Edna Payne
Edna Payne (December 5, 1891 – January 31, 1953) was an American silent screen motion picture actress. She was not in any feature-length films, but is regarded as a "pioneer" in the film industry because she was in many short films from 1911 through 1917.
Edna Payne
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- Name
- Edna Payne
- Born
- 5 December 1891
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Died
- 31 January 1953
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Edna Payne (December 5, 1891 – January 31, 1953) was an American silent screen motion picture actress. She was not in any feature-length films, but is regarded as a "pioneer" in the film industry because she was in many short films from 1911 through 1917.
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• Name — Edna Payne • Born — 5 December 1891 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 31 January 1953 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Hollywood Forever Cemetery • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1911–1917 • Children — 2
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Career
Her parents were both stage actors, so Payne began her career as a child in vaudeville, making her movie debut in Higgenses Versus Judsons (1911). She played the lead in reel dramas, and later in a few reel westerns including The Girl Stage Driver (1914). Although her film career was confined to the 1910s, she took part in countless productions.
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She was married to actor Jack Rollens, whom she divorced in 1925. She had two children, Edna J, born in 1919, and Jack A, born in 1921.
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Scene from The Jewel of Allah (1914), featuring Edna Payne and Stanley Walpole
Eclair · The Moving Picture World, Vol. 22, no. 12. December 19, 1914. p. 1701
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