Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

90— ACTRESSES, LEADS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition ^IIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimilllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllll lUlllllllUIIIUllllllllllilllllll ii!iii>i:ii!i:iii;>uiiiiii.iiiiiuiiiiiii!iiiiiiuiiii!iiiiiiiiijiii!iiiiii:i!iiiiN ACTRESSES— Leads ABBOTT, G3rpsy; b. in England 23 years ago; stage career, eight years, 3 yrs. in stock, Chicago; ingenue roles with Nat Goodwin; 2 seasons singing and dancing acts over Pantages and Orpheum circuits; screen career began with St. Elmo (" Man Who Could Not Lose," "Vengeance is Mine," and " Some Liars "), Vogue (" Rolling to Ru;n," " The Wicked City," "A Circus Cyclone"), Marine Film ("Lorelei of the Sea"). Recreations, riding, swimming, scenario writer. Hght., 5, 3; wght., 116; dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 2225 W. 11th st, Los Angeles. ABBOTT, Marguerita; b. Boston, Mass., 1890; stage career, with Mansfield, Cohan and Harris, H. B. Haris, T. W. Ryley, Klaw and Erlanger, etc.; screen career, Powers, Yankee, Kalem, American, Historical, World, and others, in " Call of the Heart," " Toll of Justice." Hght., 5, 4; wght., 130; medium hair, gray eyes, light complexion. Ad., studio, C. C. Field Film, Miami, Fla. ADAMS, Dora Mills; also characters; screen career, Vitagraph, Mutual ("Runaway Jane"), Famous, 2 yrs., Pathe ("Recoil"), Ivan ("Married in Name Only"), Metro ("The Square Deceiver"), Brenon ("Passing of the Third Floor Back"); pianist of note, concert work, rides, fond of outdoor sports. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 170; light hair, brown eyes, complexion light. Home ad., 485 Rugby rd., Brooklyn; bus. ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. C. ADAMS, Kathryn; b. St. Louis, Mo., 1897; educ. St. Louis; stage career, mus. com. 1 yr. ; screen career, Metro ("The Shooting of Dan McGrew"), Fox ("Lady Audley's Secret"), World, Famous Players, Terriss, Solax, Thanhouser (" Vicar of Wakefield," " Hinton's Double," " Woman and the Beast "), Pathe (" Streets of Illusion "), Goldwyn (" Baby Mine "), Edison-Kleine (" The Customary Two-Weeks "). Hght., 5, 7; wght., 130; blond hair, dark gray eyes. Ad., home, 508 W. 139 st.; studio, Edison, N. Y. ALBERT, Elsie; stage career, with Blaney Stock Co., Newark, N. J.; screen career, 1 season under direction of Edward Porter and J. Searle Dawley, with Edison and Universal, playing leads under direction of H. C. Matthews. ALLEN, Mabel; b. 1893; stage career, leads in " Oh! Oh! Delphine," "Walls of Jericho," stk. rep.; screen career, Fox ("Soul of Broadway"). Hght., 5, 6; fair complexion, blond hair, blue eyes. Ad., 10 Sherman ave., N. Y. ALLISON, May; b. Georgia; educ. Birmingham and Centenary Female College, Cleveland, Tenn. ; first stage appearance as Beauty in " Everywoman," title-role in " Quaker Girl ", with W. H. Crane in " David Harum ", screen career, from 1915, (Famous Players), in "Governor's Lady" (Lasky), "House of Scandals" (American), "River of Romance," "The ComeBack" (Metro), "Pidgin Island," "Big Tremaine," "The Hidden Children"). Sings, rides, swims, motors. Hght., 5, 5; wght., 125; fair complexion, golden hair, blue eyes. Ad., Metro, N. Y. ANDERSON, Claire; b. and educ. Detroit, Mich.; screen career, Fine Arts, Triangle-Keystone (" The Craven," " Three Brothers," " God is Love," " A Primitive Spirit," " Lion and the Girl," " Bathtub Perils," " The Late Lamented," " His Crooked Career," "Won by a Fowl"), playing comedienne leads. Hght., 5, 5; wght., 132; fair complexion, light hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 3524 White House pi., Los Angeles, Cal. ; studio, Triangle-Keystone, Hollywood, Cal. ANDERSON, Mary; b. Brooklyn, June 28, 1897; educ. Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall, Holy Cross Schl.; early career, amateur Grecian dancing for charity; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Hoyden," " La Paloma," " The Wardrobe Woman," " The Last Man," "The Luck Charm"; recent pictures, "The Lady Sheriff," " The Pretender," " By Right of Possession," " The Divorcee," " Capt. Sunlight," " Red Prince," " The Flaming Omen," " Sunlight's Last Raid," "John Burt," "The Eighth Great Grand Parent "). Recreations, horseback riding, swimming, painting, scenario writing. Hght., 4, 11; wght., 105; auburn hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 1061 Dean st., Brooklyn. ANDERSON, Mignon; b. Baltimore, Md.; educ. N. Y. C; early experience, posing for artists; stage career, with Joseph Jefferson, Richard Mansfield, Julia Marlowe, Effie Shannon, etc., as a child actress; screen career, Thanhouser ("Price of Her Silence," " The Mill on the Floss," " The Tin Soldier and the Doll," "The Outcast of Society"), Exclusive ("Pamela's Past"), Universal ("Even as You and I," "Little Hero," "The Phantom's Secret," "The Circus of Life," "A Young Patriot," "Meet My Wife," "A Wife on Trial," "The Geta-way," " The Master Spy "). Hght., 5 ft.; wght., 94; fair complexion, blond hair; accomplishments, riding, motoring, tennis. Ad., home, 537 W. 142d St., N. Y.; studio, Univ. City, Cal. AOKI, Tsuru; b. Tokio, Japan, Sept. 9, 1892; educ. Japan and convent in this country; stage career, since 8 yrs. old with aunt and uncle; screen career, NYMP ("The Wrath of the Gods," "The Beckoning Flame"), Lasky ("Alien Souls," "The Honorable Friend," "The Soul of Kura San"), LaskyPara. (" The Call of the East "), Essanay (" The Curse of Iku"); rides, paints. Hght., 5, 1; wght, 120; black hair and eyes. Ad., home, 1606 El Centro ave., Hollywood; studio, Lasky, Hollywood. ARLLA, Susanne; b. Los Angeles; educ. there; stage career, with Maude Adams, Belasco and Morosco stk.; screen career, with Pathe-Astra ("Kick In"); dances, sings, tennis, golf. Hght., 5, 2; wght., 110; light complexion, titian hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 158 Madison ave., N. Y. ARNOLD, Helen; b. Louisville, Ky., 1893; educ. private schs. and Louisville Normal Sch.; screen career, Frohman (ingenue in "The Witching Hour"), Metro ("Egypt the Gypsy"), Ivan ("One Law for Both," "Two Men and a Woman"); swims, rides, motors. AVER, Florence, also scenario writer; b. Albany; educ. New England Conserv. of Music, Amer. Acad, of Dram. Arts; stage career, Geo. Arliss in " Paganini," Robt. Mantell; screen career, Fox (wrote "A Modern Cinderella"), Metro ("Her Great Price "), played with various m. p. cos. Ad., Hotel Flanders, N. Y. AVERILL, Nancy; b. Dover, N. H.; educ. Boston priv. sch., and Acad, of Dramatic Art, N. Y. ; leading woman with William Courtleigh in " The Prosecutor," featured in " The Stronger Sex"; screen career, Edison (lead in "Twin Towers," in "Aida," "The Rival Sculptors"), Eclair ("Rob Roy," "The Gallop of Death "), Pathe ('The Torn Note"); swims, rides. Hght., 5, 7; wght.', 145; blond hair, blue eyes. Ad., Dover, N. H. AYRES, Agnes, also ingenue; b. 1896; educ. Chicago Univ.; stage career, stock at College Theatre and Marlowe Theatre; screen career, Essanay (" The White Sister," " The Sting of Victory"), Selig ("The Seven Suffering Sisters"), Powell ("Mrs. Balfame"), Mutual ("The Mirror," "The Debt," " Mary Moreland," " The Dazzling Miss Davison "), Vitagraph ("Richard the Brazen," "The Bottom of the Well"), O. Henry-General ("The Defeat of the City"); rides, swims and golf. Hght., 5, 5; wght, 118; brown hair, hazel eyes. Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. AYERS, CLIO; b. Cincinnati, O.; educ. there and N. Y. C; screen career, Vitagraph, Thomas H. Ince; rides, swims, motors, fond of winter sports, expert skater. Ad., c/o C. C. Wilkenning, 220 West 42d st., N. Y. C. B BABETTE, Blanche; b. Pittsburg; educ. Wash. Seminary; stage career, vaud., feat, in " Clownland," also single; screen career, Thanhouser (" The Clerk and the Criminal," " The Lonely Heart"); dances, sings, skates. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 130; fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 528 Riverside Dr.; studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle. BAIRD, Leah; b. Chicago, 111., 1887; educ. Chicago; stage career, for 5 yrs. in " The Mummy and the Humming Bird," last 2 yrs. in "The Gentleman from Mississippi"; screen ca