Beatrice Van

• Name — Beatrice Van • Birth Name — Beatrice Abbott • Born — 8 August 1890 • Birthplace — Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. • Died — 4 July 1983 • Place of death — Long Beach, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor, screenwriter • Spouse — Cornelius Vander-Pluym (divorced 1915) James Gruen (m.1927, divorced) Charles Collman • Children — 1

Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent. Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually divorced in 1915. She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO. Beatrice married writer-actor James Gruen in 1927, and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman.

• The Saint and the Singer (1914) • One of the Finest (1914) • Such a Villain (1914) • The Hills of Silence (1914) • The Awakening (1914/I) • Lost by a Hair (1914) • The Barnstormers (1914) • This Is the Life (1914/III) • Helping Mother (1914) • Her Bounty (1914) as Bessie Clay • Her Life's Story (1914) as The Wife • The Senator's Lady (1914) • The Vagabond (1914) • Traffic in Babies (1914) • Lights and Shadows (1914) • The Heart of a Magdalene (1914) • The Magic Mirror (1915) • Changed Lives (1915) • The Black Box (1915) as Ashleigh's daughter • The Nightmare of a Movie Fan (1915) • The Soul of the Vase (1915) as Wife • A Woman Scorned (1915) • Detective Blinn (1915) • The Great Ruby Mystery (1915) • The Mighty Hold (1915) • The Girl from His Town (1915) as Duchess of Breakwater • Love and Labor (1915) • What's in a Name? (1915) • Uncle Heck, by Heck! (1915) • A Bully Affair (1915/I) • When His Dough Was Cake (1915) • A Friend in Need (1915) • Mixed Males (1915) • The End of the Road (1915) • Almost a Widow (1915) • The Wraith of Haddon Towers (1916) • The Hills of Glory (1916) • The First Quarrel (1916) • Inherited Passions (1916) • The Pearl of Paradise (1916) as Denise, his fiancée • Told at Twilight (1917) as The Mother • Hands Up! (1917) as Elinor Craig • Who Was the Other Man? (1917) as Wanda Bartell • Flirting with Death (1917) • A Devil with the Wimmin (1917) • My Unmarried Wife (1918) • Painted Lips (1918) as Mrs. Silver • There Goes the Bride (1918) • Good Night, Paul (1918) as Rose Hartley • The Tiger Lily (1919) as Dorothy Van Rensselaer • The Dangerous Talent (1920) as Mildred Shedd