Background
She was born in New York City, New York on November 1, 1911 to Ignatz Hornstein (who emigrated from Braila, Romania) and Mary Louise Schoenwetter Hornstein.
She was born in New York City, New York on November 1, 1911 to Ignatz Hornstein (who emigrated from Braila, Romania) and Mary Louise Schoenwetter Hornstein.
She was the second of four children. The family named was changed to Horne when she was a child. The films in which she appeared included Blue Skies, Muir, and Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
Perhaps her best-known film roles were as Myrtle Mae Simmons in the 1950 film adaptation of Mary Chase"s play Harvey, as Roberta in the 1952 Three Stooges short subject Cuckoo on a Choo Choo, and as Nabura, a villainous Japanese agent in the 1945 serial Secret Agent X-9.
After his death, she arranged the posthumous publication of her late husband"s book, Jack Oakie"s Double Takes and also published a number of other books about him. Victoria Oakie continued to live there after her husband"s death and bequeathed the estate to the University of Southern California.
After two failed attempts to develop the property, Oakridge was acquired by the City of Los Los Angeles The city plans to use the property as a park and community event center.
Oakridge was originally commissioned by Barbara Stanwyck and designed by Paul Williams, and is considered to be one of the last remnants of the large Northridge estates famed for thoroughbred breeding.
The house and grounds are Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #484.