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Christine Maple(1912-1947)

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Christine Maple
Christine Maple was born Christine Raphael on November 16, 1912 in Belle-Plaine, Kansas. When she was a child her parents divorced. Her mother remarried and they moved to Los Angeles. Christine started competing in beauty pageants and was a finalist in the Elks National Convention bathing beauty contest. In 1930 she made her film debut in the Charley Chase short Fifty Million Husbands. She also appeared as a dancer in the musical Whoopee. Florenz Ziegfeld hired her to star in the Ziegfeld Follies and gave her the title of "Miss Universe". During the show she shocked audiences by appearing on stage completely nude. She was romantically involved with violinist Enric Madriguera and plastic surgeon Dr. Morton Berson (who fixed her nose). Christine became known for wearing low-cut evening dresses and telling outrageous lies about her life. She once claimed that her father was a British duke. In December of 1933 she was arrested after causing a scene on train in Switzerland.

A few months later the wife of millionaire Martino De Alzaga Unzue accused her of being "too friendly" with her husband. She made headlines in April of 1935 when she got into a fight with a cab driver after refusing to pay her bill. Her mother said she had a nervous breakdown and sent her to a sanitarium. Christine signed a contract with Republic pictures in 1936 and appeared in the westerns The Big Show and Roarin' Lead. She went to Australia in 1938 to appear in a stage production of The Women. Unfortunately she had to leave the show when she became very ill. She suffered another nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized in 1943. After being released she moved to Langhorne, Pennsylvania and worked in a department store. Tragically on January 12, 1947 she committed suicide by hanging herself. Christine was only thirty-four years old. Her body was cremated and her ashes were given to her family.
BornNovember 26, 1912
DiedJanuary 13, 1947(34)
BornNovember 26, 1912
DiedJanuary 13, 1947(34)
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Known for

John Boles and Linda Watkins in Good Sport (1931)
Good Sport
6.3
  • Party Girl
  • 1931
Kay Hughes and Edward J. Nugent in A Man Betrayed (1936)
A Man Betrayed
5.6
  • Helen Vincent
  • 1936
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes in The Big Show (1936)
The Big Show
5.7
  • Elizabeth Van Every - Ford's Fiancee
  • 1936
Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston, and Max Terhune in Roarin' Lead (1936)
Roarin' Lead
6.2
  • Doris Moore
  • 1936

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Actress



  • Kay Hughes and Edward J. Nugent in A Man Betrayed (1936)
    A Man Betrayed
    5.6
    • Helen Vincent
    • 1936
  • Donald Cook and Judith Allen in Beware of Ladies (1936)
    Beware of Ladies
    5.4
    • Randall's Secretary (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston, and Max Terhune in Roarin' Lead (1936)
    Roarin' Lead
    6.2
    • Doris Moore
    • 1936
  • Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes in The Big Show (1936)
    The Big Show
    5.7
    • Elizabeth Van Every - Ford's Fiancee
    • 1936
  • Then Came the Yawn (1932)
    Then Came the Yawn
    4.9
    Short
    • Joan Clifton
    • 1932
  • John Boles and Linda Watkins in Good Sport (1931)
    Good Sport
    6.3
    • Party Girl
    • 1931
  • The Naggers at the Dentist's
    Short
    • 1931
  • Eddie Cantor in Whoopee! (1930)
    Whoopee!
    6.3
    • Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Noah Beery, Frank Fay, and Dorothy Mackaill in Bright Lights (1930)
    Bright Lights
    5.6
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Charley Chase and Tiny Sandford in Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
    Fifty Million Husbands
    6.6
    Short
    • Pansy Chase
    • 1930

Soundtrack



  • Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston, and Max Terhune in Roarin' Lead (1936)
    Roarin' Lead
    6.2
    • Soundtrack ("Here Comes the Bride" (uncredired) (aka "The Bridal Chorus" and "The Wedding March") (1850))
    • 1936

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  • Born
    • November 26, 1912
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 13, 1947
    • Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA(suicide by hanging)

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    • Miss Universe

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