June Elvidge
June Elvidge | |
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 Elvidge circa 1920 | |
| Born | June 30, 1893 |
| Died | May 1, 1965 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Britton Busch |
June Elvidge (June 30, 1893 – May 1, 1965) was an early 20th-century silent film actress from St. Paul, Minnesota. She was of English and Irish descent.[1]
Biography
Elvidge debuted in Passing Show of 1914, produced by Sam Shubert at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. She is noted for playing roles as a vamp in silent movies such as The Lure of Woman (1915) and The Poison Pen (1919).
She appeared in westerns such as The Price of Pride (1917) and The Law of the Yukon (1920). She acted in seventy motion pictures before the beginning of the sound era. After the conclusion of her movie career in 1924, Elvidge toured America on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc., in vaudeville. She retired from show business in 1925.
Elvidge died in 1965 at the Mary Lee Nursing Home in Eatontown, New Jersey. She was 71 years old, the widow of Britton Busch, a stockbroker.[2]
Partial filmography
- La Bohème (1916)
- The Almighty Dollar (1916)
- A Girl's Folly (1917)
- The Whip (1917)
- The Guardian (1917)
- Stolen Orders (1918)
- Almost Married (1919)
- Beauty's Worth (1922)
- Beyond the Rocks (1922)
- The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
- Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
- Forsaking All Others (1922)
- The Woman Conquers (1922)
- The Prisoner (1923)
- Painted People (1924)
- Chalk Marks (1924)
References
- ^ June Elvidge. Photoplay magazine. 1924.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "June Elvidge obituary". The New York Times. May 3, 1965. p. 33.
External links
- June Elvidge at IMDb
- 1925 passport photo (courtesy of the Puzzlemaster, flickr)
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