Actress. Born Joey Marion McCreery in Utah, she was a pageant beauty queen when she went to Hollywood in 1920 and started performing in short reel silent features. She is best remembered for appearing with Buster Keaton in the Civil War classic, "The General" (1927). Among her films are "Mary of The Movies" (1923), "One Of The Bravest" (1925), "Alice In Movieland" (1926), "The Carnival Girl" (1926), "Streamlined Swing" (1938), "The Great Chase" (1962) and "The Great Stone Face" (1968), her last movie. She was also married to movie producer Lewis Lewyn and co-produced a number of successful series of shorts, including `Voice of Hollywood' and `Hollywood on Parade'.
Hair has been called a woman's "crowning glory" - it's certainly been a mode of expression over the centuries.
In the 1800's, brushing your hair 100 times a day was a popular way to beautify it - but hair was usually washed only once a month. And shampoo wasn't invented until the end of the 1800's. For women, ...