Juanita Hansen
Juanita Hansen | |
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Hansen in 1920 | |
| Born | Juanita Cecilia Hanson March 3, 1895 |
| Died | September 26, 1961 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
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| Years active | 1915–1933 |
Juanita Hansen (born Juanita Cecilia Hanson; March 3, 1895 – September 26, 1961) was an American actress who performed in silent films. She became one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties and appeared in a variety of serials through the late 1910s. She was well known for her troubled personal life and struggle with addiction to cocaine and morphine. In 1934, she became clean and traveled lecturing on the dangers of drugs. She wrote a book about addiction and started her own charity to help raise awareness about drug abuse.