Biography
Inez Courtney was an American actress who appeared on the Broadway stage and in films. She began her career as a specialty dancer in vaudeville before moving to Broadway, where she performed in musicals including The Wild Rose (1926), Good News (1927) and Spring Is Here (1929).
In the early 1930s she left Broadway for Hollywood, appearing in around fifty-eight films between 1930 and 1940. Her screen credits include The Raven (1935), Suzy (1936) and The Shop Around the Corner (1940), in which she played Ilona. She retired from the screen after Turnabout (1940).
Courtney was married to Italian nobleman Luigi Filiasi and thereby acquired the title of Marchesa, though she did not use it. She died in Neptune, New Jersey, in 1975.
