Stella Muir (12 September 1900 – 3 June 1984), known as the English Mary Pickford was an early twentieth-century English film actress.[citation needed]

Stella Muir
A young white woman leaning on a chair, wearing a short "babydoll" dress with short puff sleeves and a bonnet
Stella Muir, from a 1919 advertisement
Born12 September 1900
Died3 June 1984(1984-06-03) (aged 83)
OccupationActress

Life

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Born Edith Alice May Muir on 12 September 1900, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, she worked as factory girl in a clothing manufacturers in the York Street area of Leeds. Muir had a short film career working in silent movies, initially in crowd work. She was credited in three films in 1919, a series of twelve shorts in 1920 and three more short films in 1922.

Muir died on 3 June 1984 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Stella Muir". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "The Heart of a Rose" (advertisement), The Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly (15 September 1919): 27.
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