Shannon Day
Shannon Day (born Sylvia Day; August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. Her education was in New York City's public schools and in the Art Students League there. Day began performing on stage when she was a child.
Shannon Day
- Name
- Shannon Day
- Birth Name
- Sylvia Day
- Born
- 5 August 1896
- Birthplace
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 24 February 1977
- Place of death
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Education
- Art Students League of New York
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Shannon Day (born Sylvia Day; August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. Her education was in New York City's public schools and in the Art Students League there. Day began performing on stage when she was a child.
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Biography
Billed as Sylvia Day, she appeared on Broadway in Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review (1919). Her film debut came in 1921 in Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit. When Day left acting in films, she began teaching drama in Manhattan. She died on February 24, 1977, in New York, aged 80.
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• Name — Shannon Day • Birth Name — Sylvia Day • Born — 5 August 1896 • Birthplace — Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 24 February 1977 • Place of death — New York City, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1913–1933 • Education — Art Students League of New York
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• Forbidden Fruit (1921) • Man, Woman & Marriage (1921) • The Affairs of Anatol (1921) • After the Show (1921) • The Woman He Married (1922) • One Clear Call (1922) • Captain Fly-by-Night (1922) • North of the Rio Grande (1922) • The Ordeal (1922) • Fools First (1922) • His Back Against the Wall (1922) • Marriage Morals (1923) • Manslaughter (1922) • The Marriage Market (1923) • All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923) • The Star Dust Trail (1924) • So This Is Marriage (1924) • The Girl on the Stairs (1925) • Silent Pal (1925) • The Vanishing American (1925) • Breed of the Sea (1926) • The Gypsy Romance (1926) • The Barrier (1926) • Stranded (1927) • Worldly Goods (1930) • Big Town (1932) • Hotel Variety (1933) • Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
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