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Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 – 3 February 1967)[1] was a British-born American silent film actress.
Winifred Kingston | |
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 Kingston featured in Motion Picture Magazine, 1920 | |
| Born | 11 November 1894 |
| Died | 3 February 1967 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Dustin Farnum (1924-1929, his death) Carman R. Runyon |
| Children | 1 |
Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States.[2]
On Broadway, Kingston portrayed Crobyle in Thais (1911), Juliette Corton in The Matrimonial Bed (1927), and Helen Farquhar in Caste (1927).[3]
She married actor Dustin Farnum on August 24, 1924, in Los Angeles,[4] and they had a daughter, Estelle.[5] Kingston appeared with her husband often onscreen most notably in The Squaw Man and The Virginian.[6] After Farnum's death in 1929, she was married to oil executive Carman R. Runyon.[7]
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On February 3, 1967, Kingston died at her home in La Jolla.[7]
Filmography
edit- Soldiers of Fortune (1914)
- The Squaw Man (1914)
- Brewster's Millions (1914)
- The Call of the North (1914)
- The Virginian (1914)
- Where the Trail Divides (1914)
- Cameo Kirby (1914)
- The Love Route (1915)
- Captain Courtesy (1915)
- The Road to Fame (1915 short)
- The Light on the Reef (1915 short)
- The Seventh Noon (1915)
- The Gentleman from Indiana (1915)
- The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)
- Ben Blair (1916)
- David Garrick (1916)
- Davy Crockett (1916)
- The Parson of Panamint (1916)
- The Intrigue (1916)
- A Son of Erin (1916)
- Durand of the Bad Lands (1917)
- The Spy (1917)
- North of Fifty-Three (1917)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
- The Light of Western Stars (1918)
- The Corsican Brothers (1920)
- Beyond (1921)
- Trail of the Axe (1922)
- The Squaw Man (1931) (uncredited)
- The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
References
edit- ^ Silent Film Necrology p.287 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
- ^ "Winifred Kingston". The Atlanta Constitution. 7 May 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 16 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Helen Kingston". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Dustin Farnum weds again". The New York Times. 25 August 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Winifred Kingston; AllMovie.com; bio by Hans J. Wollstein
- ^ a b "Winifred Kingston, Actress, Was Wife of Dustin Farnum". The New York Times. United Press International. 5 February 1967. p. 88. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
External links
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- Winifred Kingston at IMDb
- Winifred Kingston at the Internet Broadway Database
- Portrait gallery (University of Washington)
- Portrait (New York Public Library)
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