Editing Colleen Moore (section)

{{Short description|American actress (1899–1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Colleen Moore
| image        = Colleen Moore 2.jpg
| imagesize    = 180px
| caption      = Moore in 1920
| birth_name   = Kathleen Morrison
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1899|8|19}}
| birth_place  = [[Port Huron, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1988|1|25|1899|8|19}}
| death_place  = [[Paso Robles, California]], U.S.
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1916–1934
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[John McCormick (producer)|John McCormick]]|1923|1930|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Albert P. Scott|1932|1934|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Homer P. Hargrave|1937|1964|reason=died}}
* {{marriage|Paul Magenot|1983}}
}}
| relatives    = [[Walter Howey]] (uncle)
| signature    = Colleen Moore signature - Nov 1921.png
}}

'''Colleen Moore''' (born '''Kathleen Morrison'''; August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988)<ref>{{cite news |title=Colleen Moore {{!}} American actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Colleen-Moore |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2017-10-22}}</ref> was an American film actress who began her career during the [[silent film]] era.<ref name=fowler/> Moore became one of the most fashionable (and highly-paid) stars of the era and helped popularize the [[Bob cut|bobbed haircut]].

Although Moore was a huge star in her day, approximately half of her films are now considered lost, including her first talking picture from 1929. What was perhaps her most celebrated film, ''[[Flaming Youth (film)|Flaming Youth]]'' (1923), is now mostly lost as well, with only one reel surviving.

Moore took a hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound was being added to motion pictures. After she returned, her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. She then retired permanently from screen acting.

After her film career, Moore maintained her wealth through astute investments, becoming a partner of [[Merrill Lynch]]. She later wrote a "how-to" book about investing in the stock market.

Moore also nurtured a passion for dollhouses throughout her life and helped design and curate The Colleen Moore Dollhouse, which has been a featured exhibit at the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]] in [[Chicago]] since 1949. The dollhouse, measuring {{convert|9|sqft}}, was estimated in 1985 to be worth $7&nbsp;million, and it is seen by 1.5&nbsp;million people annually.<ref name="chicagotribune_8502250032">{{cite news |title=50 Years Of Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/08/23/50-years-of-colleen-moores-fairy-castle/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 23, 1985}}</ref>