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His father... named Oliver Hardy, was a successful lawyer who died when Norvell, as he was known to his family, was ten months old. At a time when few women had careers, his mother supported the family by running a highly successful hotel.
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Oliver Hardy often hides his affection, or finds his feelings difficult to express or get across to the person he loves. Being openly affectionate and trusting often does not seem safe to Oliver. He may feel his love will not be appreciated or reciprocated. Oliver Hardy may get involved in secret love relationships or fall in love with a person who is quite unavailable to him. Love and sacrifice often seem to go hand in hand for Oliver Hardy - having to give something up to be with the one he loves, or having to relinquish some person or some aspect of an important love relationship.
By the time Hardy was born, the family had moved to Harlem, Georgia. His father died less than a year after his birth. Hardy was sometimes a difficult child. He was not interested in education, although he acquired an early interest in music and theater, possibly from his mother's tenants. He ran away from home to join a theatrical group, and later ran away from a boarding school near Atlanta. His mother recognized his talent for singing, and sent him to Atlanta to study music and voice with a prominent musician, but Hardy skipped his lessons to sing in a vaudeville house.
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Crazy Like A Fox (1926) with Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy: To avoid an arranged marriage, Charley pretends to be insane. Hardy (with white hair!) is a passer-by who gets the first dose of his lunacy!
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Synopsis: Oliver Hardy is the ship's purser in "Sailor, Beware!," a cad who is mainly interested in those who carry purses. Anita Garvin is a flapper cutie who stiffs cabby Stan Laurel when she boards the Mirimar. Laurel winds up on the boat and is forced to work for his keep. When Laurel discovers Garvin's secret and catches her, he is hailed as the hero of the ship and Hardy gets the demotion he is long overdue.
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Between 1918 and 1923 Oliver Hardy made more than forty films for Vitagraph, playing the "heavy" for Larry Semon. In 1919, he separated from his wife, ending with a divorce in 1920, due to Babe's infidelity. The very next year, on November 24, 1921, Babe married again, to actress Myrtle Reeves. This marriage was ... unhappy, with Myrtle eventually becoming an alcoholic.
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