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Merna is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928).
Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin`s second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. It is rumored she had an affair with Chaplin during the filming of this movie, and Grey used this infidelity in her divorce proceedings from Chaplin in 1927.
Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, at thirty-six years of age.
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Her alimony settlement from director Busby Berkeley amounted to $7,500 to be paid at a rate of $100 a week.
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