LaPlanche Louise

American actress most active during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s to 1940s. LaPlanche made her film debut at age three in the 1923 silent film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. LaPlanche was the older sister of Rosemary LaPlanche, who was crowned Miss America in 1941. She appeared in the 1940 musical film, Strike Up the Band, which starred Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. She appeared in 1942s Holiday Inn, which starred Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, and Road to Morocco, in which she appeared as a harem girl who painted the toenails of the films star, Bob Hope. She modeled for her husband, Lester Freedman, a clothing manufacturer. The couple had two children. Her husband died in 1984, when LaPlanche was sixty-five years old. LaPlanche returned to acting following her husbands death, appearing in soap operas and other television series, such as The Golden Girls. LaPlanche moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the late 1990s, and resided there for the last fifteen years of her life. She died on 7 September 2012, just one day after her ninety-third birthday. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less