Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960 was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era.

========================================================================



========================================================================

08/03/2020.


Clara Kimball Young  - Actress.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Profile :



Clara Kimball Young circa 1920
Born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball
September 6, 1890
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died October 15, 1960 (aged 70)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1912–1941
Spouse(s) James Young (m.1910–div.1919)
Dr. Arthur Fauman (m.1928–1937; his death)
Parent(s) Edward Kimball
Pauline Kimball
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Introduction :


Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960 was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Early life :


Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on September 6, 1890 to Edward Kimball and Pauline Madeline Kimball (née Garrett, 1860–1919), both of whom were traveling stock actors. She made her stage debut at the age of three, and throughout her early childhood traveled with her parents and acted with their theater company. She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy in Chicago.


Afterward, she was hired into a stock company and resumed her stage career, traveling extensively through the United States and playing in various small town theaters.



Early in her career, she met and married a fellow stock company and known Broadway actor named James Young. Young's previous wife had been the songwriter/lyricist Rida Johnson Young. After sending a photograph to Vitagraph Studios, Clara Kimball Young, as she was then known, and her husband were both offered yearly contracts in 1912.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. Career :


In the new medium of motion pictures, and without much screen competition, Clara Kimball Young's star at Vitagraph rose quickly. Young was predominantly cast in one and two reel roles as the virtuous heroine. By 1913, she had become one of the more popular leading ladies at Vitagraph and placed at number 17 in a poll of public popularity. Unfortunately, many of Young's films from her early period with Vitagraph are now lost.



In 1914, Vitagraph released the drama My Official Wife, which starred Young as a Russian revolutionary and was directed by her husband James Young and co-starred the popular leading man Earle Williams. The film, which is now lost, was an enormous success and launched Clara Kimball Young and Earle Williams into first place in the popularity polls, and Young immediately was signed to a contract with pioneering mogul Lewis J. Selznick.
Add caption
After a string of successful roles, Young was established as one of the chief attractions of World Film Corporation and her husband James was now a much sought-after director. By 1915, Young's popularity was equivalent to that of Mary Pickford, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Pearl White, Edna Purviance, and Mabel Normand.


She became involved in a much publicized affair with Selznick, culminating in a 1916 divorce suit accusing her of alienation of affection. James Young finally obtained a final decree on April 8, 1919 on grounds of desertion.

Young, c. 1916

Selznick quickly formed the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation, installing himself as president, and formed Selznick Productions to distribute her films and those of some other independent producers. After only four films with Selznick however, the personal and business relationship began to sour, and Kimball Young struggled to extricate herself from all business arrangements with Selznick, accusing him of defrauding her of her profits through a series of dummy corporations and by electing himself president of her company while not permitting her any input in her business affairs.


In 1917, Kimball Young became involved in an affair with Harry Garson, with whom she then teamed in a business venture. Garson had little experience in the motion picture business, and as a result, Kimball Young's career began to sputter. Although she remained a popular actress into the early 1920s, Kimball Young suffered at the inexperience and alleged mismanagement and apathy of Garson. In her 1921 diary, Kimball Young wrote "It will be wonderful to get out of debt and finish these three pictures for equity. I feel as though I had my head on a block and was waiting for the axe to descend at any moment."


Young in 1921 theatrical poster for Charge It, which was  directed by Harry Garson for Equity Pictures.

She began suffering a series of press attacks for her business dealings and personal relationship with Garson. By 1925, her stardom began to fade, and she made her last silent film Lying Wives. Kimball Young spent the remainder of the 1920s performing in vaudeville, and in 1928 quietly married Dr. Arthur Fauman. The advent of sound briefly revived her career, and she appeared in several featured roles for RKO Radio Pictures and Tiffany Studios with only modest success, appearing only in bit parts including a Three Stooges short, and extra roles in mostly lower budget pictures and having a stint on radio. One of her bigger roles is in the murder mystery The Rogues Tavern (1936) where she plays a sweet but fussy motherly woman who is hiding a very big secret.
She retired from acting in 1941.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. Death :


Young underwent minor surgery to correct a chronic bronchial problem in March 1960. She did not recover her health after the surgery, and became increasingly frail. Clara Kimball Young died of a stroke at the Motion Picture House in Woodland Hills, California on October 15, 1960. Her remains were cremated, and she was interred at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Clara Kimball Young was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6513 Hollywood Blvd.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. Selected filmography :


Washington Under the British Flag (1909, short)
Washington Under the American Flag (1909, short)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909, short) as Penelope
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy (1910, short)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910, short)
The Sepoy's Wife (1910, short) as The Sepoy's Wife
Ransomed; or, A Prisoner of War (1910, short) as Captain Jack's Wife
The Last of the Saxons (1910, short) as Aldyth
Lady Godiva (1911, short)


Cardinal Wolsey (1912, short) as Anne Boleyn
The Haunted Rocker (1912, short) as Madge Boggs, the Daughter
The Jocular Winds of Fate (1912, short) as Alice De Voe
The Pipe (1912, short) as Dingley's Wife
The Old Kent Road (1912, short) as Sue Simmonds, Their Daughter
Dr. LaFleur's Theory (1912, short) as the Criminal's Moll
Professor Optimo (1912, short) as Clara
The Picture Idol (1912, short) as Beth Ward, a Passionate Fan of Howard Hanson's
Mockery (1912, short) as Princess Dolorosa
Half a Hero (1912) as Mabel Kemp
Lulu's Doctor (1912, short) as Aunt Madge Marion
When Roses Wither (1912, short) as Howard's Wife
Lincoln's Gettysburys Address (1912, short)
The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912, short) as an Assistant in the Toy Shop
The Money Kings (1912, short)
A Lively Affair (1912, short) as Dorothy, the Maid
Rock of Ages (1912, short)
Wanted, a Sister (1912, short) as Evelyn Marshall
Popular Betty (1912, short) as Betty Wilson
A Vitagraph Romance (1912, short) as Caroline, the Senator's Daughter
The Irony of Fate (1912, short)
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgers (1912, short) as Mrs. Edson
A Mistake in Spelling (1912, short) as Mabel Moore, Fred's Fiancée
Poet and Peasant (1912, short) as Toinette Savard, the Daughter
Lord Browning and Cinderella (1912, short) as Cinderella
In the Flat Above (1912, short) as Priscilla Putnam, a Music Teacher
The Eavesdropper (1912, short) as Alice


Love Hath Wrought a Miracle (1913, short) as Rose Graham
The Little Minister (1913, short) as Lady Babbie
The Interrupted Honeymoon (1913, short) as Mrs. Adele Young, the Wife
What a Change of Clothes Did (1913, short) as John Mason's Fiancée
The Volunteer Strike Breakers (1913, short) as Harris's Fiancée
When Mary Grew Up (1913, short) as Mary
Beau Brummel (1913, short) as Helen Ballarat
The Old Guard (1913, short) as Melanie
Put Yourself in Their Place (1913, short) as Mr. Kent's Daughter
The Way Out (1913, short) as Emma Bindley - a Spinster
Getting Up a Practice (1913, short) as Emily Irving, Dr. Lyons' Sweetheart
The Mystery of the Stolen Child (1913, short) as The Nurse
Mr. Mintern's Misadventures (1913, short) as Muriel Leach
The Mystery of the Stolen Jewels (1913, short) as First Thief
The Wrath of Osaka (1913, short) as Miro
The White Slave; or, The Octoroon (1913, short) as Zoe - the Octoroon
Delayed Proposals (1913, short) as Marion Van Sicklen
Jack's Chrysanthemum (1913, short) as Kichimatsu, a Japanese Maiden
The Spirit of the Orient (1913, short) as Normallee
The Taming of Betty (1913, short) as Betty
A Faithful Servant (1913, short) as Nina, Count Gullio's Sweetheart
A Maid of Mandalay (1913, short) as Ma May
The Lonely Princess (1913, short) as The Princess, Prince Raffaello's Daughter
When Women Go on the Warpath; or, Why Jonesville Went Dry (1913, short) as Minor Role
Cupid Versus Women's Rights (1913, short) as Madge Trenton
The Hindoo Charm (1913, short) as Phyllis - the Step-Mother
John Tobin's Sweetheart (1913, short) as Minor Role
Extremities (1913, short) as Gladys Robinson
The Test (1913, short) as Eleanor Anstruther
The Pirates (1913, short) as Helen Merwin
On Their Wedding Eve (1913, short) as Edna Morvell
Jerry's Mother-In-Law (1913, short) as Jerry's Wife
Fellow Voyagers (1913, short) as Jerry's Wife
Betty in the Lions' Den (1913, short) as Betty
A Lesson in Jealousy (1913, short) as Mabel - the Wife
Beauty Unadorned (1913, short) as Helen Preston
Love's Sunset (1913, short) as Nita Travers
Up in a Balloon (1913, short) as Betty Simpson

Add caption
The Perplexed Bridegroom (1914, short) as Lucy Demly, the Bride
Goodness Gracious (1914, short) as Gwendoline
Some Steamer Scooping (1914, short) as Clara Lane, a Journalist
Her Husband (1914, short) as Dora Allen, Mrs. Tom Harcourt
The Silver Snuff Box (1914, short) as Amy, Julian's Granddaughter
The Awakening of Barbara Dare (1914, short) as Dorothy Clayton
The Violin of M'sieur (1914, short) as Yvonne - Gerome's Daughter
Happy-Go-Lucky (1914, short) as Happy-Go-Lucky
My Official Wife (1914) as Helene Marie
David Garrick (1914, short) as Ada Ingot
Taken by Storm (1914, short) as Betty, the Willful Wife
The Fates and Flora Fourflush (1914) as Flora Fourflush
Lola (1914) as Lola Barnhelun


The Deep Purple (1915) as Doris Moore
Hearts in Exile (1915) as Hope Ivanovna
Marrying Money (1915) as Mildred Niles
Trilby (1915) as Trilby O'Ferral
The Heart of the Blue Ridge (1915) as Plutina
Camille (1915) as Camille
The Yellow Passport (1916) as Sonia Sokoloff
The Feast of Life (1916) as Aurora Fernandez
The Dark Silence (1916) as Mildred White
The Foolish Virgin (1916) as Mary Adams
The Common Law (1916) as Valerie West
The Rise of Susan (1916) as Susan
A Race for Life (1916, short)
The Price She Paid (1917) as Mildred Gower
The Easiest Way (1917) as Laura Murdock
Magda (1917) as Magda
Shirley Kaye (1917) as Shirley Kaye


The Marionettes (1918) as Fernande de Monclars
The House of Glass (1918) as Margaret Case
The Reason Why (1918) as Zara Zenova
The Claw (1918) as Mary Saurin
The Savage Woman (1918) as Renee Benoit
The Road Through the Dark (1918) as Gabrielle Jardee
Cheating Cheaters (1919) as Ruth Brockton
The Better Wife (1919) as Charmian Page
Eyes of Youth (1919) as Gina Ashling
Soldiers of Fortune (1919) (uncredited)


The Forbidden Woman (1920) as Diane Sorel
For the Soul of Rafael (1920) as Marta Raquel Estevan
Mid-Channel (1920) as Zoe Blundell
Hush (1921) as Vera Stanford
Straight from Paris (1921) as Lucette Grenier
Charge It (1921) as Julia Lawrence
What No Man Knows (1921) as Norma Harvey
The Worldly Madonna (1922) as Lucy Trevor, Dancer/Janet Trevor, Nun
The Hands of Nara (1922) as Nara Alexieff
Enter Madame (1922) as Prima Donna Lisa Della Robia
The Woman of Bronze (1923) as Vivian Hunt
Cordelia the Magnificent (1923) as Cordelia Marlowe
A Wife's Romance (1923) as Joyce Addisonn
Lying Wives (1925) as Patricia Chase


Kept Husbands (1931) as Mrs. Henrietta Post
Mother and Son (1931) as Faro Lil
Women Go on Forever (1931) as Daisy Bowman
Love Bound (1932) as Mrs. Jane Randolph
Probation (1932) as Mrs. Humphries
File 113 (1933) as Mme. Fauvel
I Can't Escape (1934) as Mrs. Wilson
Romance in the Rain (1934) as Mlle. Fleurette Malevinsky
The Return of Chandu (1934) as Dorothy Regent
The Drunkard (1935) as Mrs. Karns
Hollywood Extra Girl (1935, documentary short) as Grace
She Married Her Boss (1935) as Parsons
His Night Out (1935) as Mrs. Davis
Fighting Youth (1935) as Mrs. Stewart, House Mother
The Fighting Coward (1935) as Mrs. Gordon'


Ants in the Pantry (1936, 3 Stooges short) as Mrs. Beulah Burlap
Dangerous Waters (1936) as Kind Lady Passenger (uncredited)
Love in September (1936, short) as Mrs. Thompson
Three on the Trail (1936) as Rose Peters
The Rogues Tavern (1936) as Mrs. Jamison
Oh, Susanna (1936) as Aunt Peggy Lee
The Black Coin (1936) as Donna Luise Navarro
They Wanted to Marry (1937) as Wedding Guest Talking to Hunter (uncredited)
New News (1937, short) as Mrs. Van Gage
Hills of Old Wyoming (1937) as Ma Hutchins
Dangerously Yours (1937) as Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
The Mysterious Pilot (1937, Serial) as Martha, Fritz's Wife
The Secret of Treasure Island (1938, Serial) as Cortez Hotel Maid (uncredited)
The Wages of Sin (1938) as Fat Pearl
The Frontiersmen (1938) as Mrs. Peters

Add caption
The Round Up (1941) as Mrs. Wilson
Mr. Celebrity (1941) as Herself (final film role)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. Gallery  :


Add caption





The End.
========================================================================

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford, August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress.

Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a showbiz family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett then appeared in more than 70 films from the era of silent movies, well into the sound era. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies such as Man Hunt (1941), The Woman in the Window (1944), and Scarlet Street (1945).

Martha Raye (born Maggie Reed; August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) and nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She also acted in plays, including Broadway. She was honored in 1969 at the Academy Awards as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.