Fern was raised and educated in
Los Angeles, California. She was a child actress with the Morosco Company and made films for the Greyhound Motion Picture Company as a youth. In 1922 she was cast in a series of two-reelers starring Little Napoleon. For a time she was a stage dancer in
California and worked in vaudeville. She was rediscovered at the age of nineteen. Fern signed a long-term contract with
Universal Pictures in October 1928. Universal scouts noticed her while she was playing a part in
Clear The Decks with
Reginald Denny. Fern was cast in
The Charlatan (1929) with
Margaret Livingston and
Dorothy Gould. Later she performed in episode six of the
movie serial western,
The Last Frontier (1932). The twelve chapter screen production featured
Lon Chaney Jr. and Dorothy Gulliver. Fritzi Fern died in
Los Angeles, California on September 20, 1932. She had been diagnosed with a brain tumor a few months earlier. She was survived by her mother and a brother, Evan Burkhardt. Her burial was carried out by Pierce Brothers and she was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. ==References==