Edith Yorke

Edith Yorke
Born	23 December 1867(1867-12-23) Derby, England
Died	28 July 1934(1934-07-28) (aged 66) Southgate, California, United States
Other names	Edithe Yorke
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1933

Edith Yorke (23 December 1867 – 28 July 1934) was an English actress of the silent era. She appeared in 65 films between 1919 and 1933.

She was born in Derby, England under the name Edith Murgatroyd,and the family later moved to Croydon near London but Edith left a more comfortable life behind to return to Derby, where she taught destitute children in a local workhouse. She married Robert Byard and emigrated with him and their children to the US in 1902, becoming a film actress in her fifties, mainly in supporting roles. Her daughter also worked for a time as an actress in films, and her son became a violinist with a symphony orchestra. She developed curvature of the spine as a result of working under the excessively hot studio lights and died in Southgate, California.

Selected filmography

• The False Road (1920)
• Step on It! (1922)
• Souls for Sale (1923)
• The Beauty Prize (1924)
• Happiness (1924)
• Silent Sanderson (1925)
• The Silent Flyer (1926)
• The Valiant (1929)
• City Girl (1930)

External links

• Edith Yorke at the Internet Movie Database