Lillian Cook Explained

Lillian Cook
Birth Name:	Lillian Agnes Cook
Birth Date:	May 16, 1898
Birth Place:	Hot Springs, Arkansas, US
Death Place:	New York City, US
Resting Place:	Spring Grove Cemetery

Lillian Cook was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.

Biography

Cook was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Joseph Cook and his wife Martha.^{[1] [2]} An only child, she grew up primarily in Cincinnati before she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage.

Cook died in her Manhattan apartment at the Hotel Remington at age 19 after appearing in dozens of silent films.^{[3] [4] [5]} Her early death may have been caused by her role as a fairy in Maurice Tourneur's The Blue Bird a year earlier: according to one account, the heavy wings that were part of her costume injured her spine and caused tuberculosis.^[6]

Selected filmography

• The Blue Bird (1918)
• The Devil's Playground (1917)
• The Honeymoon (1917)
• Her Hour (1917)
• The Corner Grocer (1917)
• Betsy Ross (1917)
• Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917)
• Beloved Adventuress (1917)
• The Submarine Eye (1917)
• Darkest Russia (1917)
• The Common Law (1916)
• Sudden Riches (1916)
• As in a Looking Glass (1916)
• A Woman's Power (1916)
• Camille (1915)
• The Cotton King (1915)
• Mother (1914)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14 Feb 1917. Clara Kimball Young in 'The Common Law'. 2020-09-10. Hot Springs New Era. en.
2. Book: The Moving Picture World. 1916. World Photographic Publishing Company. en.
3. Web site: 2 Apr 1918. Film Favorite Facts. 2020-09-10. The Sacramento Bee. en.
4. Web site: 18 Jul 1918. The Cinema Girl's Chats of the Films. 2020-09-10. Press and Sun-Bulletin. en.
5. Web site: 20 Mar 1918. Lillian Cook Dies. 2020-09-10. News-Journal. en.
6. Web site: 24 Mar 1918. The Silent Drama. 2020-09-10. The Cincinnati Enquirer. en.