Actor

Babe London

August 28, 1901 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler Our Wife.

London began her screen career as a teenager, making her film debut in The Expert Eloper in 1919. She then appeared in A Day's Pleasure, performing opposite Charlie Chaplin. London appeared in more than 50 silent films, including The Perfect Flapper, The Boob, and the 1928 version of Tillie's Punctured Romance starring W. C. Fields. She worked with many of the funny men of the day, including Harry Langdon and Chester Conklin.

Often works with

Buster Keaton
2 titles together
Go West, The Balloonatic
Jackie Coogan
2 titles together
A Day's Pleasure, Sex Kittens Go to College
Paul E. Burns
2 titles together
Hollow Triumph, The Good Humor Man
Stan Laurel
2 titles together
Our Wife, The Weak-End Party
Eric Alden
2 titles together
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Hazard
Fred Aldrich
2 titles together
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Public Pigeon No. 1

Full filmography · 45

The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Dulcy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Miss Amanda Cadwallader
1960
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Heavy Woman (uncredited)
1957
Scrambled Brains
as Nora
1951
The Good Humor Man
as Inmate (uncredited)
1950
Dancing in the Dark
as Hula Girl
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Fat Woman (uncredited)
19496.2
Hollow Triumph
as Hotel Lady with Orchid (uncredited)
19486.6
Hazard
as Matron (uncredited)
1948
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
1947
Jackass Mail
as Dancehall Girl
1942
This Time for Keeps
as Fat Lady in Theater Balcony
1942