Gerda Holmes Explained

Gerda Holmes, née Gerda Helen Elfrida Henius (April 2, 1891^[1] – October 11, 1943), was an actress during the silent film era and in theater.^{[2] [3] [4]} She had major roles in numerous films including The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915) and The Iron Ring (1917) with Arthur Ashley.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Holmes was Danish.^[5] Her grandfather managed the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen for more than two decades,^[6] and her father was a doctor in Chicago. She studied music in Denmark and began performing on stage there at about age 14.^[6] Her first marriage was to Rapley Holmes.

The cover of the December 1916 issue of The Masses magazine featured a "stylish and very modern" portrait of Holmes by Frank Walts.^[7]

Selected filmography

• The Family Honor (1917)

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Source
	Robin Hood	Marian		^[8]
	The Ambition of the Baron
	The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
	The Gilded Cage	Queen Vesta		^[9]
	Friday the 13th	Beulah Sands
	His One Big Chance
	Husband and Wife
	The Chain Invisible	Anne Dalton		^[10]
	The Man Who Forgot	The woman, also known as Mary Leslie		^[11]
	The Iron Ring	Bess Hulette		^[12]
	A Hungry Heart	Louis Bregard		^[13]

Notes and References

1. Book: Heiberg . Gert Falch . Slaegten Heiberg . 117 .
2. Web site: Movie Pictorial, July-August 1914. Internet Archive.
3. Web site: Moving Picture World (Oct 1915). Chalmers Publishing Company. 2 January 2019. New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. Internet Archive.
4. Book: Strangers in Hollywood: The history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II. 9780810829381. Wollstein. Hans J.. 1994.
5. Web site: Calisphere: Gerda Holmes. Calisphere.
6. News: Gerda Holmes (World) . December 25, 2020 . Cumberland Evening Times . November 23, 1916 . Maryland, Cumberland . 11. ProQuest.
7. Book: Morrisson . Mark S. . The Public Face of Modernism: Little Magazines, Audiences, and Reception, 1905-1920 . 2001 . Univ of Wisconsin Press . 978-0-299-16924-4 . 195 . December 25, 2020 . en.
8. Web site: Robin Hood (1913) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.
9. Web site: The Gilded Cage (1916) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.
10. Web site: The Chain Invisible (1916) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.
11. Web site: The Man Who Forgot (1917) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.
12. Web site: The Iron Ring (1917) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.
13. Web site: A Hungry Heart (1917) . American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: The First 100 Years (1893-1993) . 2 January 2019.