![]() ![]() Īmong the actresses she doubled for were Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes, Joan Crawford, Irene Dunne, Madge Evans, Jean Harlow, Patsy Kelly, Elissa Landi, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Marie Prevost, Thelma Todd, Marie Windsor, and Blanche Yurka. Someone on that film suggested she apply for more work at Hal Roach Studios, and her career as a stunt double began. A few weeks later, Danko received a call to report for work on a film playing a member of a girls' basketball team. The man told Danko she would make "a good college type" for their next film and asked for her phone number. ![]() At the shoot, one of the actors came over to the two and asked if they worked in film the woman replied that they did. But her first week in the city, she was approached in a store by a woman who asked her to accompany her to an outdoor film shoot that evening. Danko intended to stay in California for a year earning money to pay for tuition at a chiropractic school back in New Jersey. ![]() The Dankos had relatives living in Los Angeles and her father was convinced by their description of the city to sell their home and other real estate he owned in Elizabeth and move across the country. Career ĭanko moved to Hollywood with her family in 1927. Danko was very athletic in school she played right forward and also competed in high jump, winning several medals. Her father, John Danko, was a native of Germany while her mother, Mary Danko, was a native of Hungary. She was born Bertha Danko in Newark, New Jersey, on September 19, 1903. ![]()
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