Born: 27 April 1894, United States
Died: 30 September 1973
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
After starring in at least 24 short films from 1913 to 1916, Eleanor Blevins began a career in motor racing in the Washington, D.C. area. None of her films survive today, but they included:
The Schoolmarm of Green River (1913)
A Friend in Need (1914)
The Motion Picture Cowboy (1914)
The Love Transcendent (1915)
Tale of a Tire (1915)
The Valley of Humiliation (1915)
In December 1916, her Stutz Weightman Special broke down, and her mechanic called in a friend to assist, Herbert Betts. He helped get the car running, but bet her $1000 that she wouldn’t finish the race. She did, and he handed over a check – and a marriage proposal. They wed the following month, but he died just a few months later. She remarried in 1924 and subsequently adopted two children.
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