Beatrice Van Explained

Beatrice Van
Birth Name:Beatrice Abbott
Birth Date:8 August 1890
Birth Place:Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Death Place:Long Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actor, screenwriter
Spouse:Cornelius Vander-Pluym (divorced 1915)
James Gruen (m.1927, divorced)
Charles Collman
Children:1

Beatrice Van (born Beatrice Abbott; August 8, 1890  - July 4, 1983) was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films.

Biography

Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent.[1] Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually divorced in 1915.[2]

She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO.[3] Beatrice married writer-actor James Gruen in 1927,[4] and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman.

Filmography

Actress

Writer

References

  1. Web site: A Cold Plunge Put Beatrice Into the Light of Filmdom. Hoffman. Esther. 10 Oct 1914. The Richmond Item. en. 2019-09-18.
  2. Web site: Better Bread-Winner. 13 May 1915. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2019-09-18.
  3. Web site: Beatrice Writes About Fights, But Has Never Witnessed a Knockout. Jungmeyer. Jack. 6 Dec 1923. The Evening Journal. en. 2019-09-18.
  4. Web site: Couple Depart on Belated Honeymoon. 26 Sep 1927. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2019-09-18.

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