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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF POPULAR PLAYERS
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blonde curls and dark brown hazel eyes. Her latest photoplay is " Behind the Scenes."
ROBERT LEONARD
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two years with the Rex Company. His career began eight years ago when he joined a chorus in the Ca 1 i f 0 r n ia Opera Company, He went to w 0 r k for $15 a wee k, with the ultimatum from his father that if he did not double his salary before the end of the first season, he must get out of the business. He more than doubled it, hence he is still in the business, tho in a different form. Mr. Leonard was educated in Denver, and when in college became a great football player. He has written many photoplays and has created many characters. Chicago was his birthplace, but when he was two years old his father moved to Denver. He is a big, well-set-up fellow, six feet tall, with close-lying, black hair, and merry blue eyes. Now playing opposite Ella Hall in the Rex Company.
LILLIAN GISH
Was born in Springfield, Mo., just seventeen years ago. At the age of six she played in "The Little Red Schoo 1house" in her h 0 m e town. She went on the road with this company and remained several weeks. After taking a course in fancy dancing, which was one of her ambitions, when
eight years old she became one of the fairy dancers with Sarah Bernhardt during one of her American tours. After two years with Bernhardt, she left the stage and entered Ursuline Convent, St. Louis, where her education was completed. About two years ago she visited Mary Pickford at the Biograph studio, and it was then that she was captured by D. W. Griffith to play in Moving Pictures. About a year ago she went to the Reliance Company, where she is now one of the leading ladies. Her two hobbies are collecting rare old books and playing golf. She is a keen student of literature and very fond of Shakespeare.
HARRY NORTHRUP
His right name is Henri Stabo Wallace Northrup, and he is Scotch. Born in Paris, France, July 31, 1877. He went to Rome when he was one year old, and later came to S an Francisco, where he was educated, and graduated from Berkeley College. His hair is black, and his "athletic" eyebrows are luxurious and ebon. He can express any emotion, interrogative or otherwise, with his eyebrows. He married Merceita Esmonde, leading woman in Frohman's "The Conspiracy." Not like most other players, Mr. Northrup does not care for publicity. He has been with Vitagraph for three years, and intends to remain there because he likes the work. He has supported such eminent stars as E. H. Sothern, Henry Miller, Mary Mannering, William Faversham and Wilton Lackaye, and he has played many leading parts. He will be remembered for his good work in "The Christian," "Mills of the Gods" and "The Painted World."