Violet Reed (born Violet Williams) was an American actress active in Hollywood during the silent era.[1]

Violet Reed
Born
Violet B. Williams

1894[citation needed]
Chicago, Illinois, US
OccupationActress

Biography

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Reed was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Williams and Hanna Mattson. Her father appears to have died when she was young. She was educated in Galesburg, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She trained as an opera singer before making her way into vaudeville and then motion pictures in the early 1910s, beginning at Vitagraph and later working under contract at Biograph, Thanhauser, and Metro.[2][3][4] In the early 1920s, her film career came to an end; she appears to have spent time traveling around Europe.[5] It is unknown what became of her after that.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Film Facts". The Daily Oklahoman. 1 Apr 1917. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  2. ^ "Studied in Opera but Went on Screen". The Dothan Eagle. 12 Apr 1917. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "News of the Movies". The Sacramento Bee. 29 Nov 1913. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  4. ^ "Brief Doings of Filmdom's Famous Music Performers". The Courier-Post. 8 Oct 1913. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  5. ^ Reed, Violet B. (2 Sep 1921). "An Interesting Letter". The Miami Republican. Retrieved 2020-02-04.