Reina Valdez Explained

Reina Valdez
Birth Date:	December 1890
Birth Place:	Springfield, Massachusetts, US
Occupation:	Actress

Reina Valdez (sometimes credited as Rena Valdez; born December 1890) was a silent film actress active in Hollywood in the 1910s.^[1]

Although some publicity reports claimed she was born in and raised in Mexico, she was a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, where she grew up before she moved to New York City to pursue an interest in acting.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] After a few appearances on Broadway, eventually she found herself in Los Angeles, where she worked for a number of film companies over the course of her short career, including the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, the New York Motion Picture Company, and Essanay.^[5] ^[6] ^[7] Little is known about her life before or after her film career. It is likely that "Reina Valdez" was her stage name.

Selected filmography

Mismated (1916)
Good Out of Evil (1915)
A Brother's Redemption (1915)
The Woman He Married (1915)
The Keeper of the Flock (1915)
Beating Father to It (1915)
The Call of the Sea (1915)
The Boob's Racing Career (1915)
(1914)
The Atonement (1914)
Single Handed (1914)
The Conquest of Man (1914)
The Arm of Vengeance (1914)
Italian Love (1914)
The Weaker's Strength (1914)
A Gambler's Way (1914)
A Night on the Road (1914)
Through Trackless Sands (1914)
The Trail of the Snake Band (1913)
The Weaker Mind (1913)

Notes and References

April 1915. Reina Valdez Attains Ambition. The Moving Picture World. XXIV.
Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1919.
Web site: 2 Apr 1914. Today's Best Photo Play Stories. 2021-03-27. Chicago Tribune. en.
December 1914. New England, the Merry Widow, and a Spanish Beauty. Photoplay.
Web site: 11 Nov 1914. In Movie Land. 2021-03-27. Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. en.
Web site: 18 Jan 1914. Perils of Photoplaying. 2021-03-27. The Wilmington Morning Star. en.
Web site: 19 Nov 1914. Gossip of the Film World. 2021-03-27. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. en.