Jobyna (Raulston) Arlen
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Jobyna Lancaster (Raulston) Arlen (1899 - 1967)

Jobyna Lancaster "Jobyna Raulston" Arlen formerly Raulston
Born in South Pittsburg, Marion, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 1917 (to before 1935) [location unknown]
Wife of — married 27 Jan 1927 (to 4 Sep 1945) in Riverside, Riverside, California, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 67 in Woodlawn Hills, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee in 1899 to parents who named her after famed entertainer of the time, Jobyna Howland.

Her mother, a portrait photographer, carefully groomed her daughter for a show business career. At the age of nine she gave her first stage performance playing the “Prince” in the school play “Cinderella” during the grand opening ceremony for the Wilson Theatre/Opera House in downtown South Pittsburg in 1909.

Around 1915, Jobyna attended acting school in New York and later danced chorus and sang in Broadway productions, her first being Two Little Girls in Blue. This production marked her Broadway debut, when she was 21.

Comedian Max Linder saw her on stage and persuaded her to go to Hollywood, where she appeared in a number of his films. Jobyna traveled to California in late 1921 where she played extras for a while before landing the role of leading lady in 1923 to comedian Harold Lloyd of silent-film-fame.

She abandoned the stage for the screen in 1922 when her mother's health began to decline, and she needed to make more money to help pay the medical bills. She later played the part of “Sylvia Lewis” in the motion picture “Wings”, which starred Jobyna’s future husband, Richard Arlen. The film was the first to ever receive an Oscar film award.

After marrying Arlen in 1927, Jobyna began to wind down her acting career and made her last film appearance in 1931. In 1933, she became a mother after the birth of the Arlen’s son that May.

Jobyna appeared in over 100 films during her acting career. During the last five years of her life Ralston suffered from rheumatism and had a series of strokes. She died in Los Angeles, California, January 22, 1967 from complications of pneumonia at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was 67 years old.


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Censuses

1900 United States Census:
name: Joliyna L. Raulston
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 93 Civil District 16 South Pittsburg town, Marion, Tennessee, United States
birth date: Dec 1899
birthplace: Tennessee
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 3. sheet letter: B. family number: 68. reference number: 75. film number: 1241587. digital folder number: 004118689. image number: 00085
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Joe Raulston M 33 Tennessee
wife S E Raulston F 34 Tennessee
daughter Joliyna L. Raulston F 1 Tennessee
sister-in-law Frankie Brady F 15 Tennessee

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1910 United States Census:
name: Jobyna Raulston
birthplace: Tennessee
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: South Pittsburg, Marion, Tennessee
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
family number: 31
page number: 1
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Joe L Raulston M 43y Tennessee
wife Sarah E Raulston F 44y Tennessee
dau Jobyna Raulston F 10y Tennessee
son Angus Raulston M 5y Tennessee


Filmography

A Sailor-Made Man (adı geçmiyor, 1921)
The Bride-to-Be (1922)
Friday, the Thirteenth (1922)
The Call of Home (1922)
Take Next Car (1922)
The Truth Juggler (1922)
Touch All the Bases (1922)
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Wet Weather (1922)
The Landlubber (1922)
Soak the Shiek (1922)
Bone Dry (1922)
Face the Camera (1922)
The Uppercut (1922)
Shiver and Shake (1922)
The Golf Bug (1922)
Shine 'em Up (1922)
Washed Ashore (1922)
Harvest Hands (1922)
The Flivver (1922)
Blaze Away (1922)
I'll Take Vanilla (1922)
Fair Week (1922)
The White Blacksmith (1922)
Watch Your Wife (1923)
Mr. Hyppo (1923)
Don't Say Die (1923)
Jailed and Bailed (1923)
A Loose Tightwad (1923)
Tight Shoes (1923)
Do Your Stuff (1923)
Shoot Straight (1923)
For Safe Keeping (1923)
For Guests Only (1923)
For Art's Sake (1923)
Why Worry? (1923)
Winner Take All (1923)
Girl Shy (1924)
Hot Water (1924)
Whispering Lions (1925)
The Freshman (1925)
Are Parents Pickles? (1925)
Whistling Lions (1925)
Between Meals (1926)
Humor Risk (1926)
Don't Butt In (1926)
For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Sweet Daddies (1926)
Gigolo (1926)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Special Delivery (1927)
Lightning (1927)
Wings (1927)
A Racing Romeo (1927)
Pretty Clothes (1927)
Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
The Night Flyer (1928)
The Count of Ten (1928)
Black Butterflies (1928)
The Big Hop (1928)
The Toilers (1928)
The Power of the Press (1928)
Some Mother's Boy (1929)
The College Coquette (1929
Rough Waters (1930)


Death

Jobyna L (Raulston) Arlen
BIRTH 21 Nov 1900. Tennessee, USA
DEATH 22 Jan 1967 (aged 66)
BURIAL San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
MEMORIAL ID #192617514


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