Mary Pickford
By the time Pickford’s last film Secrets was released, 25 years after her first film debut, she had starred in over 200 films, many of which are unfortunately lost.
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Charlotte Oelschlägel
Though ice skating has been around for centuries, it only came into its current form and fashion in the mid-19th century and was still taking shape as a professional and competitive sport when Charlotte Oelschlägel took up the activity.
Valerie Hobson
20th century Irish actress
Agnes Bernelle
German singer and actress
Silvia Pinal
Celebrated Mexican actress
Anne Douglas
Anne Douglas (later Doucet) was one of the original dancers in the Denishawn modern dance company in the 1920s, leaving home at 17 to tour with them for 10 years before establishing a dance training studio in southern California with her sister.
Susan FitzGerald
20th century Irish actor
Cathleen Delany
Irish actress
Trixie Friganza
Famous vaudeville star and suffragist, inspiration for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Ruth Elder
1920s American aviator and actor