OVERMAN, Lynne

OVERMAN

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 8/3/2015 at 21:05:26

Lynne Overman, Screen Actor, Dies

Santa Monica, Calif. - (AP) - Movie directors have called their last "Lights! Camera! Action!" to Lynne Overman.

The popular 55-year-old character actor and comedian of stage and screen, died yesterday of a heart ailment after a brief illness.

One of filmdom's most versatile actors, Overman was a former jockey, minstrel man, stock company trouper, dance hall singer in Alaska, vaudeville headliner and Broadway actor before entering the movies in 1933. He was born in Maryville, Mo.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book E, Page 111, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA