Adele Farrington

{{Short description|American actress (1867–1936)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Adele Farrington

| image = Adele Farrington 01.jpg

| image_caption = Photoplay Magazine, 1915

| birth_date = 1867

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date = December, 19 {{death year and age|1936|1867}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California., U.S.

| othername =

| spouse = Hobart Bosworth

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1914-1926

}}

Adele Farrington (1867 - 19 December 1936) was an American actress of the stage and the silent film era.{{cite magazine |date=October 16, 1915 |page=455 |title=Adele Farrington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De8lR_sUtoUC&pg=PA651 |magazine=The Moving Picture World |access-date=September 4, 2024 }}

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York,[https://www.newspapers.com/article/staunton-daily-leader/154684352/ "Biography of Adele Farrington"]. Staunton Daily Leader. September 22, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved September 5, 2024.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/281204892/?clipping_id=154684910 "More to Be Pitied Than Scorned Powerful Play"]. The Morning Call. December 20, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved September 5, 2024. "Alice Lake [...] comes from Brooklyn, and at a recent gathering of prominent screen and stage folks someone sought to liven the occasion by joking her about it. [...] 'I was born in Brooklyn and I like to go back to it and I love to see my pictures there, where the home folks can see little Alice on the screen. As a matter of fact, I am not the only stage woman that Brooklyn has brought to light, not by a long shot. Gladys Brockwell was born in Brooklyn. Viola Dana was born in Brooklyn. Marion Davies was born in Brooklyn, so were Adele Farrington, Shirley Mason, Anita Stewart, Constance Talmadge, Lillian Walker and a lot of others.'" Farrington had the lead in This Is the Life (1915) for the American Film Company. She also did her own stunts for the film.

Personal life and death

Farrington was married to, and divorced from, actor Hobart Bosworth.{{cite news |title=British resent U. S. films |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/654423461/?match=1&terms=%22Adele%20Farrington%22%20Bosworth |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Kansas City Star |date=January 2, 1921 |page=18 C|via = Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} Her relationship with Bosworth led to his divorce from a previous wife in 1903. In the divorce suit, the keeper of a boardinghouse testified that Bosworth and Farrington had represented themselves to her as husband and wife when they lodged there. Bosworth offered no defense in that suit.{{cite news |title=Were Betrayed by Their Landlady: Actor Bosworth's Infidelity With Adele Farrington Results in His Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27489919/?match=1&terms=%22Adele%20Farrington%22%20Bosworth |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=September 22, 1903 |page=1|via = Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}

On December 19, 1936, Farrington died in Los Angeles at age 69. Her body was cremated following the funeral two days later.{{Cite news|title=Obituaries: Adele Farrington|author=|date=December 23, 1936|work=Variety|page=62|quote=Adele Farrington, 69, one-time stage actress and former wife of Hobart Bosworth, film actor of the silents, died Dec. 19 in Los Angeles. [...] Cremation followed services in Los Angeles, Dec. 21.|id={{ProQuest|1475922371}}}}

Selected filmography

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