Draft:Sunshine Hart

With Si Jenks in Galloping Bungalows
In Crazy to Act

Sunshine Hart (July 6, 1886-January 3, 1930) was an actress in the United States. Her roles include Ma Johnson in My Best Girl. She was in comedy films. She was large.[1][2]

She was born Lycia May Adams in Indiana.

A "slap-stick" comedian she worked in Mack Sennett films and for other studios including Jack White's and Fox Movietone.[1][3] She was in almost 50 Sennett comedies between 1923 and 1930.[1]

She broke an ankle working on a Mary Pickford film and was bedridden until her death.[1] She died in Los Angeles, California.[4] She performed with stock company's and in vaudeville before moving into films.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Walker, Brent E. (January 13, 2010). "Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel". McFarland – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Poor Sunshine Hart Falls In The Ocean ~ Galloping Bungalows". June 24, 2025 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Roots, James (May 11, 2017). "100 Essential Silent Film Comedies". Bloomsbury Publishing PLC – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Sunshine Hart". www.lordheath.com.
  5. ^ https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=14398
  6. ^ Sherk, Warren M. (January 28, 1998). "The Films of Mack Sennett: Credit Documentation from the Mack Sennett Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library". Bloomsbury Academic – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Walker, Brent E. (January 13, 2010). "Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel". McFarland – via Google Books.
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