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In 1910, after his father had several business venture failures, Lloyd's parents divorced. Harold and his father relocated to San Diego, California, [9] where he attended San Diego High School. [10] Lloyd became interested in theater as a child, and worked in repertory companies. [11]
- His Childhood Wasn’t Funny. Harold Lloyd was born in 1893 in Burchard, Nebraska to a hapless entertainer and hopeless housewife. Because of his father’s string of disastrous business failures, Lloyd didn’t inherit much from his parents except, perhaps, a flair for the comedic.
- He Chose His Father Over His Mother. Lloyd’s mother grew tired of her husband’s failed get-rich-quick schemes and decided to tear the family apart. It led to an agonizing decision.
- His Father Had A Big Accident. When Harold was still young and trying to scrape by with his father, a terrifying accident occurred. A delivery truck ran over the elder Lloyd, and for a moment everyone must have held their breath.
- He Flipped A Coin And Changed His Life. After this windfall, Harold and his father decided they need to make a new start, and they flipped a coin to show them where to go.
The daughter of the great silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and his actress wife Mildred Davies, Gloria Lloyd had an enchanted childhood.
Lloyd, the son of an itinerant commercial photographer, began acting as a child. He settled in San Diego, California, where in 1913 he started playing minor parts in one-reel comedies. He mastered the art of the comic chase in the short time he was a member of Mack Sennett’s Keystone comedy troupe.
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His son, Harold Lloyd Jr. was an alcoholic homosexual and died soon afterward. Although Lloyd left an estate valued at $12 million (in 1971 dollars), he failed to make a provision for the maintenance of Greenacres, a blunder that would seriously complicate his estate.
- April 20, 1893
- March 8, 1971
Harold married his leading lady, Mildred Davis, and they raised three children together. Harold constructed an elaborate movie star home in Beverly Hills and called it, Greenacres. By the mid 1920’s, Harold had left Roach and was producing all the films in which he starred.
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Yes, 3 children, including Harold Lloyd Jr., Gloria Lloyd Roberts, and Peggy Lloyd. Did Harold Lloyd have siblings? Yes, 1 sibling, Gaylord Lloyd. Who were Harold Lloyd's parents? J. Darcie 'Foxy' Lloyd and Elisabeth Fraser Lloyd. How many awards did Harold Lloyd win? 6 awards.
