Grace Darling (actress) explained

Grace Darling
Birth Name:	Grace Foster
Birth Date:	November 20, 1893
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Actress
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Years Active:	1913 - 1921

Grace Darling (née Foster; November 20, 1893 – October 7, 1963) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was best known for her role as Beatrice Fairfax in a 1916 serial of the same name.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Darling was reportedly born in New York City.^[3] By the mid-1910s, she was under contract at Hearst-Selig,^[4] and would write travelogues for Hearst papers from her globe-trotting adventures.^[5] She was a bit eccentric, and was known for carrying around a doll dressed in imaginative outfits during the height of her fame.^[6] She was sometimes confused for the actress Ruth Darling, who died in a 1918 car crash in San Francisco.^[7] She told reporters she married actor Pat Rooney when she was 15 years old; despite their eventual divorce, she was caring for him at the time of his death.^[8] She was also married to a Harry Turek of San Francisco.^{[9] [10]}

Selected filmography

• Everyman's Price (1921)
• The Common Sin (1920)
• The Discarded Woman (1920)
• Even as Eve (1920)
• False Gods (1919)
• Virtuous Men (1919)
• Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
• The Glass Pistol (1914)
• How Men Propose (1913)
• The Midget's Revenge (1913)
• Pearl as a Detective (1913)
• Knights and Ladies (1913)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Motion Pictures. 10 Sep 1916. The San Francisco Examiner. en. 2020-03-21.
2. Web site: When Ithaca Was the Silent Hollywood. Greenwood. Warren. Ithaca Times. en. 2020-03-21.
3. Web site: Grace Darling at the American. 14 Dec 1919. The Bulletin. en. 2020-03-21.
4. Web site: Grace Darling Is on Her Way to Chicago. 4 Mar 1915. The San Francisco Examiner. en. 2020-03-21.
5. Web site: Grace Darling Off to the Exposition. 26 Jan 1915. The San Francisco Examiner. en. 2020-03-21.
6. Web site: Grace Darling Starts Fad of Always Carrying Boy Doll Very Queerly Dressed. 19 Feb 1916. The Sacramento Bee. en. 2020-03-21.
7. Web site: Ruth Darling, Movie Actress, Killed in S.F. Automobile Accident. 12 Sep 1918. The Bulletin. en. 2020-03-21.
8. Web site: Pat Rooney, Early Screen Actor, Dies. 16 Jan 1933. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. en. 2020-03-21.
9. Web site: Grace Darling, Movie Actress, Gets Divorce. 29 May 1915. San Francisco Chronicle. en. 2020-03-21.
10. Book: Olsson . Jan . Los Angeles Before Hollywood: Journalism and American Film Culture, 1905 to 1915 . 2007 . National Library of Sweden . Stockholm, Sweden . 978-91-88468-06-2 . en . 2021-02-15 . 2020-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201115165541/http://www.kb.se/dokument/Aktuellt/audiovisuellt/LA/LAbeforeHollywood.pdf . dead .