchestra over that station.|id={{ProQuest|1505558104}}}}</ref> Beginning in the fall of 1937, Ravenel was heard, alongside [[Jack Brinkley]], [[Elizabeth Reller]], [[Dorothy Day]], [[Henry Saxe]], [[John Goldsworthy]], [[Robert Middleton|Bob Middleton]], and others in ''[[The Court of Missing Heirs]]''.<ref name="NMreCOMH"/><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/369958224/?clipping_id=146402185 "Are You a Missing Heir? This Program May Interest You"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. October 10, 1937 pt.&nbsp;3, p.&nbsp;8.</ref> She was also featured as Mrs. Sniffer on ''[[Arnold Grimm's Daughter]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/334591860/?clipping_id=146456582 "Questions and Answers"]. ''Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star''. May 22, 1938. p.&nbsp;12-D.</ref> On January 30, 1943, Ravenel was one of the few non-singing performers heard in ''[[Chicago Theater of the Air]]'''s production of [[Victor Herbert]]'s ''[[Sweethearts (musical)|Sweethearts]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/372832736/?clipping_id=146402982 "Theater of Air Will Present 'Sweethearts'"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. January</ref> In 1948, Ravenel, [[Parley Baer]], [[Jerry Farber]] and announcer [[Patrick McGeehan]] were among those featured on the Catholic program, ''The Hour of St. Francis''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/695495255/?clipping_id=84844532 "Hour of St. Francis: Drama of World's Richest Poor Man on 160 Stations; Third Order Station"]. ''The Tidings''. December 3, 1948. p.&nbsp;22.</ref> Beginning in 1951, she co-starred with [[Lamont Johnson]], [[Raymond Burr]] and Ruth Swanson in ''The Pendleton Story'', produced by the [[Armed Forces Radio Service]], described as the service's "first family series for overseas release."<ref>Palmer, Zuma (April 27, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/146399585/ "Radio-Television: Eisenhower Favored by Correspondent for the Presidency"]. ''Hollywood Citizen-News''. p.&nbsp;22.</ref>

Between 1950 and 1952, Ravenel also appeared in at least two episodes each of ''[[Dr. Christian]]'' and ''[[NBC Theater]]'',<ref name="ZPreHG">Palmer, Zuma (August 26, 1950). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/146455999/ "Radio-Television: Defense Secretary Gives an Accounting"]. p.&nbsp;18.</ref><ref>Palmer, Zuma (January 24, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/146457864/ "Radio-Television: Important Client for New TV Firm"]. ''Hollywood Citizen-News''. p.&nbsp;26.</ref><ref>Sellers, Barbara (July 11, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/683944824/?clipping_id=146456134 "Radio-Television: A Study of TV's Impact on People"]. ''Hollywood Citizen-News''. p.&nbsp;22.</ref><ref>Palmer, Zuma (October 8, 1952). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/146454125/ "Radio-Television: New NBC Studios Get Good Send-Off"]. ''Hollywood Citizen-News''. p.&nbsp;10.</ref> most notably in the latter's production of [[Ibsen]]'s ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', starring [[Virginia Christine]] and featuring Ravenel as [[Hedda_Gabler#Characters|Aunt Julie]].<ref name="ZPreHG"/>

===Film and television===
In the fall of 1951, Ravenel joined 12 fellow former radio actors in the cast of [[Arch Oboler]]'s ''[[The Twonky]]''.<ref>Walters, Tommie (December 14, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist/146404937/ "In Tune With the Times"]. ''Victoria Daily Times''. p.&nbsp;27.</ref>

Making a brief return to the stage in 1956, Ravenel appeared with [[Naomi Stevens]] and many others in what ''The Hollywood Reporter's'' Marvin Smith judged a much-improved revival of [[Sumner Locke Elliott]]'s unsuccessful [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] comedy, ''[[Buy Me Blue Ribbons]]'', providing an ideal showcase for the show's star, a young [[Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929)|Paul Smith]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Play Review: 'Buy Me Blue Ribbons'|author=Fisher, Marvin|date=February 2, 1956|work=The Hollywood Reporter|quote=Producer Murry [sic] Weintraub and his group of professional actors and actresses have taken a Broadway flop, 'Buy Me Blue Ribbons,' by Sumner Locke Elliott and have turned it into an amusing and diverting three acts that should cause much comment. Of course, it is broad, doesn't make much sense, is unreal and is a slight slap at Hollywood, but when you leave you'll know you have been entertained. A big, big reason for sustaining interest in this story of a child star who has grown up to find himself a has-been at the age of 20, lies in the masterful comedy performance of Paul Smith. [...] Other effective roles are by Pat Harding, Parker Garvie, Florence Ravenel and Naomi Stevens.|id={{ProQuest|2338330469}}}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Love Is Better Than Ever]]''
| Mother
| uncredited
|-
| 1953
| ''[[By the Light of the Silvery Moon (film)|By the Light of the Silvery Moon]]''
| Gossip
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[The Twonky]]''
| Nurse
| uncredited
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Violent Saturday]]''
| Miss Shirley
| uncredited
|-
| 1955
| ''[[I'll Cry Tomorrow]]''
| Stage Mother
| uncredited
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Going Steady (1958 film)|Going Steady]]''
| Mrs. Potter
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[All in a Night's Work (film)|All in a Night's Work]]''
| Matron
| uncredited
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Zebra in the Kitchen]]''
| Town Gossip
| uncredited
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]''
| Minor role
| uncredited
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Big_Town#Television|Big Town]]''
|
| Episode: "Father and Son"
|-
| 1952
| ''[[I Married Joan]]''
|
| Episode: "Jitterbug"
|-
| 1953
| ''I Married Joan''
| Mrs. Miller
| Episode: "Little Girl"
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]''
| Eunice (uncredited)
| Episode: "The Governess"
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Mickey Rooney Show]]''
| Maggie
| Episode: "Scoop Mulligan"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Adventures of Superman (TV series)|The Adventures of Superman]]''
| Mrs. Cooper - Landlady
| Episode: "Jimmy the Kid"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Star Stage]]''
|
| Episode: "The Man in the Black Robe"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Studio 57]]''
| Caroline
| Episode: "Little Miss Bedford"<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/146456367/ "Saturday, September 29"]. ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. September 23, 1956. p.&nbsp;TV8.</ref>
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Official Detective]]''
| Mrs. Richards
| Episode: "Take Him Alive"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]''
| Mrs. Tenney (as Florence Ravenal)
| Episode: "Millionaire Margaret Stoneham"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Day in Court]]''
| NA
| Episode: NA<ref>{{Cite news|title=TV Castings|author=|date=March 17, 1961|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=22|quote=Florence Ravenal, Dodie Drake, 'Day in Court.'|id={{ProQuest|2338371479}}}}</ref>
|-
| 1961
| ''Day in Court''
| NA
| Episode: NA<ref>{{Cite news|title=TV Castings|author=|date=June 16, 1961|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=11|quote=Mary Eastman, Florence Ravenal, 'Day in Court.'|id={{ProQuest|2338370873}}}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Brighter Day]]''
| NA
| Episode: NA<ref>{{Cite news|title=TV Castings|author=|date=July 17, 1962|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=10|quote=Florence Ravenal, 'Brighter Day.'|id={{ProQuest|2339778103}}}}</ref>
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series) |The Farmer's Daughter]]''
| Cook
| Episode: "The Speechmaker"
|-
| 1964
| ''The Farmer's Daughter''
| Cook (as Florence Ravenal)
| Episode: "Mrs. Golden's Opportunity"
|-
| 1964
| ''The Farmer's Daughter''
| Millie
| Episode: "Nobody's Perfect"
|-
| 1964
| ''The Farmer's Daughter''
| Cook
| Episode: "Rendezvous for Two"
|-
| 1964
| ''The Farmer's Daughter''
| Cook (as Florence Ravenal)
| Episode: "The Waiting Game"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Woman
| Episode: "Monsters and Junk Like That"
|}

==Personal life and death==
On December 18, 1975, Ravenel died at age 79 in Los Angeles of undisclosed causes,<ref name="UDSSEP"/> predeceased by her mother.<ref>Morgan, F. Langdon (September 26, 1936). [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/30s/1936/BB-1936-09-26.pdf#page=10 "Chi Air Notes"]. ''The Billboard''. p.&nbsp;10.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0712370}}

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