Edgena De Lespine
Edgena De Lespine | |
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Born | Edgena Stoddart Brown February 1882 Galveston, Texas |
Died | January 30, 1920 New York |
Occupation | Silent film actress |
Edgena De Lespine (February 1882 – January 30, 1920) born Edgena Stoddart Brown, was a silent film and stage actress in the United States.
Early life
Edgena Brown was born in Galveston, Texas. Her parents were John Stoddart Brown (1848–1912) and Helen A. Delespine Brown (1849–1910).[1] Her father owned a hardware store.[2]
Career
De Lespine was an actress in plays and in vaudeville,[3] and had several starring roles in silent films. She starred in the 1913 play London Assurance,[4] and in The Good Within.[5] She worked at Reliance[6] until she moved to Biograph in 1914.[7] She was considered a beauty.[3] She made several films with child actress Runa Hodges, including Runa Plays Cupid, The Dream Home, and The House of Pretense.[8]
Beyond acting, De Lespine advertised her willingness to do "New York shopping" for Texas women, without charge.[9]
Personal life
De Lespine married Eugene W. Tips (born 1874) in 1900.[2] In 1915, she married her second husband, stock broker Henry Glover Hemming (1872–1921). She died on January 30, 1920.[10] Her grave is in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. Her second husband was killed the following year, after he married her twice-divorced sister, Helen Henderson.[11][12][13]
Filmography
- The Old Mam'selle's Secret (1912)
- Votes for Women (1912), movie about suffrage[14]
- The Good Within (1913)[15]
- Twickenham Ferry (1913)[16][17]
- Runa Plays Cupid (1913)[18]
- Half a Chance (1913)[19]
- Eternal Sacrifice[15]
- The Social Secretary (1913)[20]
- The Little Pirate (1913)
- The Bawlerout (1913)[21]
- The Dream Home (1913)[22]
- Rowdy the Dog
- Dick's Turning (1913)[23]
- Ashes (1913 film), story by Marion Brooks[24][25]
- London Assurance (1913 film) (1913), an adaptation of the play London Assurance[26]
- A Night of Terror (1913)
- The Turning Point based on the play by Preston Gibson[6][27]
- The Higher Justice by Forrest Halsey (1913)[28]
- The Tangled Web (film) (1913)[29]
- The House of Pretense (1913)[30]
References
- ^ "Live Oak Terrace". Galveston Monthly. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Tips-Brown". The Times-Picayune. June 5, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Untitled brief item". San Antonio Light. April 20, 1913. p. 77. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.
- ^ "Motion Picture". Macfadden-Bartell. May 17, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "A Rising Star". Anaconda Standard. October 12, 1913. p. 54. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Edgena De Lespine Now With Biograph". Ogden Standard. January 17, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Little Runa Hodges on the Road". The Moving Picture World. 17: 419. July 26, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Advertisement". Austin American-Statesman. August 23, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hemming (funeral listing)". New-York Tribune. February 1, 1920. p. 16. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "What Has Happened?". Daily News. September 2, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "What is the Mystery Behind Hemming's Slaying? Widow for First Time Tells Her Version of Affair". Daily News. July 19, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orders of Bride End Life of Spouse and his Slayer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Film: Votes for Women (1912)". Women's Suffrage and the Media.
- ^ a b "Answers to Inquiries". Motion Picture. 6. September 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Follow the Crowd to the Grand". Indiana Evening Gazette. October 16, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "At the Gem". Centralia Evening Sentinel. October 10, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Edgena De Lespine". BFI. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "Advertisement for 'Half a Chance'". Exhibitors' Times. 1: back page. June 7, 1913 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Vivian Prescott Reappears". Exhibitors' Times. 1: 21. August 23, 1913 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Splendid Comedies Today at the Lyric". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. May 4, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Rex Theatre (advertisement)". Defiance Crescent News. August 26, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Dick's Turning (Reliance)". The Moving Picture World. 17: 55. July 5, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Advertisement for 'Ashes'". The Moving Picture World. 17: 129. July 12, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Manufacturers Advance Notes: Ashes (Reliance)". The Moving Picture World. 17: 211. July 12, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Untitled brief item". The Galveston Daily News. October 5, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Advertisement". Sedalia Democrat. July 31, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Advertisement". Defiance Crescent News. September 26, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Advertisement". Biloxi Daily Herald. August 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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