Trilby Clark
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Short description|Australian actress (1896–1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Trilby Clark
| honorific_suffix =
| image = TrilbyClark1921.tif
| caption = Trilby Clark, from a 1921 publication.
| birth_name = Gwendolyn Gladys Blakely Clark
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1896|8|30}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1983|7|7|1896|8|30}}
| death_place = London, United Kingdom
| death_cause =
| parents = Mr. Edward Clark and Mrs. O. J. Herbert{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129203112 |title=Woman's World: Trilby Clark Marries |newspaper=The News |volume=VIII |issue=1,102 |location=Adelaide |date=25 January 1927 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=7|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}, ...Miss Trilby Clark. daughter of Mrs. O. J. Herbert and the late Mr. Edward Clark, of Wayville,...word has been received...of her marriage on November 26 to Nicolo Quattrociocchi...
| spouse = Nicolo Quattrociocchi (married: 1926){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129203113 |title=Trilby Clark |newspaper=The News |volume=VIII |issue=1,102 |location=Adelaide |date=25 January 1927 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=7|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}, ...Adelaide girl. who recently married Nicolo Quattrociocchi, an Italian film artist whom she met at Hollywood, America...
Ronald Ronnie Anker-Simmons (married: 1932){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59655111 |title=ABC STARS OF THE AIR: TRILBY CLARK – A "ZIEGFELD GIRL" |newspaper=Kilmore Free Press |issue=3989 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 June 1943 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} ,...Miss Clark made her final, exit from Hollywood when . her bank crashed during the depression, and...lost all her money. 'So she went to England, to start afresh on the stage. Then she met and married Ronnie Anker-Simmons; a nephew of the Marquis of Reading...{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67928232 |title=Actress Engagement. |newspaper=The Advocate |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=28 May 1932 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} ...LONDON, Thursday.-Miss Trilby Clarke, a well-known .Adelaide actress,...is to marry Mr. Ronald Simmons, a nephew of Lord Reading. The marriage will take place at Prince's Row registry office on June 1...
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1920s–1930s
}}
Trilby Clark (born Gwendolyn Gladys Blakely Clark; 30 August 1896 – 7 July 1983) was an Australian actress who appeared in British films beginning in the silent film era.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120060857/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/808571 Trilby Clarke] BFI She was a leading lady in British films during the 1920s and early 1930s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136037653 |title=TRILBY CLARK MAKES HER DEBUT. |newspaper=Huon Times |volume=13 |issue=1424 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=21 March 1924 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158401939 |title=Behind the Silver Sheet: With: Trilby Clark, Australia's 'Golden Apple' Girl|author=Kathleen Ussher |newspaper=Sydney Mail |volume=XXXIV |issue=862 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 October 1928 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Trilby Clark was born in Adelaide, Australia, and died in London in 1983.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
Partial filmography
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- The Breaking of the Drought (1920)
- Big Dan (1923)
- Hoodman Blind (1923)
- The Lover of Camille (1924)
- Just Off Broadway (1924)
- Silent Sanderson (1925)
- The Bad Lands (1925)
- The Prairie Pirate (1925)
- The Seventh Bandit (1925)
- Satan Town (1926)
- Carry On (1927)
- In the First Degree (1927)
- Maria Marten (1928)
- The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928)
- Chick (1928)
- God's Clay (1928)
- The Devil's Maze (1929)
- The Compulsory Husband (1930)
- Harmony Heaven (1930)
- The Squeaker (1930){{Citation | title=Marmont and Trilby Clarke in "Squeaker" | journal=Everyones | date=1930-08-27 | volume=11 | issue=549 | pages=38 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/233959112 | accessdate=9 May 2019}}
- The Night Porter (1930)
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See also
- W. H. Clark (brewer) – Family
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0164583}}
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Category:Actresses from Adelaide
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian silent film actresses
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:Australian expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom