Daisy Jefferson
{{Short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Daisy Jefferson
| image = Daisy Jefferson - Dec 1920 EH.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Jefferson in 1920
| birth_name = Daisy Marguerite Robinson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|04|26}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|06|03|1889|04|26}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1914–1932
| spouse = Thomas Jefferson
| relatives = Gertrude Robinson (sister)
}}
Daisy Jefferson (born Daisy Marguerite Robinson; April 26, 1889 – June 3, 1967) was an American actress on stage and screen whose work includes leading roles in several silent films. She appeared with her husband Thomas Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle.
Robinson was born in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHRJAQAAMAAJ&q=daisy+robinson+film&pg=RA3-PA41|title=The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ...|date=April 13, 1915|publisher=Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated|via=Google Books}} Actress Gertrude Robinson was her sister.
Her professional acting career began at age seven when she portrayed Rip Van Winkle's daughter Meenie in a play along with her future husband Thomas Jefferson. She was schooled at the Ursuling Convent in Quebec City, Canada.
Filmography
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- Rip Van Winkle (1914)
- The County Chairman (1914)
- The Law of Duty (1915)
- A Bad Man and Others (1915)
- Intolerance (1916)
- The Price of Power (1916)
- The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWlZAAAAMAAJ&q=daisy+robinson+film|title=Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=April 13, 1991|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780899504940|via=Google Books}}
- The Spirit of Romance (1917)
- Happiness of Three Women (1917)
- Fallen Angel (1918)
- When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
- Please Get Married (1919)
- Fixed by George (1920)
- A Slave of Vanity (1920)
- A World of Folly (1920)
- Rip Van Winkle (1921)
- Partners of the Tide (1921){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=daisy+robinson+film&pg=PA145|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|via=Google Books}}
- Don't Get Personal (1922)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0420186}}
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Category:American silent film actresses