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The Silent Era

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Gladys Francis More (1905 - 1987)
Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : May 5 2024, 4:42:08 UTC Tiny, blue-eyed Ann Christy started in Silent films with a bit part in Long Pants (1927) with Harry Langdon. She was then signed by o...
Photo by Ira D. Schwarz, from "Shadowland" (Sep 1919-Feb 1920). Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:June_Walker_-_Feb_1920_Shadowland.jpg

June Walker (1899 - 1966)
June Walker was an American stage and film actor. Note: Some secondary sources and her California death index state that she was born in 1900. On her U.S. passport application from 1923, she stated t...
Conway Tearle (1878 - 1938)
Conway Tearle was an American actor of the silent and early sound film era. He appeared in 93 films between 1914 and 1936. He was the half-brother of actor Godfrey Tearle.On December 16, 1931, Conway a...
Anna Augusta Grapewine (1879 - 1943)
Actress. Born in Oxford, Maryland, she began her career on stage and in vaudeville, where she met and married actor Charley Grapewin. Together with her husband, she appeared in the Christie Comedies fi...
Charles Ellsworth Grapewine (1869 - 1956)
Actor. Among his numerous stage and film roles, he is fondly remembered as Uncle Henry in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" and as Grandpa in the 1940 movie "The Grapes of Wrath." Reference: Find...