Silent Film Artists
1908-1919
1908

Gladys Egan
(1900-1985)

Film Company/Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company

IMDB

1909

Adele DeGarde
aka Adele De Garde
(1899-1966)

Film Company/Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company
Vitagraph Company of America

Museum
IMDB

1909

Mary Pickford
(1892-1979)
"America's Sweetheart"

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Famous Players Film Company

Mary Pickford Foundation
IMDB

Book: (1955) "Sunshine & Shadow"

Sister of Jack Pickford & Lottie Pickford

1910

Edith Haldeman
(1905-1984)
"King's Little Imp"
(Discovered by King Baggot)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

IMDB

1910

Edith Storey
(1892-1967)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
Melies American Company

IMDB

1910

Gladys Hulette
(1896-1991)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
Edison Company
General Film Company
Astra Film
Pathe Exchange
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Mutual Film

IMDB

1910

John Tansey
aka Johnny Tansey/Tansy
(1901-1971)

Film Company/Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company

Museum

Internet Broadway Database
IMDB

1910

Kenneth Casey
(1899-1965)
"The Vitagraph Boy"

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

Co-writer of jazz song
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (1925)

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Thanhouser Film Corp

1910

Marie Eline
(1902-1981)
"Thanhouser Kid"
"Child Bernhardt of the Movies"

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

IMDB

1911

Blanche Sweet
(1896-1986)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Mutual Film
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

Cousin of Antrim Short & Gertrude Short

1911

Edna Foster
(1900-?)
"Little Billy"

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company

(often played boy roles)

IMDB

Sister of Flora Foster

1911

Edna Mae Weick
aka Edna May Weick
(1905-1983)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1911

Jack Pickford
(1896-1933)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Famous Players Film Company
Paramount Pictures
Selig Polyscope Co.

IMDB

Brother of Mary Pickford
& Lottie Pickford

1911

Jimmie
aka Rene Dary, Bebe, Baby Abelard,
Anatole Mary
(1905-1974)

Film Company/Studio
Gaumont Company

IMDB

1911

Mabel Normand
(1893-1930)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Keystone Film Company
Mutual Film

IMDB

Memorial Site

There are discrepancies regarding her birthdate.
Her gravestone says 1895.
Most sources say 1892.
Her companion for the last 10 years
of her life says 1893.
1893 matches the Staten Island, NY census of 1900.

1911

Marion Sunshine
(1894-1963)

Film Company/Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Gaumont Company
Mutual Film

Vocalist
Vaudeville Act "Tempest & Sunshine"

IMDB

1911

Violet Mersereau
(1892-1975)

Film Company/Studio
Nestor Film Company
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company

IMDB

1911

Yale Boss
(1899-1977)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1912

Dolores Costello
(1903-1979)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
General Film Company

IMDB

Daughter of Maurice Costello
Sister of Helene Costello
Grandmother of Drew Barrymore

1912

Dorothy Davenport
(1895-1977)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Nestor Film Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

Mother of Wallace Reid Jr.

1912

Dorothy Gish
(1898-1968)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Mutual Film
New Art Film Company
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

Autobiography: (1973)
"Dorothy & Lillian Gish"

Sister of Lillian Gish

1912

Ethel Grandin
(1894-1988)
"The IMP Girl"

Film Company/Studio
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
George Kleine Productions
General Film Company
Grandin Films
Smallwood Film Corp.

IMDB

1912

Eva Prout
aka Evebelle Prout
(1894-1980)

Film Company/Studio
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company

Vaudville
Vocalist

Museum
IMDB

1912

Helene Costello
aka Helen Costello
(1906-1957)

Wampas Baby Star of 1927

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
General Film Company
Warner Bros

IMDB

Daughter of Maurice Costello
Sister of Dolores Costello

1912

Lillian Gish
(1893-1993)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Mutual Film

IMDB

Autobiography: (1973)
"Dorothy & Lillian Gish"

Sister of Dorothy Gish

1912

Magda Foy
(1905-2000)
"The Solax Kid"

Film Company/Studio
Solax Film Company

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Thanhouser Film Corp

1912

Muriel Ostriche
(1896-1989)

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Mutual Film
World Film
Eclair American
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1912

Norma Talmadge
(1894-1957)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
General Film Company

IMDB
Norma Talmadge Site

Book: (1924)
"The Talmadge Sisters-Norma, Constance, Natalie:
An intimate story of the world's most famous
screen family" by Margaret L. Talmadge

Sister of Constance Talmadge

Several different dates are given as her birthdate.
1897 is on her gravestone and
1894 is handwritten on the birth certificate.

1912

Robert Harron
aka Bobby Harron
(1893-1920)

Film Company/Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Mutual Film
Majestic Motion Picture Co.

IMDB

Brother of John Harron

1912

Sadie Frances Osman
aka Little Frances Osman
(1908-2001)

Film Company/Studio
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company
Selig Polyscope Co.

IMDB

1912

Ynez Seabury
(1907-1973)
"The Biograph Baby"

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company
Universal Pictures

IMDB

1912

Zena Keefe
aka Zena Keife
(1896-1976)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

1913

Adelaide Lawrence
(1905-1989)
"Little Adelaide"

Film Company/Studio
Kalem Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Anita Stewart
(1895-1961)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
General Film Company

IMDB

Sister of Lucille Lee Stewart
& George Stewart

Her gravestone says she was born in 1902.
We know that she was born in 1895
per the census records of 1900, 1905, 1910 & 1915.

1913

Buster Roswell Johnson
(1908-1971)

Film Company/Studio
Lubin Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Clara Horton
(1904-1976)
"The Eclair Kid"

Film Company/Studio
Eclair American
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Robertson-Cole Pictures Corp.
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)

IMDB

1913

Baby Early
aka Early Gorman
(1906-1982)
"Powers Kids"

Film Company/Studio
Powers Picture Plays
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Rex Motion Picture Co.
Warner's Feature Film Company

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Univ of Washington Libraries,
Special Collections Division

1913

Edna Hamel
(1901-1964)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
General Film Company

Museum
IMDB

1913

Eleanor Kahn
(1903-1982)

Film Company/Studio
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Thanhouser Film Corp

1913

Fairbanks Twins
Madeline & Marion Fairbanks

(1900-1989) (1900-1973)
"The Thanhouser Twins"

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

Madeline IMDB
Marion IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Thanhouser Film Corp

1913

Helen Badgley
(1908-1977)
"Thanhouser Kidlet"

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

IMDB

1913

Judson Melford
(1900-1978)

Film Company/Studio
Kalem Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Baby Lillian Wade
(1907-1990)

Film Company/Studio
Selig Polyscope Co.
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Louise Fazenda
(1895-1962)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Keystone Film Company

IMDB

1913

Marguerite Courtot
"Little Kalem Girl"
(1897-1986)

Film Company/Studio
Kalem Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Matty Roubert
(1907-1973)
"Powers Kids"
"The Universal Boy"

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Powers Picture Plays
Universal Pictures
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Warner's Feature Film Company
Keystone Film Company
Matty Roubert Productions, Inc.

IMDB

1913

Raymond Hackett
(1902-1958)

Film Company/Studio
Lubin Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

Brother of Albert Hackett
Husband of Blanche Sweet

1913

Roy Clark
(1903-1993)

Film Company/Studio
Selig Polyscope Co.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
General Film Company

IMDB

1913

Runa Hodges
(1909?-?)

Film Company/Studio
Reliance Film Company
Mutal Film
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Fox Film Corp.

IMDB

1913

Thomas Shirley
aka Tommy Shirley
(1899-1962)

Film Company/Studio
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1914

Andy Clark
(1903-1960)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company

IMDB

1914

Little Billy Jacobs
aka Paul Jacobs
(1910-2004)

Film Company/Studio
Keystone Film Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Sterling Film Company
Lasky Feature Play Company
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

1914

Bobby Connelly
(1909-1922)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

Brother of Helen Connelly

1914

Constance Talmadge
(1898-1973)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

Book: (1924)
"The Talmadge Sisters-Norma, Constance, Natalie:
An intimate story of the world's most famous
screen family" by Margaret L. Talmadge

Sister of Norma Talmadge

1914

Ella Hall
(1896-1981)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Rex Motion Picture Co.

IMDB

1914

Leland Benham
(1905-1976)

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

IMDB

Brother of Dorothy Benham
Son of Harry Benham

1914

Mildred Harris
(1901-1944)

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Co.
Lois Weber Productions
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Domino Film Company
Broncho Film Company
Kay-Bee Pictures
Mutual Film
Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Company

IMDB

1st Wife of Charlie Chaplin

1914

Paul Kelly
(1899-1956)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

1915

Audrey Berry
(1906-1996)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

1915

Bebe Daniels
(1901-1971)

Film Company/Studio
Selig Polyscope Co.
Rolin Films
Pathe Exchange
Realart Pictures Corp.
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Motion Picture Department of
George Eastman House

1915

Baby Carmen De Rue
(1908-1986)
"Triangle Kiddies"
"Fox Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Sterling Film Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Mutual Film
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Fox Film Corp.

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Motion Picture Department of
George Eastman House

1915

Doris Baker
(1907-1998)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Lubin Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1915

Gordon Griffith
(1907-1958)

Film Company/Studio
Keystone Film Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Sterling Film Company
Mutual Film
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

1915

Marie Newton
(1897-?)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
General Film Company

IMDB

1915

Shirley Mason
aka Leonie Flugrath
(1900-1979)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
Fox Film Corp.
Paramount Pictures
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
McClure Publishing Company

IMDB

Sister of Viola Dana

1915

Teddy Sampson
(1898-1970)

Film Company/Studio
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Reliance Film Company
Mutual Film

IMDB

1915

Thelma Salter
(1908-1953)

Film Company/Studio
Keystone Film Company
Mutual Film
Kay-Bee Pictures
Domino Film Company
Broncho Film Company

IMDB

1915

Viola Dana
(1897-1987)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Columbia Pictures

IMDB

Sister of Shirley Mason

1916

Bessie Love
(1898-1986)

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Vitagraph Company of America
Pathe Exchange

IMDB

1916

Bobby Vernon
(1897-1939)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Keystone Film Company
Christie Film Company

IMDB

1916

Edith Roberts
(1898-1935)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Nestor Film Company

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Thanhouser Film Corp

1916

Ethelmary Oakland
(1909-1999)

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Univ of Washington Libraries,
Special Collections Division

1916

Georgie Stone
(1909-2010)
"Triangle Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Fox Film Corp.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Mutual Film

Museum
IMDB

1916

Helen Jerome Eddy
(1897-1990)

Film Company/Studio
Lubin Manufacturing Co.
Pallas Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.

IMDB

1916

Katherine Lee & Jane Lee
(1910-1968) (1912-1957)
"The Baby Grands"

Film Company/Studio
Fox Film Corp.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

Katherine IMDB
Jane IMDB

1916

Little Lois Alexander
(1910-?)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1916

Madge Evans
(1909-1981)

Film Company/Studio
World Film

IMDB

1916

Baby Marie Osborne
(1911-2010)
"Little Mary Sunshine"

Film Company/Studio
Balboa Amusement Producing Co.
Pathe Exchange
Diando Film Corp.

Museum
IMDB

1916

Mary Miles Minter
(1902-1984)

Film Company/Studio
American Film Manufacturing Co.
Metro Pictures Corp.
American Film Company
Metro Film
Realart Pictures Corp.
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Violet's Son-in-Law Bill Norin

1916

Violet Wilkey
(1903-1976)

Film Company/Studio
Reliance Film Company
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company

Museum
IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Zoe Rae & daughter Mona Lamb

1916

Zoe Rae
aka Zoe Bech, Zoe Du Rae
(1910-2006)

Film Company/Studio
Biograph Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Museum
IMDB

1917

Antrim Short
(1900-1972)

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

Brother of Gertrude Short
Cousin of Blanche Sweet

1917

Francis Carpenter
(1910-1973)
"Triangle Kiddies"
"Fox Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Fox Film Corp.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Reliance Film Company
Mutual Film

IMDB

1917

Gladys Leslie
(1899-1976)
"Girl with the Million Dollar Smile"

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Edison Company

IMDB

1917

Harold Goodwin
(1902-1987)

Film Company/Studio
Fox Film Corp.
Universal Pictures
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Reliance Film Company

IMDB

1917

Jewel Carmen
(1897-1984)

Film Company/Studio
Keystone Film Company
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Mutual Film
Fox Film Corp.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1917

Joyce Fair
(1903-1987)

Film Company/Studio
Edison Company
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Motion Picture Department of
George Eastman House

1917

Kittens Reichert
(1910-1990)
"Fox Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America
Fox Film Corp.

IMDB

1917

Lena Baskette
aka Lina Basquette
(1907-1994)
"Pavlova Junior"

"Lena Baskette Featurettes"
Dancer

Film Company/Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Wampas Baby Star of 1928

IMDB

Book: (1990)
"Lina: DeMille's Godless Girl"

Photo courtesy of
Univ of Washington Libraries,
Special Collections Division

1917

Mary McAllister
(1909-1991)

Film Company/Studio
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.

Wampas Baby Star of 1927

IMDB

1917

Violet Radcliffe
(1908-1926)
"Triangle Kiddies"
"Fox Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Fox Film Corp.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.

IMDB

1917

Virginia Lee Corbin
(1910-1942)
"Fox Kiddies"

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Fox Film Corp.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

1918

Aida Horton
(1912-1983)

Film Company/Studio
Vitagraph Company of America

IMDB

1918

Colleen Moore
(1900-1988)

Film Company/Studio
Freelance

IMDB

Book: (1968) "Silent Star"

1918

Baby Em Gorman
aka Emmie Gorman
(1912?-?)

Film Company/Studio
Pioneer Feature Film Corp.
Chopin Features

IMDB

Photo courtesy of
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

1918

Gertrude Short
(1902-1968)

Film Company/Studio
Metro Pictures Corp.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Powers Picture Plays
Paramount Pictures
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Bison Motion Pictures

IMDB

Sister of Antrim Short
Cousin of Blanche Sweet

1918

Baby Gloria Joy
(1910-1970)
"The Baby Nazimova"

Film Company/Studio
General Film Company
Oakdale Productions
Gloria Joy Film Company
Sherwood MacDonald Productions
Rayart Pictures Corp.

IMDB

1918

Marjorie Daw
aka Marguerite House
(1902-1979)

Film Company/Studio
Paramount Pictures
Lasky Feature Play Company
First National Pictures
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Artcraft Pictures Corp.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

IMDB

Sister of Chandler House

1918

Tula Belle
(1906-1992)

Film Company/Studio
Thanhouser Film Corporation

IMDB

Sister of Ebba Mona

1919

Eileen Percy
(1900-1973)

Film Company/Studio
Fox Film Corp.
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Artcraft Pictures Corp.

IMDB

1919

Baby Ivy Ward
(1914-?)

Film Company/Studio
Metro Pictures Corp.

IMDB

1919

Lila Lee
(1901-1973)
"Cuddles"

Wampas Baby Star of 1922

Film Company/Studio
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Paramount Pictures

IMDB

1919

Mae Giraci
aka May Giraci, Tina Rossi
(1910-2006)

Film Company/Studio
Triangle-Fine Arts Film Company
Triangle Film Corp.
Paramount Pictures
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

Museum
IMDB


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