Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh was an American actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1953.
Early years
McHugh was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed McHugh. She had three brothers, Frank, Matt, and Ed, Jr., and the six formed a family vaudeville comedy act.
Career
When she was 4 years old, McHugh starred in a theatrical production of Little Lord Fauntleroy. She went on to act on stage as an adult, including work with the Actors Lab company on the Pacific coast.
McHugh appeared in the Three Stooges short subjects Hoi Polloi, Listen, Judge, and Gents in a Jam. It was in the latter film that she portrayed Mrs. McGruder, the Stooges' irate landlady who delivers the trio a triple slap and a right hook to wrestler Rocky Duggan.
McHugh toured the European theatre of World War II performing in an Actors' Laboratory Theatre production of Three Men on a Horse.
Personal life
McHugh committed suicide by taking an overdose of pills on September 3, 1954. She was married to character actor Ned Glass until her death.
Partial filmography
I've Got Your Number - Telephone Operator Registered Nurse - Switchboard Operator Sunset Range - Della Hoi Polloi - Duchess Hot Tip - QueenieFollow the Fleet - Minor Role Absolute Quiet - Florine, Axton's Secretary Three Cheers for Love - Wardrobe MistressWomen Are Trouble - Della MurtyThe Longest Night - Midge Riley, a SalesgirlThe Accusing Finger - Waiter's Wife Oh, Doctor - Nurse Make Way for Tomorrow - Head Usherette On Again-Off Again - Miss ParkerBlonde Trouble - Goldie FosterYouth on Parole - Salesgirl My Old Kentucky Home - Peggy PriceDouble Danger - Nurse Agnes Smith Goodbye Broadway - Blonde Men with Wings - Nurse Letter of Introduction - Girl Singer Orphans of the Street - Broadway Serenade - Kitty - the MaidWhen Tomorrow Comes - Gladys, a Waitress Here I Am a Stranger - Patsy - Waitress Disputed Passage - Telephone Operator The Grapes of Wrath - MaeThe House Across the Bay - Prisoner's Wife Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me - Brooklyn Girl Sailor's Lady - Proprietress Pier 13 - Mary - Waitress Young People - Vaudevillian Secret Evidence - MazieThe Cowboy and the Blonde - Wardrobe Woman The Magnificent Dope - Sadie Dixie Dugan - Slightly Dangerous - Salesgirl Sleepy Lagoon - Mrs. SmallA Scream in the Dark - MaisieThe Street with No Name - Waitress Miss Mink of 1949 - Mrs. Wiggins Tension - Agnes Listen, Judge - Mrs. HendersonGents in a Jam - Mrs. McGruder, LandladyCome Back, Little Sheba - Pearl Stinson Jennifer - Landlady