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Winifred Allen

{{Short description|American actress (1896–1943)}}

{{about||the photographer|Winifred Hall Allen}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Winifred Allen

| image = Silent film actress Winifred Allen (SAYRE 1618).jpg

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| caption = Allen in 1921

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|06|26|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = New Rochelle, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|01|03|1896|06|26|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.

| other_names = Winifred Sperry Tenney

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1915–1924

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Lawrence Sperry|1918|1923|reason=d.}}
  • {{marriage| Vernon E. Tenney |1929}}

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Winifred Allen (June 26, 1896 – January 3, 1943) was an American silent film actress. She appeared in several films between 1915 and 1924. She was known later as Winifred Sperry Tenney.{{cite web |title=Winifred Allen |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4526621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011243/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4526621 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=10 February 2019}}

Early years

Born in New Rochelle, Allen graduated from the public schools there and went on to study at the Art Students' League. The deaths of both parents prompted her to leave school and seek a career in films.{{cite news |last1=Dean |first1=Daisy |title=Movieland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30799408/winifred_allen/ |access-date=20 April 2019 |work=Muncie Evening Press |date=May 7, 1917 |location=Indiana, Muncie |page=9|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

File:From Two to Six (1918) poster.jpg (1918)]]

Allen acted with the Edison and Reliance studios, as well as with other film companies.{{cite journal |title=Winifred Allen |journal=Motography |date=April 17, 1915 |volume=XIII |url=https://archive.org/stream/motography13elec#page/615/mode/1up |access-date=20 April 2019}} She appeared in 11 films, listed by the American Film Institute, between 1915 and 1924.{{cite web |title=Winifred Allen |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/157753-Winifred-Allen?isMiscCredit=False |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=10 February 2019}}

Personal life

In 1918 she married aviation pioneer Lawrence Sperry (1892-1923), and Flying magazine reported that they were "the first couple to take an aerial honeymoon" after they flew from Amityville to Governors Island.{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Doug |title=The Golden Avenue: The History and People of Ocean Avenue, Amityville, NY |chapter=Lawrence Sperry and early flight|date=2018 |isbn=9780359097302 |pages=69–70 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uR0DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Winifred+Allen%22+sperry&pg=PA69 |access-date=10 February 2019}} After his death in an airplane crash,{{cite news |title=Spetty Heirs End Fight on Estate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30799637/daily_news/ |access-date=20 April 2019 |work=Daily News |date=January 20, 1931 |location=New York, New York City |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}} she married Vernon E. Tenney in 1929.[https://www.nytimes.com/1929/12/12/archives/mrs-winifred-sperry-weds-vernon-tenney-rev-dr-reed-performs.html New York Times]

Selected filmography

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0021163}}

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Category:1896 births

Category:1943 deaths

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

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