Violet Horner (1892 – 1970) was an American silent film actress.[1] She had several starring roles including in one of the Lena Rivers films (based on the Mary Jane Holmes novel) released in 1914 and a series of films made with Billy Quirk for Gem Motion Picture Company including Billy's Adventure.
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Her father was an engineer and she spent some of her youth living with him in Brazil. She began her career in theater.[2]
Filmography
edit- How Ned Got the Raise (1912), an extant film
- The Man from the West (1912)
- The Bald Headed Club (1912)[3]
- A Cave Man Wooing (1912)[3]
- The Castaway (1912 film)[3]
- The Bridal Room (1912), as Mary Carter
- Damages in Full (1913)[4]
- Billy's Adventure (1913),[4] one in a series of films made by actors Billy Quirk and Violet Horner for the Gem Motion Picture Company
- Bob's Baby (1913), as Mrs. Robert Waring
- A Modern Romance (1913)[2]
- She Slept Through It All (1913)
- Lena Rivers (1914 Whitman film)
- The Ring and the Man (1914), as Eleanor
- Shore Acres (1914)[5]
- The Garden of Lies (1915), as Jessica Mannering
- The Stolen Voice (1915), an extant film
- Tillie the Terrible Typist (1915)[3]
- The Girl from Alaska (1915)
- The Marble Heart (film) (1916)[6]
- A Daughter of the Gods (1916), as Zarrah
- The Fighting Chance (1916)
- Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917), as Mrs. Laurence
References
edit- ^ "Violet Horner: Didn't Sit in a Corner". March 25, 2019.
- ^ a b c Motion Picture Story Magazine. Macfadden-Bartell. 1913.
- ^ a b c d "Violet Horner". BFI. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette". Amer. Company, Limited. February 25, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (January 10, 2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486106 – via Google Books.
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