Beulah Booker Explained

Beulah Booker
Birth Name:Beulah Elizabeth Booker
Birth Date:December 27, 1899
Birth Place:Silverton, Colorado, U.S.
Death Date:September 17, 1973 (age 73)
Death Place:Oceanside, California, U.S.
Other Names:Beulah Booker O'Hara, Beulah Booker O'Farrell
Occupation:Actress

Beulah Elizabeth Booker (December 27, 1899 – September 17, 1973)[1] [2] was an American actress in silent films.

Early life and education

Booker was born in Silverton, Colorado, the daughter of William Edward Booker and Marguerite "Gretchen" E. Brendel Booker. Her father was an English-born railroad engineer. She had an older brother, Lawrence.

Career

Booker, billed as "Little Miss Booker",[3] [4] had a short career in Hollywood, appearing in several films and shorts between 1917 and 1920. Her most prominent role was as Buster Keaton's love interest in his feature film debut, The Saphead (1920).[5] [6]

Beyond acting, Booker was interested in aviation,[7] helped at a benefit canteen for war relief in 1918,[8] and modeled with art and fresh produce for the Los Angeles Express.[9] [10] [11] She entertained disabled veterans of World War I at a military hospital in 1920.[12]

Films

Personal life

Booker married twice. Her first husband was screenwriter and aviator Kenneth Anthony O'Hara; they married in 1918 and divorced in 1919.[21] [22] Her second husband was Thomas O'Farrell; they married in 1925,[23] and lived in Newport Beach, Modjeska, and Encinitas. She died in 1973, at the age of 73, in Oceanside, California.

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Notes and References

  1. Some sources give her birth year as 1901; however, she appears as a 5-month-old child in the 1900 United States census, via Ancestry, pointing to a December 1899 birthdate. Also in this census return, her parents' names, brother's name, and place of birth.
  2. Death date from the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, which also confirms the December 27, 1899 birthdate; via Ancestry.
  3. News: October 24, 1919 . Airplane Enters Old Love Story . Oakland Tribune . 26 . Internet Archive.
  4. News: 1919-06-10 . Hubby Didn't Do Expected . 2024-07-30 . The Los Angeles Times . 19 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Maltin, Leonard . Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition . 2015-09-29 . 597 . Penguin . 978-0-698-19729-9 . en.
  6. March 12, 1921 . The Saphead; Buster Keaton and William H. Crane Co-star for Metro . Dramatic Mirror and Theatre World . 83 . 459.
  7. News: November 26, 1917 . Pretty Aviatrix Hopes to Fly for Flag and Country . Los Angeles Herald . 1 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  8. News: August 31, 1918 . Canteen for War Relief at Mason's . Los Angeles Herald . 12 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  9. News: 1918-02-16 . Ancient War Weapon of Hindus is Now Ornament at Exposition Park Museum . 2024-07-30 . Los Angeles Evening Express . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1918-02-23 . Polychrome Dog of Kang-Hi Period 1660-1736, New Attraction at Exposition Park Museum . 2024-07-30 . Los Angeles Evening Express . 13 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1917-10-27 . World's Finest Apples to be Shown at Yucaipa Exhibition . 2024-07-30 . Los Angeles Evening Express . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: March 12, 1920 . Girls Entertain Wounded Heroes . Los Angeles Herald . Section 2, page 1 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  13. September 15, 1917 . Mary MacLaren Film Finished . Motion Picture News . 16 . 11 . 1848 . Internet Archive.
  14. Pilkington, Maude C. "The Finger of Justice" Sunset 39(6)(December 1917): 24-25.
  15. Book: The American Film Institute film catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films, 1911-1920 . 1988 . Berkeley : University of California Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-520-06301-3 . 89, 233, 278, 802.
  16. Book: Braff, Richard E. . The Universal silents : a filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912-1929 . 1999 . Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland . Internet Archive . 978-0-7864-0287-8 . 485 . Internet Archive.
  17. April 16, 1921 . Who's Where on Los Angeles Screens . Camera . 6 . Internet Archive.
  18. Book: Fischer, Lucy . American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations . 2009 . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-4485-4 . 43 . en.
  19. April 17, 1920 . Cummings and Booker in New Metro Play . The Moving Picture World . 451 . Internet Archive.
  20. April 3, 1920 . Anderson Begins on 'Monsieur Couperin' . The Moving Picture World . 127 . Internet Archive.
  21. September 20, 1918 . Marriages . Variety . 52 . 4 . 10 . Internet Archive.
  22. News: September 19, 1919 . Beulah Booker in Films . The Los Angeles Times . 4 . Internet Archive.
  23. News: 1925-08-28 . Marriage Licenses . 2024-07-30 . Daily News . 22 . Newspapers.com.

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