Mabel Bardine Explained

Mabel Bardine Myers Farnsworth (October 25, 1878 - October 20, 1948), was an American vaudeville performer and Hollywood actress. In 1908 she was accused of plagiarizing the sketch, The Chorus Lady, from Rose Stahl.^[1] She was a leading woman in Essanay Studios and Fox Film.

Biography

She was born as Mabel Bardine Myers on October 25, 1878, in Colorado.

In 1908 she was accused of plagiarizing the sketch, The Chorus Lady, from Rose Stahl.^[1]

She died on October 20, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Filmography

• The Splendid Lie (1920)
• The Place of Honeymoons (1920)
• Winning Her Way (1919) by Margaret Mayo for the American Red Cross^{[2] [3]}
• Rough and Ready (1918)
• Beyond the Law (1918)
• Mother Love and the Law (1917)

Vaudeville playlets

• An Experiment in Humor (1910)^[4]
• Nell of the Halls (1909)^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Thou Shall Not Kill (1905), produced by Federick Schwartz^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: Mabel Berdine Coming Over . . March 6, 1908 . 2015-06-05 .
2. News: Mabel Bardine In Pictures. . July 26, 1919 . 2015-06-05 .
3. . 330 . 32 . Winning Her Way . 1919 .
4. News: . Vaudeville . . October 25, 1910 . 2015-06-05 .
5. News: Miss Bardine Returns . . February 27, 1909 . 2015-06-05 .
6. News: Vaudeville . . March 28, 1909 . 2015-06-05 .
7. News: Empire Palace Music Hall, Leeds . . December 31, 1908 . 2015-06-05 .
8. Web site: Ohio Vaudeville Theater Event List . 2015-06-05 .