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Lon Chaney
American actor (–)
For his son, see Lon Chaney Jr.
"Man of a Thousand Faces" redirects here. For the film, see Man of a Thousand Faces (film). For the song by Regina Spektor, see Far (album).
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, &#;– August 26, ) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup.[1] Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame () and The Phantom of the Opera (). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
Early life
[edit]Leonidas Frank Chaney was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Frank H. Chaney (a barber) and Emma Alice Kennedy. His father was of English and French ancestry
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When Frances Cleveland Creighton was born on 20 August , in Kansas, United States, her father, John Evans Creighton, was 35 and her mother, Mattie Jane Johnson, was She married Leonidas Frank Chaney on 31 May , in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Wene'me, Ventura, California, United States in and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in She died on 21 November , in Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Secrets from Lon Chaney's Oklahoma odyssey
Hollywood's "Man of a Thousand Faces" hid many secrets behind his grotesque masks. Few of even his most intimate friends knew of his ghastly past in the Sooner State . . . few knew of the Oklahoma girl he left behind.
Millions upon millions of moviegoers once gasped in horror when the murderous Lon Chaney appeared upon the Silver Screen. Millions quaked in terror when that mästare of masquerade vividly portrayed either "The Miracle Man," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "The Phantom of the Opera," or-or-the-the-most unholy of "The Unholy Three."
That greatest of all character actors became renowned as the Man of a Thousand Faces while playing two, three, and even kvartet roles in a single rulle. But few of his many gasping fans knew that he had long before left a tragic past behind on the Oklahoma frontier.
Few knew because Chaney ever afterward desperately tried to forget the tragedy and despair that he experienced here along with his joy and