Golda Madden Explained

Golda Madden
Birth Date:	July 17, 1886
Birth Place:	Red Cloud, Nebraska, US
Death Date:	October 26, 1960 (aged 74)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:	Actress
Relatives:	Harold Lloyd (cousin)

Golda Madden (July 17, 1886  - October 26, 1960) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent era.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Madden was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, in 1886. She was a first cousin of actor/director Harold Lloyd on her mother's side.^{[3] [4] [5]} She began appearing in plays in Chicago in the early 1910s and was signed to Mack Sennett's Keystone in 1916.^[6] She retired from acting in the early 1920s and afterward enjoyed a rich social life, serving as president of the Velada Club—a women's group—in Hollywood.^[7] She also served as production manager for the Little Theater of Beverly Hills in the 1930s.^{[8] [9]}

Selected filmography

• The Marshal of Moneymint (1922)
• The Branded Four (1920)
• The Mother of His Children (1920)
• The Woman in Room 13 (1920)
• Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
• The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
• Let's Go (1918)
• A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
• Beat It (1918)
• Jilted Janet (1918)
• The Lamb (1918)
• We Never Sleep (1917)
• Flying Colors (1917)
• Over the Fence (1917)
• Fires of Rebellion (1917)
• Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
• The Return of John Boston (1916)^[10]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Moving Picture World. 1916. World Photographic Publishing Company. en.
2. Book: Snyder, Sherri. Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood. 2017-11-15. University Press of Kentucky. 978-0-8131-7427-3. en.
3. Book: Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association. The Moving picture world. 1907. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company. California State Library.
4. Web site: Services for Mrs. Craig Set for Today. 28 Oct 1960. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2020-03-18.
5. Web site: Amusements. 29 Mar 1920. The Bridgeport Telegram. en. 2020-03-18.
6. Web site: Gossip of Movie-Land. 23 Dec 1916. News-Journal. en. 2020-03-18.
7. Book: Hollywood. 1922. en.
8. Web site: Professionals' Little Theater. 12 Nov 1933. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2020-03-18.
9. Web site: Comedy to Reopen Beverly Hills Theater. 19 Feb 1939. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2020-03-18.
10. Web site: Flashes from Filmdom. 27 Oct 1916. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. en. 2020-03-18.