- Barbara Castleton
Barbara Castleton (
September 14 ,1894 -December 23 ,1978 ) was anAmericansilent movie star fromLittle Rock, Arkansas .ilent Film Actress
Castleton was one of the lower echelon stars who made films for
Samuel Goldwyn Studio , along withCullen Landis , James Kirkwood, andRowland Lee . The company's major stars wereMadge Kennedy ,Geraldine Farrar ,Will Rogers , andTom Moore .Castleton appeared in motion pictures from 1914 through 1923, accumulating twenty-eight screen credits. Her first performance as a film actress came in "The Ordeal" (1914). She had the lead in "Branding Iron" (1920), a film directed by
Reginald Barker .Private Life
Her first husband was George W. Zimmerman, an attorney from
Vancouver, British Columbia . Castleton won a divorce suit from Zimmerman in October 1921 inReno, Nevada . She contended that he gambled and lived beyond his income. The decree was granted on ground of cruelty. Castleton wed playwrightWillard Mack in June 1920.Antique Collector
Castleton was a collector of furniture. In March 1923 she purchased a pair of early seventeenth century blue velvet armchairs with Van Dykefringe and an octagonal walnut center table with an elaborate carved base, also from the seventeenth century. The pieces were purchased at the Dabissi sale of fine old furniture held at the American Art Galleries in
New York City .Death
Castleton died in
Boca Raton, Florida in 1978.References
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Los Angeles Times , "Willard Mack To Wed", June 18, 1920, Page III4.
*Los Angeles Times, "Barbara Castleton Wins Divorce Suit", October 9, 1921, II10.
*Los Angeles Times, "Film Publicist's Memories", July 22, 1958, Page B4.
*New York Times , "Dabissi Art Brings $58,695", March 25, 1923, Page 17.External links
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