- Fanny Midgley
Fanny Midgley (
November 26 ,1879 -January 4 ,1932 ) was an Americanfilm actress of Hollywood's early years, mostly insilent films .Midgley was born Fanny B. Frier in
Cincinnati, Ohio , making her move to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in the earliest days of film making, in 1911. Her first film role was alongside Francis Ford in the earliest film version of theBattle of the Alamo , titled "The Immortal Alamo ", a film which today has no existing copies. She had another three film roles in 1912 and 1913, then in 1914 her career took off. In 1914 alone she had twenty seven film appearances. That included "The Sheriff of Bisbee", in which she starred alongside actressMildred Harris , the future mother ofCharlie Chaplin 's first child. From 1915 through 1919 she would appear in another thirty two films, mostly in supporting roles. Her last film appearance during that period was the 1919 film "The Lottery Man", in which she starred alongsideWanda Hawley andWallace Reid .During the 1920s her career would slow somewhat, but she still stayed active, appearing in twenty two films between 1920 and 1926, with her biggest film role during that time being opposite
Rudolph Valentino in the 1922 film "The Young Rajah". From 1927 to 1929 her career almost completely halted compared to her previous years, with only five film appearances during that period, most notably oppositeBuddy Roosevelt in "The Cowboy Cavalier" in 1928.She did transition somewhat successfully to "talking films", and appeared in the 1930 movie "The Poor Millionaire", starring
Richard Talmadge andConstance Howard . In 1931 she appeared in "An American Tragedy", starringSylvia Sidney andPhillips Holmes . Fanny Midgley died unexpectedly at the age of 52 onJanuary 4 ,1932 , in Hollywood.References
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