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biograph;cal sketches
band. \ : I to Old." "Irene." "Mel The Go
rilla/' "Cohens and Kellys," series,
ing the Ice." Died 1941.
MYERS. HARRY
b. New Haven. Conn.. 1882. 5'n, 176 lbs. Stock and vaudeville. :.. 1910: — Lubin. Vim comedv series with wil . semary n >y, "A Connecticut Yankee," "R.S.Y.P.." "Kisses," "The Marie," "The Dove," "City Lights," "Mississippi." Died 1939.
NORMAND, MABEL
b. Boston. Mass., 1894, 5*2, 100
lbs. Lived on Staten Island. Early
. — rtist'a model. Screen: — 1911. Ykagraph. Biograph under D. W. Griffith, Keystone (several hundred comedies. Considered the greatest comedienne of the silent screen. Biggest success: — "Mickey" m le in 1 'shelved" because it
Dot a typical Sennett picture
and released in 1918 to become
one of the gres test money makers.
The s rag by Moret went with
v : iea for Sam Goldwyn: — "'Joan of Plattsburgh," "The Venus Model." "Peck"s Bad Girl." "Sis The Jinx." "Pinto," "The Slim Princess." "Head Over Heels." etc. Returned to Sennett: — "Molly O." "Suzanna." The Extra Girl." Involved in Taylor murder case (1922). being the last
d person to see him. Women's clubs barred her pictures and unfortunate scandal forced her retirement from the screen. Tried comeback with Hal Roach shorts 1926:
"Raggedy Rose," "The Nickel Hopper." Died tuberculosis Feb. 24. 1930.
PEARCE. PEGGY
b. Long Beach. Calif.. 1896. 5'.:. 135 lbs. Biograph. Keystone. 1913. L-Ko. return to Sennett. "Twixt Love and Fire." "Soul of a Plumber." "Won by a Foul," etc. Triangle feature with Roy Stewart, etc.
POLO. MALYINA
.liter of Eddie Polo. Universal serial star. Played the half-wit girl in von Stroheim*s "Foolish Wives." flapper in "A Woman of Paris."
PURYIANCE. EDNA OLGA
b. Lovelock. Paradise Valley, New. V5. 140 lbs. Amateur theatricals. Stenographer. Discovered in San Francisco by Chaplin. His leading woman 1915-1923. After "A Woman of Paris." Yon Stern^ "A Woman of the Sea," French picture ("The Education of a Prince" . N "•■ retired.
RAND, JOHN
b. New Haven. Conn., 1878. 5*7. 155 lbs. Acrobat, tumbler with Forepaugh's circus. vaudeville. Kevstone, Essanay. Mutual series. "The Circus," extra in "Modern Times."
REEVES. ALFRED
b. London, 1S76. Manager circus and various shows and Karno Co.