Edith Flynn (1905-73) was briefly Micky Flynn when performing on the stage in musical comedies, before settling on the “ritzier” Rita at the start of her film career.
Flynn was generally cast in supporting roles, though she was a featured player, as a character with her own name, in a series of short comedies known Hollywood Girls, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle in 1931-32.
A little earlier, Flynn appeared briefly in Lord Byron of Broadway, as one of the women inexplicably attracted to Charles Kaley.
In a chorus girl cliché, Flynn retired from acting in 1933 after marrying a millionaire.
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