Eugenia Gilbert

Gilbert was the daughter of William B. Knapp and Nellie Eugenia (Gilbert) Knapp.New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index, 1848-1878, 1901-1929 Her birth name was Genevieve May Knapp. She attended schools in South Orange, New Jersey, and New York City{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609058 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Eugenia+Gilbert%22&pg=PA132 |access-date=23 October 2018 |language=en}} and the Marlborough School in Los Angeles.{{cite news |title=Beauty Is Little Aid to Actress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24783271/eugenia_gilbert/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 17, 1924 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=29|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 23, 2018}} {{Open access}} She won 14 beauty contests, one of which was a national contest sponsored by Rudolph Valentino, which led him to consider her "the most beautiful girl in America."{{cite news |title=Filmograms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24782844/the_cincinnati_enquirer/ |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=July 13, 1924 |location=Ohio, Cincinnati |page=58|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 23, 2018}} {{Open access}}

In 1924, Gilbert had her first role as leading lady in a film, after having smaller parts in westerns and comedies. In 1925, she signed a contract with Mack Sennett to act exclusively in his comedy films "for the next several years."{{cite news |title=Eugenia Gilbert Signs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24782644/eugenia_gilbert/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 1925 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=25|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 23, 2018}} {{Open access}}

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• A Certain Rich Man (1921)
• The Man of the Forest (1921)
• The Man from Downing Street (1922)
• The Half Breed (1922)
• Wildcat Jordan (1922)
• Souls in Bondage (1923)
• Picking Peaches (1924)*uncredited
• Sinners in Silk (1924)
• Great Diamond Mystery (1924)
• The Back Trail (1924)
• So This Is Marriage (1924)
• Flames of Desire (1924)
• A Broadway Butterfly (1925)
• The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925)
• The Dressmaker from Paris (1925)
• Seven Chances (1925)
• The Man from the West (1926)
• Obey The Law (1926)
• Hair-Trigger Baxter (1926)
• Wild to Go (1926)
• The Valley of Bravery (1926)
• Laddie (1926)
• Transcontinental Limited (1926)
• Beyond the Rockies (1926)
• The Test of Donald Norton (1926)
• The Crimson Flash (1927)
• Border Blackbirds (1927)
• The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927)
• The Man from Hard Pan (1927)
• Don Desperado (1927)
• By Whose Hand? (1927)
• Melting Millions (1927)
• The Swell-Head (1927)
• The Danger Rider (1928)
• The Apache Raider (1928)
• The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928)
• The Phantom City (1928)
• The Mysterious Airman (1928)
• The Bronc Stomper (1928)
• After the Storm (1928)
• Courtin' Wildcats (1929)

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• Buck Rainey. Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies. McFarland & Company, 1992.

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