Lillian Langdon

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Lillian Langdon

| image = Lillian Langdon - Going Some (1920).jpg

| caption = Langdon in Going Some (1920)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|11|25|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|02|08|1860|11|25|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1912–1928

| other_names = Lillie H. Bolles

| family = Zebulon Pike (descendant)

}}

Lillian Langdon (November 25, 1860 – February 8, 1943) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1928.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Langdon was a descendant of Zebulon Pike, discoverer of Pike's Peak, and Jasper Crane, founder of Newark.{{cite news |title=Mrs. Lillie H. Bolles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67410856/lillian-langdon/ |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=February 10, 1943 |page=30|via = Newspapers.com}} She acted on stage before she began her career in films.{{cite news |title=Lillian Langdon, Actress, Expires |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-feb-10-1943-2121487/ |access-date=December 15, 2020 |work=Gettysburg Times |date=February 10, 1943 |page=4|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} In private life, she was known as Lillie H. Bolles.{{cite news|date=February 9, 1943|title=Lillian Langdon dies|page=1|work=Reno Evening Gazette|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-feb-09-1943-2121506/|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Newspaperarchive.com}}

She died at her home in Santa Monica, California, aged 82.{{Cite book|last=Vazzana|first=Eugene Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Lillian+Langdon%22+silent+film|title=Silent Film Necrology|date=October 2, 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786410590|via=Google Books}}

Selected filmography

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