Career
She was also the stepmother of film maker and former record producer Anthony J. Hilder. There is some confusion as to the year of Granger"s birth. The Social Security Index lists it as 1911 as does her death certificate.
Most biographies say 1912, although at least one site lists the year as 1914.
Her budding figure and confident stage presence were perfect for studios that made comedy shorts. In 1930 her father took her to producer Hal Roach, who was then testing talent for his upcoming comedy series, The Boy Friends.
Granger’s natural comedy timing got her the job immediately and she was placed under contract to Hal Roach Studios. Among her famous credits are Hog Wild with Laurel & Hardy, The Dentist with West.C. Fields, Punch Drunks and Termites of 1938 with The Three Stooges.
Granger also appeared with Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Harry Langdon, Gus Schilling & Richard Lane, and Joe DeRita, as well as on live television with Abbott & Costello.
Granger is best remembered as the sarcastic, suspicious wife in Leon Errol’s series of two-reelers for Radio-Keith-Orpheum. Granger also appeared in occasional feature films, including North to the Klondike, Sunset in El Dorado, and Dick Tracy versus Cueball. Her last television performance was a live show on Face The Facts in 1961. Granger left show business in 1963, calling it an “ulcer factory.” Granger made her last public appearance in 1993 for the Screen Actors Guild’s 60th anniversary celebration.
She was an honored guest at the celebration because she was one of Screen Actors Guild’s first members.
Granger died of cancer on January 4, 1995 in Los Angeles, California.