Edith Roberts (actress)
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Edith Roberts | |
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 Filmplay Journal, 1922 | |
| Born | September 17, 1899 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1935 (aged 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, vaudevillian |
| Relatives | Leona Roberts (sister) Josephine Hutchinson (niece) |
Edith Josephine Roberts (September 17, 1899 – August 20, 1935) was an American silent film actress from New York City. She was a child performer in vaudeville before she came to Hollywood in 1915. Among her more than 150 screen credits are roles in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925), Big Brother (1923), The Wagon Master (1929), and The Mystery Club (1926). Her final film role was in Two O'Clock in the Morning (1929). [citation needed]
Death
Roberts was married to Harold Carter. She died, aged 35, from sepsis at the Hollywood Hospital in 1935, shortly after giving birth to a son, Robert, her only child. A Christian Science memorial service was conducted at the chapel at Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. Her sister was the actress Leona Roberts, and she was an aunt of Josephine Hutchinson.
Selected filmography
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- When the Call Came (1915)
- Billy's College Job (1915)
- The Trail of the Wild Wolf (1916)
- Cinders (1916)
- The Brazen Beauty (1918)
- The Deciding Kiss (1918)
- Set Free (1918)
- Bill Henry (1919)
- White Youth (1920)
- Her Five-Foot Highness (1920)
- Alias Miss Dodd (1920)
- The Adorable Savage (1920)
- The Triflers (1920)
- The Fire Cat (1921)
- Flesh and Blood (1922)
- Pawned (1922)
- A Front Page Story (1922)
- Saturday Night (1922)
- Backbone (1923)
- The Dangerous Age (1923)
- Roulette (1924)
- Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)
- The Bowery Bishop (1924)
- The Age of Innocence (1924)
- Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
- Roaring Rails (1924)
- Three Keys (1925)
- On Thin Ice (1925)
- The New Champion (1925)
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
- There You Are! (1926)
- The Jazz Girl (1926)
- The Mystery Club (1926)
- The Adorable Outcast (1928)
- Dreary House (1928)
- The Man from Headquarters (1928)
- The Phantom of the North (1929)
References
- Los Angeles Times, Last Honor Paid To Edith Roberts, August 23, 1935, Page A2.
- The New York Times, Mrs. Harold Carter, August 22, 1935, Page 15.
External links
- Edith Roberts at IMDb
- Edith Roberts at Virtual History
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