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Velma Whitman

{{Short description|American actress (1885–1937)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Velma Whitman

| image = Velma Whitman.jpg

| alt = refer to caption

| caption = Whitman {{circa}} 1907

| birth_name = Velma Virginia Barger

| birth_date = December 6, 1885

| birth_place = Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|07|18|1885|12|06}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US

| nationality =

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1905–1919

| known_for = Whitman's Comedians
Silent films

| notable_works = The Mysterious Model

}}

Velma Virginia Whitman (December 6,1885 – July 18, 1937) was an American actress who appeared in comedy theatre and silent films during the 1900s and 1910s. A Virginian, she began appearing in theatre roles in 1905 and became known for her portrayal of complicated emotional characters. After appearing with multiple different theatre groups, she established her own in 1906 named Whitman's Comedians, and acted as the leading woman for most performances, alongside her husband as the leading man. The large theatre company became well known throughout the American South for its numerous and varied plays up through 1910.

Performing with other companies once again from 1911 through 1912, including her husband's newly formed theatre company named Own Stock, she moved to California in 1913 and began appearing in a large number of silent films in the just-formed field of motion pictures. She became a lead performer for Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Manufacturing Company and had dozens of major roles up through 1919.

Early life

Velma Virgnina Barger was born on December 6, 1885 in the Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio.California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California. via Ancestry.com{{Cite news |date=July 23, 1937 |title=Dies in Los Angeles |url=https://famousfindlay.com/velma-whitman/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=Findlay Republican Courier |pages=12 |via=Famous Findlayians}}{{Cite news |last=Freed |first=A. C. |date=April 18, 1933 |title=Mainly About People |url=https://famousfindlay.com/velma-whitman/ |archive-url= |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=Morning Republican |pages=7 |via=Famous Findlayians}}Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962." Film no. 961484. Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. via Ancestry.com Her parents were Rose Belle (née Gorrell) and Lewis Barger. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Findley, Ohio where her father worked for the nearly opened Marvin Theater. The family lived in the northside of Findley in a house owned by theater owner William Marvin. Whitman's first role was in a performance at the Marvin Theater.

After her parents' divorce, her mother remarried and became Mrs. Frank Underwood and lived in Kansas City, Missouri.{{cite news |author= |date=May 9, 1910 |title=Personals - Velma Whitman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atchison-daily-globe-personals-vel/141166695/ |access-date=February 16, 2024 |work=The Atchison Daily Globe |via=Newspapers.com}} Her father also remarried and moved to Goldboro, North Carolina around 1903.

She married Fred S. Whitman of Findley in Newport, Ohio on August 1, 1902.{{Cite news |date=1902-08-02 |title=Newport Briefs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-newport-briefs/162437039/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |pages=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Career

=Early roles=

Whitman started her theatrical career after joining the C.S. Sullivan theatre company and starring in the 1905 production of Dora Thorne in the titular role,{{cite news |author= |date=October 2, 1905 |title=Dora Thorne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albert-lea-tribune-dora-thorne/140737766/ |work=The Albert Lea Tribune |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} based on the novel of the same name by Charlotte Mary Brame. The Twice-a-Week Plain Dealer referred to Whitman's role as highly demanding, where a "less talented woman would fail" in the emotional range needed for the character, but she managed to give a "most worthy portrayal".{{cite news |author= |date=September 26, 1905 |title=Dora Thorne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/twice-a-week-plain-dealer-dora-thorne/140742370/ |work=Twice-a-Week Plain Dealer |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} After having worked with the Boler Stock Company in Denver at the end of 1905, she then joined the Crawford's Comedians group for a 1906 production of Under Two Flags from the novel by Ouida, where Whitman played the role of army mascot Cigarette.{{cite news |author= |date=January 4, 1906 |title=Miss Velma Whitman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rich-hill-mining-review-miss-velma-whitm/140744301/ |work=Rich Hill Mining Review |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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=Whitman's Comedians=

In late 1906, Whitman formed her own vaudeville company under the name Whitman's Comedians,{{cite news |author= |date=December 6, 1906 |title=Another Good Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-news-another-good-show/140763853/ |work=The Ada News |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} featuring Jack Roseleigh as the leading man{{cite news |author= |date=June 27, 1909 |title=Velma Whitman - People's |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-times-velma-whitman-pe/140703539/ |work=The Leavenworth Times |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} and herself as the leading woman. In addition to an entire theater troupe, the company featured 20 musicians so they could provide their own accompaniment during plays.{{cite news |author= |date=June 2, 1907 |title=The Vendome Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fort-worth-record-and-register-the-v/140767959/ |work=The Fort Worth Record and Register |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her company played shows across the American South in large cities, doing shows exclusively in Texas from the end of 1907 through the beginning of 1908.{{cite news |author= |date=February 14, 1908 |title=Whitman's Comedians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-town-talk-whitmans-comedians/140771357/ |work=The Town Talk |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} The Atchison Daily Globe noted that their August 1909 show in Atchison, Kansas, was one of the very few they ever did in a city with less than 50,000 people.{{cite news |author= |date=August 4, 1909 |title=City News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atchison-daily-globe-city-news-vel/140729892/ |work=The Atchison Daily Globe |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Whitman was well known for her extensive collection of English and French gowns from prominent designers that she used in her performances, with her gowns described in a 1909 edition of the Waxahachie Daily Light as "one of the largest and most elaborate wardrobes of any leading woman in the country".{{cite news |author= |date=January 23, 1909 |title=Whitman's Comedians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waxahachie-daily-light-whitmans-com/140906529/ |work=The Waxahachie Daily Light |access-date=February 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} One of the frequent theatrical productions by the company was The Mysterious Model, where Whitman played the main female lead Niobe, and is a retelling in modern day based on the mythology of Pygmalion and Galatea. The Winfield Daily Courier described Whitman's depiction of Niobe giving the character "a purity and innocence that were charming in her modern surroundings".{{cite news |author= |date=May 26, 1909 |title="The Mysterious Model" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winfield-daily-courier-the-mysterious-m/140911293/ |work=Winfield Daily Courier |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

=Broadening acts=

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In 1911, Whitman started playing roles in other stock company shows for multiple theatrical seasons, frequently as the leading lady, such as the West End Heights Stock Company throughout 1911{{cite news |author= |date=May 31, 1911 |title=Plays of Next Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-plays-of-ne/141255544/ |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} and the North Brothers Stock Company throughout 1912.{{cite news |author= |date=July 27, 1912 |title=Attractions At The Parks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-attractions-at-the-par/141334019/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} During an extended series of performances in Oklahoma in March 1912 with the latter company, The Daily Oklahoman noted of her role in A Little Brother of the Rich that Whitman "not only possesses beauty of face and figure, but has a graciousness about her that simple charms, and she is an actress, too, in the truest sense of the word".{{cite news |author= |date=March 26, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-metropolitan/141283984/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} Whitman and her husband would leave the North Brothers Stock Company in August 1912, though still remaining at their home in Oklahoma City.{{cite news |author= |date=July 26, 1912 |title=Roseleigh And Miss Whitman Quit Norths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-roseleigh-and-miss-whi/141336468/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} Roseleigh would later form his own company at the end of 1912 named Own Stock, where Whitman would join him as the ongoing leading role opposite him.{{cite news |author= |date=September 19, 1912 |title=To Amuse State Fair Visitors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oklahoma-daily-live-stock-news-to-amuse/140733028/ |work=Oklahoma Daily Live Stock News |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

During January 1913, Whitman starred in shows held by the Frank North Stock Company in Fort Worth, Texas, to temporarily replace their former lead, Ruth Robinson. For the rest of February and March 1913, she stayed with Mrs. Philip Mohan in Santa Barbara, California, and announced on March 20 that she was planning to move permanently to California to begin starring in films.{{cite news |author= |date=March 20, 1913 |title=City News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atchison-daily-globe-city-news-vel/141667206/ |work=The Atchison Daily Globe |access-date=February 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} She joined the Lubin Company run by Wilbert Melville in July of that year as one of two leading women for the company's films.{{cite news |author= |date=July 8, 1913 |title=American Co. Has New Studio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-american-co-has-new-studio/141742011/ |work=Courier-Post |access-date=February 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her first film role for the studio was in the 1913 film Playing With Fire.{{cite news |author= |date=September 9, 1913 |title=Velma Whitman Is At The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-velma-whitman-is-at/141743750/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Personal life

Whitman was living in Long Beach, California at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and suffered loss of personal property. She had one brother, Fred Barger, who was also an actor and moved to California with her.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-13 |title=Velma Whitman |url=https://famousfindlay.com/velma-whitman/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Famous Findlayians |language=en}}

Whitman was married to Mike Levy, stage name Jack Roseleigh, after joining his company.{{cite news |author= |date=September 2, 1906 |title=Musician's Returning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-musicians-returning/140762959/ |work=The Tennessean |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |author= |date=June 11, 1909 |title=Made Great Success In Theatrical World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-made-great-success-in-t/140964831/ |work=Nashville Banner |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} She died at her home in Los, Angeles, California on July 18, 1937 at the age of 51 years. She was buried in Kansas City, Missouri, next to her mother.

Theatre

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  • Dora Thorne (1905) as Dora Thorne
  • Under Two Flags (1906) as Cigarette
  • The Mysterious Model (1906) as Niobe{{cite news |author= |date=February 9, 1906 |title=A Mysterious Model |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vinita-daily-chieftain-a-mysterious/140755552/ |work=The Vinita Daily Chieftain |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Nature's Nobleman (1906) as Chick{{cite news |author= |date=February 15, 1906 |title=Local Happenings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sapulpa-democrat-local-happenings/140755516/ |work=The Sapulpa Democrat |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Reaping the Harvest (1906){{cite news |author= |date=June 15, 1906 |title=Reaping the Harvest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/galena-weekly-republican-reaping-the-har/140763378/ |work=Galena Weekly Republican |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} as Lady Isabel{{cite news |author= |date=June 13, 1906 |title=Miss Velma Whitman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galena-evening-times-miss-velma-whi/140763679/ |work=The Galena Evening Times |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Peacemaker (1907) as Nellie Durkin{{cite news |author= |date=November 1, 1907 |title=Lyceum Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-semi-weekly-farm-reporter-lyceum/140768850/ |work=Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Friends; A Comedy Drama in Four Acts (1908) as Marguerite Otto{{cite news |author= |date=January 27, 1908 |title=Majestic Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waco-times-herald-majestic-tonight/140771114/ |work=The Waco Times-Herald |access-date=February 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Divorçons (1908) as Madam Cyprienne De Prunelles{{cite news |author= |date=January 26, 1909 |title=Whitman's Comedians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waxahachie-daily-light-whitmans-com/140907426/ |work=The Waxahachie Daily Light |access-date=February 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Her Greatest Sin (1909) as Alice Rutherford{{cite news |author= |date=August 11, 1909 |title="Her Greatest Sin" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beatrice-daily-express-her-greatest/140968033/ |work=The Beatrice Daily Express |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Sign of the Four (1909) as Mary Morton{{cite news |author= |date=August 16, 1909 |title="The Sign of the Four" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beatrice-daily-express-the-sign-of/140969276/ |work=The Beatrice Daily Express |access-date=February 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Thelma (1909) as Thelma Gouldmar{{cite news |author= |date=August 18, 1909 |title="Thelma" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beatrice-daily-express-thelma/141156611/ |work=The Beatrice Daily Express |access-date=February 16, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Her Sister's Sin (1909) as Bessie Barton{{cite news |author= |date=October 13, 1909 |title="A Friend of the Family," Good Comedy, Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orange-daily-leader-a-friend-of-the/141163294/ |work=The Orange Daily Leader |access-date=February 16, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Van, the Virginian (1909){{cite news |author= |date=July 29, 1909 |title=Jack Roseleigh's Company |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-post-jack-roseleighs-co/141429334/ |work=The Leavenworth Post |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Woman Against Woman (1909) as Florence Grantly{{cite news |author= |date=July 9, 1909 |title=City News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atchison-daily-globe-city-news-vel/141435167/ |work=The Atchison Daily Globe |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Girl and the Sheriff (1909){{cite news |author= |date=August 14, 1909 |title=At the Star Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beatrice-daily-express-at-the-star-t/141436349/ |work=The Beatrice Daily Express |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Amy, the Circus Girl (1910) as Amy{{cite news |author= |date=June 21, 1910 |title=At The Olympic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/muskogee-daily-phoenix-and-times-democra/141173000/ |work=Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat |access-date=February 16, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The House of a Thousand Candles (1911) as Marian Devereaux{{cite news |author= |date=January 22, 1911 |title="The House of a Thousand Candles" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-the-house-of-a-t/141202768/ |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Squaw Man (1911) as Nat-U-Rich{{cite news |author= |date=June 1, 1911 |title=At the Heights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-at-the-heights/141256996/ |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Old Heidelberg (1911) as Kathie{{cite news |author= |date=June 12, 1911 |title="Old Heidelburg" Given At Heights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-old-heidel/141260885/ |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Man on the Box (1911) as Bettie Annessley{{cite news |author= |date=June 25, 1911 |title="The Man on the Box" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-the-man-on/141268154/ |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • White Squadron (1911) as Onesta De Silveria{{cite news |author= |date=July 10, 1911 |title="White Squadron" On At The Heights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-white-squa/141268926/ |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Forgiven (1911) as Annie Dennison{{cite news |author= |date=July 16, 1911 |title=At West End Heights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-at-west-end-hei/141270234/ |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Going Some (1911) as Helen{{cite news |author= |date=July 23, 1911 |title=Light And Airy Are This Week's Stage Offerings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-light-and-airy-a/141273495/ |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The World and the Leper (1911) as Lady Dolly Mult{{cite news |author= |date=July 30, 1911 |title=West End Heights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-west-end-he/141277223/ |work=The St. Louis Star and Times |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Blue Mouse (1911) as The Blue Mouse{{cite news |author= |date=August 13, 1911 |title="The Blue Mouse" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-the-blue-mouse/141277725/ |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Servant In The House (1911) as the Vicar's wife{{cite news |author= |date=September 28, 1911 |title=The Servant In The House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wood-county-reporter-the-servant-in-the/141279246/ |work=Wood County Reporter |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • A Little Brother of the Rich (1912) as Sylvia Castle{{cite news |author= |date=March 26, 2012 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-metropolitan/141282683/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • A Corner In Coffee (1912) as Miss Livingstone{{cite news |author= |date=March 31, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-metropolitan/141303440/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Vinegar Buyer (1912) as Mildred Arlington{{cite news |author= |date=April 4, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-metropolitan/141304368/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Bobby Burnit (1912) as Agnes Elliston{{cite news |author= |date=April 23, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-metropolitan/141305077/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Paid the Price (1912) as Madeline Waldron{{cite news |author= |date=May 1, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-metropolitan/141306036/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • East Lynne (1912) as Lady Isabelle and Madam Vine{{cite news |author= |date=May 8, 1912 |title=Metropolitan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-metropolitan/141307393/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • His Last Dollar (1912) as Eleanor Downs{{cite news |author= |date=May 21, 1912 |title=Fair Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park/141315127/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Mam'selle (1912) as Mam'selle{{cite news |author= |date=May 28, 1912 |title=Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park-theater/141315922/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The New Magdalene (1912) as Mercy Merrick{{cite news |author= |date=May 30, 1912 |title=Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park-theater/141316686/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Lena Rivers (1912) as Lena Rivers{{cite news |author= |date=June 12, 1912 |title=Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park-theater/141317580/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Partners (1912) as Mary Brandon{{cite news |author= |date=June 16, 1912 |title=Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park-theater/141319719/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Alice of Old Vincennes (1912) as Alice{{cite news |author= |date=June 22, 1912 |title='Alice of Old Vincennes' to be Staged at Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-alice-of-old-vincenne/141319893/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • In Love With Her Husband (1912) as Nellie Lee{{cite news |author= |date=July 2, 1912 |title=Show In Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-show-in-town/141323358/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Melting Pot (1912) as Vera Renendal{{cite news |author= |date=July 6, 1912 |title=Shows In Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-shows-in-town/141328872/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Golden Ranch Round Up (1912) as Margery{{cite news |author= |date=July 16, 1912 |title=Fair Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park/141329676/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Blockhead and the Wise Guy (1912) as Kate Mayne{{cite news |author= |date=July 23, 1912 |title=Fair Park Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fair-park-theater/141331164/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Heart of New York (1912) as Ethel Douglas{{cite news |author= |date=July 30, 1912 |title=Shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-shows/141341684/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Checkers (1912) as Pert Barlow{{cite news |author= |date=September 3, 1912 |title=Auspicious First Night For Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-auspicious-first-nig/141343034/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Third Degree (1912) as Mrs. Howard Jeffries Jr.{{cite news |author= |date=September 10, 1912 |title=Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-lyric/141426685/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Strongheart (1912) as Dorothy{{cite news |author= |date=September 19, 1912 |title=Lyric Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmond-enterprise-lyric-theatre/141438095/ |work=Edmond Enterprise |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Road to Yesterday (1912){{cite news |author= |date=October 9, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-the-lyric/141463922/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 18, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Climbers (1912) as Blanche Sterling{{cite news |author= |date=October 15, 1912 |title=Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-lyric/141465022/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Clothes (1912){{cite news |author= |date=October 23, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-the-lyric/141647363/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1912) as Mrs. Wiggs{{cite news |author= |date=October 29, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-the-lyric/141648303/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Father and the Boys (1912) as Bessie Brayton{{cite news |author= |date=November 6, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-the-lyric/141650593/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Mary Jane's Pa (1912){{cite news |author= |date=November 14, 1912 |title=Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/britton-weekly-sentinel-lyric/141652979/ |work=Britton Weekly Sentinel |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Regeneration (1912){{cite news |author= |date=November 19, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-the-lyric/141655122/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Aviator (1912){{cite news |author= |date=December 5, 1912 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-the-lyric/141656436/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Barrier (1912) as Necia{{cite news |author= |date=December 7, 1912 |title=Step to The Telephone If You Want to Be One of Theater Party To "The Barrier" That Oklahoma News is Giving |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-step-to-the-telephone/141659209/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Mr. Raffles (1913) as Gwendoline{{cite news |author= |date=January 7, 1913 |title=At The Savoy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-at-the-savoy/141662013/ |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |access-date=February 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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Filmography

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  • Playing With Fire (1913)
  • The Medal of Honor (1913){{cite news |author= |date=September 15, 1913 |title=At The Dixie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-at-the-dixie/141747857/ |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |access-date=February 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • A Mexican Tragedy (1913){{cite news |author= |date=September 22, 1913 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-the-lyric/141750066/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • For Her Brother's Sake (1913){{cite news |author= |date=October 4, 1913 |title=At The Dixie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-at-the-dixie/141796089/ |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • To Love and Cherish (1913){{cite news |author= |date=October 7, 1913 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-the-lyric/141796462/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Mate of the Schooner Sadie (1913){{cite news |author= |date=November 9, 1913 |title=The Casco Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-sunday-telegram-the-casco-theat/141798488/ |work=Portland Sunday Telegram |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • When He Sees (1913){{cite news |author= |date=December 18, 1913 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-the-lyric/141798982/ |work=The Daily Oklahoman |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • When the Clock Stopped (1913){{cite news |author= |date=December 23, 1913 |title=At The Dixie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-at-the-dixie/141799217/ |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Turning the Tables (1914) as Salita{{cite news |author= |date=January 4, 1914 |title=At The Arcade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-at-the-arcade/141800396/ |work=The Miami Herald |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Squire's Mistake (1914){{cite news |author= |date=January 12, 1914 |title=Bijou News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-bijou-n/141801507/ |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Her Boy (1914){{cite news |author= |date=January 14, 1914 |title=Treasure Island, Today At The Hippodrome |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-treasure-island-today-at/141803820/ |work=Lebanon Daily News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Mirrors of Death (1914){{cite news |author= |date=January 19, 1914 |title=At The Dixie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-college-station-eagle-at-the-dixie/141804452/ |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • In Mysterious Ways (1914)
  • Out of the Depths (1914){{cite news |author= |date=February 13, 1914 |title="Out of the Depths," a Two Reel Lubin Drama |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/vicksburg-evening-post-out-of-the-depth/141805512/ |work=Vicksburg Evening Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} as Vera Rogers{{cite news |author= |date=February 1, 1914 |title='Out of Depths' Lubin Two-Part Feature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-post-out-of-depths-lubi/141806940/ |work=The Pittsburgh Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Tell-Tale Star (1914){{cite news |author= |date=March 16, 1914 |title=Bijou News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-bijou-n/141806109/ |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Sealed Orders (1914){{cite news |author= |date=March 19, 1914 |title=The Arcade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-democrat-the-arcade/141806531/ |work=The Paducah Sun-Democrat |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Secret Marriage (1914) as Maud Maybury{{cite news |author= |date=March 29, 1914 |title="The Secret Marriage" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-owensboro-messenger-the-secret-marr/141806685/ |work=The Owensboro Messenger |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • On The Brink (1914){{cite news |author= |date=April 13, 1914 |title=Bijou News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-bijou-n/141809306/ |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Death Warrant (1914){{cite news |author= |date=May 1, 1914 |title=Vitagraph At Bijou Dream |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/vicksburg-evening-post-vitagraph-at-bijo/141810086/ |work=Vicksburg Evening Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} as Helen Baxter{{cite news |author= |date=May 6, 1914 |title=Big Feature At Crystal Stairs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-news-big-feature-at-crystal-stair/141810320/ |work=The Herald-News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Melita's Sacrifice (1914){{cite news |author= |date=April 23, 1914 |title="Cipher Message" at Grand Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-appeal-cipher-message-at-gra/141811567/ |work=The Daily Appeal |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Signal (1914){{cite news |author= |date=May 28, 1914 |title=Kalem Special At Crystal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-kalem-special-at-crystal/141811746/ |work=Record-Journal |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Life's Lottery (1914){{cite news |author= |date=June 5, 1914 |title=At the New Boz |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-capital-news-at-the-new-boz/141811986/ |work=Evening Capital News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • A Girl of the Cafes (1914) as The Cafe Girl{{cite news |author= |date=June 14, 1914 |title=Meridian Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/anderson-herald-meridian-theatre/141812280/ |work=Anderson Herald |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Candidate for Mayor (1914){{cite news |author= |date=June 29, 1914 |title="Candidate for Mayor" at the Pearce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-candidate-for-mayor-a/141814154/ |work=The Houston Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Parent Strain (1914){{cite news |author= |date=July 4, 1914 |title=Pasttime - Sunday Only[sic] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/east-oregonian-pasttime-sunday-only/141814702/ |work=East Oregonian |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Get-Away (1914){{cite news |author= |date=July 11, 1914 |title=Amusements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-republican-amusements/141815050/ |work=The Daily Republican |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Doom of Duty (1914){{cite news |author= |date=July 14, 1914 |title=At The Bijou Dream |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/vicksburg-evening-post-at-the-bijou-drea/141815403/ |work=Vicksburg Evening Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Debt (1914){{cite news |author= |date=July 14, 1914 |title=Miller's |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-millers/141815857/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • A Traitor to His Country (1914){{cite news |author= |date=July 30, 1914 |title=Lillian Walker in "The Winning Trick" at the Queen Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-lillian-walker-in-the/141822572/ |work=The Houston Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Lure of the Car Wheels (1914){{cite news |author= |date=August 1, 1914 |title=Varied Program of Excellence at the Queen Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-varied-program-of-excel/141822800/ |work=The Houston Post |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Downward Path (1914){{cite news |author= |date=August 13, 1914 |title=The Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-the-lyric/141823426/ |work=The Oklahoma News |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Stolen Yacht (1914){{cite news |author= |date=December 12, 1914 |title=Theatrical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star-theatrical/141823823/ |work=The Wilmington Morning Star |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • When the Range Called (1915)
  • Her Father's Picture (1915){{cite book |author= |date=1915 |title=The Nickelodeon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnhJAQAAMAAJ |volume=13 |series=1-26 |publisher=Electricity Magazine Corporation |page=72, 105, 222, 261, 428, 636, 675, 682, 718, 808, 858, 910, 992, 1036}}
  • The Twig is Bent (1915)
  • An Ambassador from the Dead (1915){{cite book |author= |date=1915 |title=Moving Picture World and View Photographer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De8lR_sUtoUC |volume=26 |publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company |pages=22, 26-27, 32, 36, 89, 914, 1014, 1312, 1359-1361}}
  • The Silent Man (1915)
  • The Stool Pigeon (1915)
  • When War Threatened (1915)
  • The Secret Room (1915)
  • The Wall Between (1915)
  • Melting Millions (1917) as Vera Morton{{cite news |author= |date=February 28, 1917 |title=The Princess |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hot-springs-new-era-the-princess/141824206/ |work=Hot Springs New Era |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Book Agent (1917) as Mollie's Mother{{cite news |author= |date=May 14, 1917 |title=Lyric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-times-lyric/141824468/ |work=Reading Times |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Primitive Call (1917) as Elsie Jennings{{cite news |author= |date=February 14, 1917 |title=Interested |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-interested/141824714/ |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Some Boy! (1917) as Dotty Donald{{cite news |author= |date=August 10, 1917 |title=George Walsh At Lillian Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-george-walsh-at-lilli/141824910/ |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Finger of Justice (1918) as Louise Bradley{{cite news |author= |date=February 14, 1918 |title=J.A.Q. Gets "The Finger of Justice" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-jaq-g/141825130/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • The Railroader (1919) as Blanche Conover{{cite news |author= |date=May 5, 1919 |title=Class A |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-class-a/141825241/ |work=The Seattle Star |access-date=February 21, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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