Lillian Cook was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.
Lillian Cook | |
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_-_2.jpg) Cook (right) in Betsy Ross (1917) | |
| Born | Lillian Agnes Cook May 16, 1898 Hot Springs, Arkansas, US |
| Died | March 14, 1918 (aged 19) New York City, US |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Biography
editCook was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Joseph Cook and his wife Martha.[1][2] An only child, she grew up primarily in Cincinnati before she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage.[3]
Cook died in her Manhattan apartment at the Hotel Remington at age 19 after appearing in dozens of silent films.[4][5][6] Her early death may have been caused by her role as a fairy in Maurice Tourneur's The Blue Bird a year earlier: according to one account, the heavy wings that were part of her costume injured her spine and caused tuberculosis.[3]
Selected filmography
edit- The Blue Bird (1918)
- The Devil's Playground (1917)
- The Honeymoon (1917)
- Her Hour (1917)
- The Corner Grocer (1917)
- Betsy Ross (1917)
- Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917)
- Beloved Adventuress (1917)
- The Submarine Eye (1917)
- Darkest Russia (1917)
- The Common Law (1916)
- Sudden Riches (1916)
- As in a Looking Glass (1916)
- A Woman's Power (1916)
- Camille (1915)
- The Cotton King (1915)
- Mother (1914)
References
edit- ^ "Clara Kimball Young in 'The Common Law'". Hot Springs New Era. 14 Feb 1917. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
- ^ a b "The Silent Drama". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 24 Mar 1918. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Film Favorite Facts". The Sacramento Bee. 2 Apr 1918. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "The Cinema Girl's Chats of the Films". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 18 Jul 1918. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Lillian Cook Dies". News-Journal. 20 Mar 1918. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
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