Myrtle Fortune

Known for Acting

Biography

Talented entertainer, primarily known as a dancer in several dance troupes and chorus lines, particularly in the 1936 screen version of "Green Pastures.".

Known For (2 credits)

Movie

Up Jumped the Devil

1941

Two ne'er-do-wells, Washington and Jefferson, just out of prison are looking for jobs so they won't get arrested for vagrancy. They find out that the wealthy Mrs. Brown is looking to hire a butler and a maid, and Jefferson talks Washington into dressing up as a woman so they can get both jobs. They get the jobs, but they soon run into Bad News Johnson, a crook they met in prison. They find out that Johnson is planning to pull a con on Mrs. Brown and he wants them to go in on it with him. Complications ensue.

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Movie

Cleopatra

1934

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.