Daisy Jefferson

{{Short description|American actress}}

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| name = Daisy Jefferson

| image = Daisy Jefferson - Dec 1920 EH.jpg

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| 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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