Virginia Norden Explained

Virginia Norden
Other Names:Violet A. Potts, Violet A. Nickel, Violet A. Bubeck (married names)
Birth Name:Violet Alice Dalton
Birth Date:May 4, 1879
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., US
Death Date:January 17, 1948
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:Actress, costume designer, modiste

Virginia Norden (May 4, 1879 – January 17, 1948), born Violet Alice Dalton, was an American actress on stage and in silent films.

Early life

Violet Dalton was from Washington, D.C.,[1] the daughter of William Newton Dalton and Olivia Alice Williams Dalton.[2] Her father was a major in the United States Army.[3] [4] She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.[5] [6]

Career

Acting

Norden acted on the stage, making her Broadway debut in 1913, in Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates.[7] [8] She also wrote a play, Making the Movies (1916).[9] In 1916, she contributed a recipe for "Virginia Chow Chow" to a charity cookbook, assembled by Mabel Rowland.[10]

Norden's silent film credits included roles in Baby Hands (1912), For the Mikado (1912), Freddy the Fixer (1916),[11] The Destroyers (1916, also known as Peter God),[12] The Ancient Blood (1916),[13] The Dupe (1916),[14] The Deluded Wife (1916), The Combat (1916), The Dawn of a New Day (1916), Virtuous Wives (1918), and The Mind the Paint Girl (1919).[15]

Clubwork during World War I

Norden formed and led a garden club in Brightwaters, Long Island in 1917, to encourage women to grow vegetables and market their produce locally.[16] The "Patriotic Gardeners", as they were known, also gave benefit shows[17] and raised funds for sending comfort kits, candy, cigarettes, and other supplies to Long Island men serving in World War I.[18] [19]

Fashion design

In 1913, Norden gave an interview on the subject of beauty, predicting that "Soon a rational era will come," when women "will revert to simple clothes, stop daubing their faces with cosmetics ... and use the time thus saved to cultivate heart and mind qualities." While working with director Ralph Ince in 1916, she also designed costumes and headed the wardrobe department at Ince Productions.[20] After she left acting, she began a dress and millinery business with her cousin Martha Schorbach and her sister Olivia Dalton[21] in New York,[22] [23] [24] and was described as a "modiste" in 1928.[25]

Personal life

Violet Dalton married three times. Her first husband was Howard A. Potts; they married in 1898. She married Henry Nickel, in 1906; they divorced in 1928. She married a businessman, Otto Christopher Bubeck, in 1928.[26] She was widowed by 1940, and she died in Los Angeles, California, in 1948, aged 68 years.[27]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1916-02-26. Washington Actress Among Prize Winners. 14. The Washington Times. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Murdock. Julia. 1913-06-07. Julia Murdock Tells of Washington Girl Who is Success Upon the Stage. 10. The Washington Times. 2021-05-16. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Murdock. Julia. 1913-10-24. Julia Murdock Finds an Actress who Believes Beauty is No Asset. 8. The Washington Times. 2021-05-16. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1913-10-26. Washington Girl at New National. 17. The Washington Herald. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Bowers. Q. David. 1995. NORDEN, Virginia. 2021-05-16. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History.
  6. May 1913. Students in Interesting Plays. Theatre Magazine. 17. xx.
  7. January 1914. A Tea Gown and Moleskin Suit Worn by Virginia Norden. The Green Book Magazine. 11. 91.
  8. News: 1913-08-16. Tango Toe? Disease All Bunk, Asserts This Charming Tangoist. 5. The Seattle Star. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries. 1916. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1231. en.
  10. Book: Celebrated Actor Folks' Cookeries: A Collection of the Favorite Foods of Famous Players. 1916. Mabel Rowland, Incorporated. 240. en.
  11. April 15, 1916. Freddy the Fixer. The Moving Picture World. 28. 497.
  12. June 17, 1916. 'The Destroyers'. The Moving Picture World. 28. 2054.
  13. June 10, 1916. Five Strong Knickerbockers. The Moving Picture World. 28. 1906.
  14. News: 1916-10-11. 'The Dupe' Next Friday. 8. The Chico Enterprise. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  15. April 15, 1916. Virginia Norden Joins Balboa. The Moving Picture World. 28. 420.
  16. News: 1917-05-16. Women Form Garden Club Down at Brightwaters. 8. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1918-07-01. Gardeners to Gambol. 17. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1917-10-22. Patriotic Gardeners Busy. 10. Times Union. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1917-10-15. Rousing Rookie Sendoff. 7. The Brooklyn Citizen. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  20. Book: Finamore, M. Tolini. Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. 2013-01-28. Springer. 978-0-230-38949-6. 134. en.
  21. March 1922. New Millinery Corporations New York. The Illustrated Milliner. 23. 27.
  22. News: June 14, 1926. Martah Norden Shows Extreme Fabric Types at Formal Fall Opening. 36. Women's Wear Daily. ProQuest.
  23. News: July 7, 1925. Retail Specialty Shop Makes Models at Popular Prices for Wholesale Trade. 53. Women's Wear Daily. ProQuest.
  24. News: November 27, 1928. Virginia Norden Takes Over All of Martha Norden, Inc.. 9. Women's Wear Daily. ProQuest.
  25. News: 1928-06-29. Former La Salle Man Claims New York Divorcee. 16. The Times. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  26. News: 1928-06-29. Former La Salle Man Claims New York Divorcee. 16. The Times. 2021-05-17. Newspapers.com.
  27. State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. via Ancestry

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