Famous Marriages

101. Ella Hall

A silent screen siren of considerable beauty was blonde, blue-eyed Ella Hall. As a small child, she already performed on stage with the company of David Belasco. She was later chosen to understudy Mary Pickford for "The Warrens of Virginia". Ella entered films in 1910 as a fifteen-year old ingénue ...

102. Emory Johnson

Director | The Phantom Express

Emory Johnson was born on March 16, 1894 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Phantom Express (1932), The Last Edition (1925) and The Non-Stop Flight (1926). He was married to Ella Hall. He died on April 18, 1960 in San Mateo, California, USA.

103. Magda Sonja

Actress | Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2

Magda Sonja was born on May 23, 1886 in Hradistko, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2 (1927), Königin Draga (1920) and Die Memoiren eines Mönchs (1922). She was married to Friedrich Feher. She died on August 15, 1974 in ...

104. Friedrich Feher

Actor | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Friedrich Feher was born on March 16, 1889 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Robber Symphony (1936) and William Tell (1913). He was married to Magda Sonja. He died on September 30, 1950 in Stuttgart, ...

105. Helen Gibson

Actress | Fighting Mad

Helen Gibson was one of the earliest serial stars. In 1915 she took over the title role in The Hazards of Helen (1914) from Helen Holmes. Known for her athletic abilities and willingness to do dangerous but exciting stunts, she made the transition from serials to features easily. She was the second...

106. Hoot Gibson

Actor | The Horse Soldiers

A pioneering cowboy star of silent and early talking Westerns, Hoot Gibson was one of the 1920s' most popular children's matinée heroes. In his real life, however, he had a rather painful rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags career, a problem that seemed to plague a number of big stars who fell victim ...

107. Clara Williams

Actress | The Criminal

Clara Williams was born on May 3, 1888 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Criminal (1916), The Market of Vain Desire (1916) and A Cowboy's Vindication (1910). She was married to Reginald Barker and Franklyn Hall. She died on May 8, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

108. Reginald Barker

Director | The Iron Strain

Canadian-born (Winnipeg) Reginald Barker moved with his family to Scotland shortly after he was born, and they eventually emigrated to the US, settling in California. Bitten by the show-business bug early, Barker was acting in plays by age 16, and then joined up with a traveling stock company as ...

109. Katherine Perry

Actress | Blood Will Tell

Katherine Perry was born on January 5, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Blood Will Tell (1927), Womanpower (1926) and Main Street (1923). She was married to Owen Moore. She died on October 14, 1983 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

110. Owen Moore

Actor | A Star Is Born

Born in 1884, virile and dashing silent screen idol Owen Moore, equipped with incredibly handsome reddish and ruddy features, came to America with his family from Ireland at the age of 11. After some stage work, he entered films at the Biograph Studio in 1908 and appeared in many of D.W. Griffith's...

111. Olga Benetti

Actress | Tosca

Olga Benetti was born in Ceprano, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Tosca (1918), La signora delle camelie (1915) and La baraonda (1923). She was married to Carlo Benetti. She died in 1949.

112. Carlo Benetti

Actor | Assunta Spina

Carlo Benetti was born on July 4, 1885 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for Assunta Spina (1915), L'albergo degli assenti (1939) and Cortocircuito (1943). He was married to Olga Benetti. He died on June 4, 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

113. Margarete Schön

Actress | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Born in 1895 in Magdeburg, Germany, Margarete Schön made her stage debut in 1912. She was a member of the Deutschen Theater in Hannover from 1915-18 and Berlin's Staatstheater from 1918-45. She had a few roles in silent films, notably as Kriemhild in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) ...

114. Robert Dinesen

Director | De fire djævle

Robert Dinesen was born on October 23, 1874 in Denmark. He was a director and actor, known for The Four Devils (1911), Malva (1924) and Die Feuertänzerin (1925). He was married to Margarete Schön, Marie Dinesen and Johanne. He died on March 8, 1972.

115. Luray Huntley

Actress | Traffic in Souls

Luray Huntley was working as an actress for D.W. Griffith's stock company when she met her future husband Walter Long, most famous for his black-face portrayal of Gus, an African American, in Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915). Huntley and Long performed together in several of Griffith's films ...

116. Walter Long

Actor | The Birth of a Nation

Early in his career Walter Long was married to Luray Huntley, an actress for D.W. Griffith's stock company. Huntley and Long performed together in several of Griffith's films, including Traffic in Souls (1913), Let Katie Do It (1916), and Intolerance (1916). They remained married until her death in...

117. Effie Shannon

Actress | Her Boy

Effie Shannon was born on May 13, 1867 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Boy (1918), Pearl of Love (1925) and Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923). She was married to Henry Guy Carleton and Herbert Kelcey. She died on July 24, 1954 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New ...

118. Herbert Kelcey

Actor | The Sphinx

Herbert Kelcey was born on October 10, 1855 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Sphinx (1916) and After the Ball (1914). He was married to Effie Shannon. He died on July 10, 1917 in Bayport, Long Island, New York, USA.

119. Edna Murphy

Actress | Rose of the Bowery

Like many another pretty girl, Edna Murphy got to Hollywood via modeling. She was a top New York photographer's model when she made her film debut in 1918. By 1920 she had worked her way up to starring roles, and Fox put her in a serial, Fantomas (1920), that was quite well received. She made films...

120. Mervyn LeRoy

Producer | The Wizard of Oz

The great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 was a tragedy for Mervyn LeRoy. While he and his father managed to survive, they lost everything they had. To make money, LeRoy sold newspapers and entered talent contests as a singer. When he entered vaudeville, his act was "LeRoy and Cooper--Two...

121. Ivy Duke

Actress | Beauty and the Beast

Ivy Duke was born on June 9, 1896 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Beauty and the Beast (1922), Fox Farm (1922) and A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922). She was married to Guy Newall. She died on November 8, 1937 in London, England, UK.

122. Guy Newall

Actor | Beauty and the Beast

Guy Newall was born on May 25, 1885 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1922), The Boat from Shanghai (1931) and Fox Farm (1922). He was married to Dorothy Batley and Ivy Duke. He died on February 25, 1937 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

123. Pauline Bush

Actress | A Mountain Melody

Pauline Bush was born on May 22, 1886 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for A Mountain Melody (1915), The Recognition (1912) and Richelieu (1914). She was married to Allan Dwan. She died on November 1, 1969 in San Diego, California, USA.

124. Allan Dwan

Director | Bound in Morocco

Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Bound in Morocco (1918), A Perfect Crime (1921) and Panthea (1917). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, ...

125. Jean Paige

Actress | Captain Blood

Jean Paige was born on July 3, 1895 in Paris, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Captain Blood (1924), Black Beauty (1921) and Beating the Odds (1919). She was married to Albert E. Smith. She died on December 15, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

126. Albert E. Smith

Producer | Vengeance - and the Woman

Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener. There were nine children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US...

127. Jane Winton

Actress | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Statuesque, gorgeous Jane Winton was billed as the "Green-Eyed Goddess of Hollywood". The former Ziegfeld Follies dancer appeared in a good number of films from 1925--if not as the nominal star, then at least very high up on the list of credits. Her aloof beauty was tailor-made for playing ...

128. Charles Kenyon

Writer | The Man in Half Moon Street

Charles Kenyon was born on November 2, 1880 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man in Half Moon Street (1944), Strange Journey (1946) and The Still Alarm (1926). He was married to Jane Winton. He died on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.

129. Helen Holmes

Actress | The Railroad Raiders

Though the circumstances of Helen Holmes' birth are somewhat hazy (sources place it in either Chicago or Louisville, KY, in mid-June or early July of 1893), what isn't hazy is that she was, with Pearl White, the queen of the railroad serials of the mid-teens and early '20s. Holmes always played a ...

130. J.P. McGowan

Director | The Lost Express

J.P. McGowan was born on February 24, 1880 in Terowie, South Australia, Australia. He was a director and actor, known for The Lost Express (1917), Hills of Missing Men (1922) and Do or Die (1921). He was married to Mrs. Kaye Swart Northrop, Leona (Lorna) Haviland and Helen Holmes. He died on March ...

131. Louella Maxam

Actress | The Raiders

Louella Maxam was born on June 10, 1896 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Raiders (1921), The Mantle of Charity (1918) and Because of a Woman (1917). She was married to William Brunton. She died on September 3, 1970 in Burbank, California, USA.

132. William Brunton

Actor | Stingaree

William Brunton was born on March 13, 1883 in Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Stingaree (1915), The Squaw Man (1918) and Fast Freight 3205 (1914). He was married to Louella Maxam. He died on February 19, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

133. Victoria Forde

Actress | Young Wild West's Mexican Mix-Up

Victoria Forde was born in New York City on April 21, 1896. The city in which she came into the world was the entertainment capital of the world at that time. Broadway and the fledgling film industry were located there. Victoria gravitated toward that entertainment field. She was just 16 years old ...

134. Tom Mix

Actor | Dick Turpin

The son of a lumberman, Tom Mix joined the army as a young man and was an artillery sergeant during the Philippine campaign from 1898 to 1901, though he never saw action. In fact, Mix deserted from the army and carefully kept the facts about his military service a closely guarded secret. About 1903...

135. Valentine Petit

Actress | Les armes de la femme

Valentine Petit was born on April 29, 1873 in Saint Josse ten Node, Brussels, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Les armes de la femme (1916), Lafayette, We Come (1918) and The Silent Master (1917). She was married to Léonce Perret. She died on January 18, 1951 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Seine [now ...

136. Léonce Perret

Director | L'enfant de Paris

Léonce Perret was born on March 13, 1880 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France. He was a director and actor, known for L'enfant de Paris (1913), The A.B.C. of Love (1919) and Léonce et les écrevisses (1913). He was married to Valentine Petit. He died on August 12, 1935 in Paris, France.

137. Beverly Bayne

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

Beverly Bayne was born on November 11, 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), The Age of Innocence (1924) and The Girl at the Curtain (1914). She was married to Charles Thomas Hvass Sr. and Francis X. Bushman. She died on August 18, 1982 in ...

138. Francis X. Bushman

Actor | Sabrina

Francis X. Bushman was born on January 10, 1883 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Sabrina (1954), The Phantom Planet (1961) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). He was married to Iva Millicient Richardson, Norma Emily Atkin, Beverly Bayne and Josephine ...

139. Edith Posca

Actress | Das Achtgroschenmädel, Teil 1

Edith Posca was born on November 4, 1892 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Das Achtgroschenmädel, Teil 1 (1921), Grausige Nächte (1921) and The Ladies' Paradise (1922). She was married to Lupu Pick. She died on June 28, 1931 in Berlin, Germany.

140. Lupu Pick

Director | Das Panzergewölbe

Lupu Pick was born on January 2, 1886 in Iasi, Iasi, Romania. He was an actor and director, known for The Armored Vault (1926), Die tolle Heirat von Laló (1918) and Die Liebe des Van Royk (1918). He was married to Edith Posca. He died on March 7, 1931 in Berlin, Germany.

141. Mary Johnson

Actress | Storstadsfaror

Mary Johnson, born Astrid Maria Carlsson, Fors, Eskilstuna, in 1896, was a Swedish stage and screen actress, active 1913-1931. She was born into a home of simple living conditions. At 15 she found her way to Stockholm and the actress Karin Swanström's theatre company. Mary Johnson married the actor...

142. Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Actor | Metropolis

During the heyday of German silent cinema, Rudolf Klein-Rogge was the prototype for the master criminal, the irredeemable arch villain or mad scientist. Born in Cologne, he served as a cadet in a Prussian military academy before finishing his matriculation. He then began to attend acting classes ...

143. Mary Charleson

Actress | The Silent Accuser

Mary Charleson was born on May 18, 1890 in Dungannon, Ireland. She was an actress, known for The Silent Accuser (1915), The Golden Pathway (1913) and The Mystery of the Silver Skull (1913). She was married to Henry B. Walthall. She died on December 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

144. Henry B. Walthall

Actor | The Birth of a Nation

Henry B. Walthall was a respected stage actor who became a favorite of pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Born in 1878 in Alabama, Walthall embarked on a law career but quit law school in 1898 to enlist in the US Army in order to fight in the Spanish-American War. Returning from the war he ...

145. Helene Rosson

Actress | April

Helene Rosson was born on June 14, 1897 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress, known for April (1916), Get Your Man (1921) and Wild Horse Canyon (1925). She was married to Ashton Dearholt. She died on May 5, 1985 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

146. Ashton Dearholt

Actor | Tarzan and the Green Goddess

Ashton Dearholt worked with Universal on a number of melodramas during the 1910s but usually worked outside the studio system, producing a series of "Pinto Pete" westerns during the 1920s in which he starred himself. He occasionally acted under the name Richard Holt.

Dearholt is best known to ...

147. Myrtle Stedman

Actress | The Famous Mrs. Fair

Born in Chicago in 1885, silent screen actress Myrtle Stedman's (née Lincoln) musical talents developed quite early, finding herself on stage at age 12 singing light opera in the chorus. She had progressed to singing leads in shows by the time she decided to abandon her music career altogether for ...

148. Marshall Stedman

Director | Between Love and the Law

Marshall Stedman was born on August 16, 1875 in Bethel, Maine, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Between Love and the Law (1912), The Suffragette (1913) and A Motorcycle Adventure (1912). He was married to Myrtle Stedman. He died on December 16, 1943 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.

149. Virginia Kirtley

Actress | Love and Rubbish

Virginia Kirtley was born on November 11, 1888 in Bowling Green, Missouri, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Love and Rubbish (1913), Who Shall Take My Life? (1917) and The Midnight Adventure (1928). She was married to Eddie Lyons. She died on August 19, 1956 in Sherman Oaks, California...

150. Eddie Lyons

Actor | Everything But the Truth

Eddie Lyons was born on November 25, 1886 in Beardstown, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Everything But the Truth (1920), All Bound Around (1919) and Good Night, Ladies (1919). He was married to Virginia Kirtley. He died on August 30, 1926 in Pasadena, California, USA.

151. Margarita Fischer

Actress | Molly of the Follies

Margarita Fischer was born on February 12, 1886 in Missouri Valley, Iowa, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Molly of the Follies (1919), A Midsummer's Love Tangle (1914) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (1910). She was married to Harry A. Pollard. She died on March 11, 1975 in Encinitas, ...

152. Harry A. Pollard

Director | The Quest

Harry A. Pollard was born on January 23, 1879 in Republic City, Kansas, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Quest (1915), Tonight at Twelve (1929) and Sporting Youth (1924). He was married to Margarita Fischer. He died on July 6, 1934 in Pasadena, California, USA.

153. Ethel Grandin

Actress | The Crimson Stain Mystery

Ethel Grandin was born on March 3, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916), Garments of Truth (1921) and A Tailor-Made Man (1922). She was married to Ray C. Smallwood. She died on September 28, 1988 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, ...

154. Ray C. Smallwood

Director | My Old Kentucky Home

Ray C. Smallwood was born on July 19, 1887 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for My Old Kentucky Home (1922), The Best of Luck (1920) and Camille (1921). He was married to Ethel Grandin. He died on February 23, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.

155. Ethel Clayton

Actress | Pettigrew's Girl

Silent-screen actress Ethel Clayton was a convent-educated girl from Champaign, IL, who sought work as a stage actress after finishing her education. She secured small parts here and there, but hit the big time when she went to work for the Frawley Organization, which had several touring stock ...

156. Joseph Kaufman

Director | A Woman Went Forth

Joseph Kaufman was born in 1882 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a director and actor, known for A Woman Went Forth (1915), The Traveling Salesman (1916) and Shirley Kaye (1917). He was married to Ethel Clayton. He died on February 1, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA.

157. Evelyn Nesbit

Actress | Redemption

Ms. Nesbit, artists' model and chorus girl, was at the heart of what was known at the time as the Crime of the Century. Her abusive husband, Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw, murdered 52-year old architect and socialite Stanford White (of the firm McKim, Mead, and White), who had taken advantage ...

158. Jack Clifford

Actor | Threads of Destiny

Jack Clifford was born on October 17, 1880 in Genoa, Italy. He was an actor, known for Threads of Destiny (1914), A Wife from the Country (1914) and Kathleen Mavourneen (1906). He was married to Evelyn Nesbit. He died on November 10, 1956 in Bronx, New York, USA.

159. Ollie Kirby

Actress | Midnight Secrets

Ollie Kirby was born on September 26, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Midnight Secrets (1924), Getting 'Em Right (1925) and The Social Pirates (1916). She was married to George Larkin. She died on October 7, 1964 in Glendale, California, USA.

160. George Larkin

Actor | The Lurking Peril

George Larkin was born on November 11, 1887 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Lurking Peril (1919), The Apache Dancer (1923) and The Way of the Transgressor (1923). He was married to Ollie Kirby and Dolly Larkin. He died on March 27, 1946 in New York City, ...

161. Ann May

Actress | Lombardi, Ltd.

Ann May was born on November 25, 1899 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Lombardi, Ltd. (1919), Thundering Hoofs (1924) and The Fog (1923). She was married to C. Gardner Sullivan. She died on July 26, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

162. C. Gardner Sullivan

Writer | All Quiet on the Western Front

C. Gardner Sullivan was born on September 18, 1884 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The Return of Draw Egan (1916) and The Monster (1925). He was married to Ann May. He died on September 5, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

163. Bess Meredyth

Writer | Wonder of Women

Bess Meredyth was born on February 12, 1890 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Wonder of Women (1929), Morgan's Raiders (1918) and A Woman of Affairs (1928). She was married to Michael Curtiz, Wilfred Lucas and Burton Leslie. She died on July 13, 1969 in Woodland ...

164. Wilfred Lucas

Actor | Modern Times

The youngest of three sons, he was born in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada and was educated at McGill University then In 1904 he moved to New York where he appeared in a number of plays on Broadway including The Blue Grass Handicap, The Superstition of Sue and successful The Chorus Lady after which he was...

165. Minta Durfee

Actress | The Water Dog

Early silent screen comedienne Araminta Durfee started out as a chorus girl and began her career on stage in 1908 in musical revues. In August of that year she married comedian Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. In 1914, both players entered the fledgling film industry with Mack Sennett and were soon paired ...

166. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Actor | Coney Island

Roscoe Arbuckle, the youngest of nine children, reportedly weighed 16 pounds at birth in Smith Center, Kansas on March 24, 1887. His family moved to California when he was one year old. At age 8 he first appeared on the stage. His first part was with the Webster-Brown stock company. From then until...

167. Pauline Garon

Actress | Christine of the Big Tops

Born in Montreal, the youngest of 11 children, Pauline Garon spent seven years at one of the most prestigious convent schools in Montreal, le Sacre-Coeur. She wasn't yet 20 when she ran away to New York to become an actress. After some success on Broadway in plays such as "Buddies" and "Sonny," she...

168. Lowell Sherman

Actor | Bachelor Apartment

Lowell Sherman was one of the early cinema's first major stars who successfully made the transition from actor to director. Born in either 1885 or 1888, his parents were John Wm. Sherman, a theatrical producer (1855-1924), and Julia Gray Sherman, an actress and daughter of actress Kate Gray.

In 1905...

169. Margaret Joslin

Actress | A Snakeville Courtship

Margaret Joslin was born on August 6, 1883 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for A Snakeville Courtship (1913), Sophie's New Foreman (1913) and Sophie's Hero (1913). She was married to Harry Todd. She died on October 14, 1956 in Glendale, California, USA.

170. Harry Todd

Actor | One Is Guilty

Harry Todd was born on December 13, 1863 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for One Is Guilty (1934), Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931) and Tea: With a Kick! (1923). He was married to Margaret Joslin. He died on February 15, 1935 in Glendale, California, USA.

171. Pauline Bush

Actress | A Mountain Melody

Pauline Bush was born on May 22, 1886 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for A Mountain Melody (1915), The Recognition (1912) and Richelieu (1914). She was married to Allan Dwan. She died on November 1, 1969 in San Diego, California, USA.

172. Allan Dwan

Director | Bound in Morocco

Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Bound in Morocco (1918), A Perfect Crime (1921) and Panthea (1917). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, ...

173. Dagmar Dahlgren

Actress | Greek Meets Greek

Dagmar Dahlgren was born on January 17, 1880 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Greek Meets Greek (1920), Queens Up! (1920) and The Sleepyhead (1920). She was married to Herbert S. Calvert, Victor Rodman, Norman Selby, Lambert R. Hynes and Alek Kipper. She died on October 20...

174. Norman Selby

Actor | Secret Service

Norman Selby was born on October 13, 1873 in Rush County, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Secret Service (1919), Eyes of Youth (1919) and Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919). He was married to Sue Cobb Cowley, Dagmar Dahlgren, Edna Valentine Hein, Lillian Estelle Earle ...

175. Edna Flugrath

Actress | Kipps

Edna Flugrath was born on December 30, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Kipps (1921), The Two Columbines (1914) and Nursery Favorites (1913). She was married to Halliburton Houghton and Harold M. Shaw. She died on April 6, 1966 in San Diego, California, USA.

176. Harold M. Shaw

Director | The Rose of Rhodesia

Harold M. Shaw was born on November 3, 1877 in Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Rose of Rhodesia (1918), Thoroughbreds All (1919) and The Incomparable Mistress Bellairs (1914). He was married to Edna Flugrath. He died on January 30, 1926 in Los Angeles, ...

177. Geraldine Farrar

Actress | Carmen

Famed singer and author Geraldine Farrar was educated in public schools and then became a music student of Mrs. J.H. Long, Trabadello, Emma Thursby, Lilli Lehman and Graziani. Her 1901 debut was at the Royal Opera House in Berlin, in the role of Marguerite in "Faust". From 1906-22 she was a member ...

178. Lou Tellegen

Actor | To oneiron tou glyptou

Born in the Netherlands of Greek/Dutch descent, Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Van Dameler) was a marvelously handsome man whose life was temptestuous. Having something of a wandering pair of feet, he journeyed through Europe during his youth, doing odd jobs like prize fighting, driving a cab in ...

179. Shirley Mason

Actress | Sally in Our Alley

Shirley Mason was born Leonie Flugrath on June 6, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY. The youngest of three acting sisters (the others were Edna Flugrath and Viola Dana), Shirley made her debut in At the Threshold of Life (1911) at age 11. As a child actress she wasn't in much demand until she grew older, then ...

180. Bernard J. Durning

Director | The Primal Law

Bernard J. Durning was born on August 24, 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Primal Law (1921), The Unwritten Code (1918) and The Eleventh Hour (1923). He was married to Shirley Mason. He died on August 29, 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.

181. Helen Lynch

Actress | Romance of the Underworld

Helen Lynch was born on April 6, 1900 in Billings, Montana, USA. She was an actress, known for Romance of the Underworld (1928), Minnie (1922) and Bustin' Thru (1925). She was married to Carroll Nye. She died on March 2, 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

182. Carroll Nye

Actor | Gone with the Wind

Carroll Nye was born on October 4, 1901 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), King of the Wild (1931) and The Heart of Maryland (1927). He was married to Dorothy Barnes Stewart, Roberta Clementine Woodburn and Helen Lynch. He died on March 17, 1974 in North ...

183. Billie West

Actress | The Wolf Man

Billie West was born on August 5, 1891 in Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wolf Man (1915), A Man's Prerogative (1915) and Should She Obey? (1917). She was married to Frank Bennett. She died on June 7, 1967 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA.

184. Frank Bennett

Actor | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Frank Bennett was born on September 15, 1890 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Intolerance (1916), Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) and The Little Yank (1917). He was married to Billie West. He died on April 29, 1957 in Warren Township, New Jersey, USA.

185. Claire McDowell

Actress | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Claire McDowell was born on November 2, 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), The Big Parade (1925) and The Mark of Zorro (1920). She was married to Charles Hill Mailes. She died on October 23, 1966 in Hollywood, California, USA.

186. Charles Hill Mailes

Actor | The Mark of Zorro

Charles Hill Mailes was born on May 25, 1870 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Hungarian Nabob (1915) and Money Madness (1917). He was married to Claire McDowell. He died on February 17, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

187. Billie Burke

Actress | The Wizard of Oz

Billie Burke was born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke on August 7, 1885 in Washington, D.C. Her father was a circus clown, and as a child she toured the United States and Europe with the circus (before motion pictures and after the stage, circuses were the biggest form of entertainment in the...

188. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

American theatrical producer who brought the revue to spectacular heights under the slogan "Glorifying the American Girl." During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Ziegfeld managed bodybuilder Eugen Sandow (billed as the Great Sandow). In 1896 he turned to theatrical management. ...

189. Adele Lane

Actress | The Story of Cupid

Adele Lane was born on July 17, 1877 in New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Story of Cupid (1914), At Last We Are Alone (1914) and Conscience and the Temptress (1914). She was married to Burton L. King. She died on October 24, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

190. Burton L. King

Director | Won in the Stretch

Burton L. King was born on August 25, 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Won in the Stretch (1917), The Master Mystery (1918) and When Lightning Strikes (1934). He was married to Adele Lane. He died on May 4, 1944 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

191. Katherine Griffith

Actress | Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Katherine Griffith was born on September 30, 1876 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913), Huckleberry Finn (1920) and A Little Princess (1917). She was married to Harry Griffith. She died on October 17, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

192. Harry Griffith

Actor | Shoes

Harry Griffith was born on July 19, 1866 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Shoes (1916), Charlotte Corday (1914) and Catch My Smoke (1922). He was married to Katherine Griffith. He died on May 4, 1926 in Pasadena, California, USA.

193. Ethel Fleming

Actress | The Kiss

Ethel Fleming was born on December 25, 1890 in Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Kiss (1916), Under Cover (1916) and East Lynne (1916). She was married to Ray Kroc and William Courtleigh Jr.. She died on December 26, 1965 in Miami, Florida, USA.

194. William Courtleigh Jr.

Actor | Neal of the Navy

William Courtleigh Jr. was born on June 28, 1892 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Neal of the Navy (1915), The Better Man (1914) and Out of the Drifts (1916). He was married to Ethel Fleming. He died on March 13, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

195. Virginia True Boardman

Actress | A Blind Bargain

Virginia True Boardman was born on May 23, 1889 in Fort Davis, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for A Blind Bargain (1922), The Road to Ruin (1934) and The Lady Lies (1929). She was married to True Boardman. She died on June 10, 1971 in Hollywood, California, USA.

196. True Boardman

Actor | Tarzan of the Apes

True Boardman was born on April 21, 1880 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Tarzan of the Apes (1918), Stingaree (1915) and The Further Adventures of Stingaree (1917). He was married to Virginia True Boardman. He died on September 28, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

197. Blanche Montel

Actress | Les trois mousquetaires

Blanche Montel was born on August 14, 1902 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. She was an actress, known for Three Musketeers (1932), La belle Nivernaise (1924) and L'Arlésienne (1930). She was married to Henri Decoin. She died on March 31, 1998 in Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France.

198. Henri Decoin

Writer | Abus de confiance

Partly due to the uneven quality of his work, Henri Decoin remained an overlooked director. Born in 1890, he was a sports correspondent, a novelist, Gallone's assistant, and a screenwriter, As a director, some of his films noirs are simply stellar and deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as ...

199. Virginia Pearson

Actress | Impossible Catherine

Virginia Pearson was born on March 7, 1886 in Anchorage, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Impossible Catherine (1919), A Daughter of France (1918) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). She was married to Sheldon Lewis. She died on June 6, 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.

200. Sheldon Lewis

Actor | The Monster Walks

Sheldon Lewis was born on April 20, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Monster Walks (1932), Orphans of the Storm (1921) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). He was married to Virginia Pearson. He died on May 7, 1958 in San Gabriel, California, USA.