Portrait of Merna Kennedy

Acting

Merna Kennedy

Career

Active from 1928 to 1933, busiest in 1933 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Circus
The Circus
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Merna Kennedy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6
  • Psychological
    4.6, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

22 titles ยท average score 57
The Big Chance
The Big Chance (1933)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mary Wilson

Laughter in Hell
Laughter in Hell (1933)

as Marybelle Evans

Don't Bet on Love
Don't Bet on Love (1933)

as Babe Norton

Arizona to Broadway
Arizona to Broadway (1933)

as Flo Sandberg

Red Haired Alibi
Red Haired Alibi (1932)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lynn Monith

Lady with a Past
Lady with a Past (1932)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ann Duryea

Come On, Tarzan
Come On, Tarzan (1932)

as Pat Riley

Ghost Valley
Ghost Valley (1932)

as Jane Worth

The Gay Buckaroo
The Gay Buckaroo (1931)

as Mildred Fields

Stepping Out
Stepping Out (1931)

as Madge Horton

The Rampant Age
The Rampant Age (1930)

as Doris Lawrence

Worldly Goods
Worldly Goods (1930)

as Mary Thurston

1920s

3 titles ยท average score 68
Broadway
Broadway (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as Billie Moore

Barnum Was Right
Barnum Was Right (1929)

as Miriam Locke

The Circus
The Circus (1928)
GoodWatch score 87

as The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider