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| | Born in Detroit, MI on March 3, 1901. By 1923 Wakeling was working in Los Angeles. By the 1930s she was a scene painter at 20th Century Fox and her married name was Bell. She was a resident there at the time of her death in June 1982. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" City Directory; Social Security Death Index (1940-2002). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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