Louise Huff

Louise Huff (November 14, 1895 – August 22, 1973) was an American silent film actress from Columbus, Georgia. She was a relative of former President James Knox Polk. Louise began her acting career at the age of 15. She toured in stage productions of "Ben-Hur" and "Graustark". She made her motion picture debut in 1913 with "In the Bishop's Carriage" and "Caprice". By 1916 she secured the ingenue role opposite Jack Pickford in the Booth Tarkington comedy "Seventeen".

Her later silent films included roles in "Great Expectations" (1917), "The Seventh Day" (1922), "Disraeli" (1921), and "Oh, You Women!" (1919). She was also featured on Broadway in "Mary the Third" and "The New Englander". Louise was featured in motion pictures produced by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. Miss Huff continued in films until 1922.

Miss Huff was a director of the Friends of the Theater and Music Collection at the Museum of the City of New York.

She was married to Edwin A. Stillman, who was president of Watson-Stillman, manufacturers of hydraulic machinery. Louise died in New York, New York in Doctors Hospital in 1973. She was 77 years old and resided at 155 East 72nd Street in New York.

References

* Lancaster, Pennsylvania Daily Gazette, "Not A Studio Set", Saturday, December 16, 1916, Page 7.
* New York Times, "Mrs. E.A. Stillman, Movie Actress, 77", August 23, 1973, Page 40.