Fotograma de "Beyond the Rocks " amb Rodolfo Valentino
Mabel Van Buren (Chicago (Illinois ), 17 de juliol de 1878−Hollywood (Califòrnia ), 4 de novembre de 1947)[ 1] va ser una actriu teatral i de cinema activa sobretot a l’època del cinema mut . Entre les pel·lícules més conegudes en què participa es poden esmentar Willful Peggy , de D. W. Griffith , The Warrens of Virginia i Manslaughter , de Cecil B. DeMille , The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse de Rex Ingram o Beyond the Rocks , de Sam Wood .
Biografia
Va néixer a Chicago educant-se en escoles públiques.[ 2] Va començar com a actriu teatral sent protagonista en obres com “Monsieur Beaucaire”, “Pretty Peggy”, “Bedford’s Hope”, “The Man of the Hour”, i les primeres versions de “The Virginian” o “The Squaw Man”.[ 2] Inicià la seva carrera cinematogràfica amb la Biograph però després es passà a la Vitagraph , Kinemacolor, Selig, Fox, Clune Film i Lasky.[ 2] El 1914 es va traslladar a Hollywood on participà en diferents pel·lícules de Cecil B. DeMille .[ 3] Arribà a ser una de les actrius destacades de la Famous Players-Lasky, que més endavant esdevindria la Paramount . Estava casada amb l’actor James Gordon amb qui tingueren una filla, que també fou actriu.[ 3] Es retirà de l'escena el 1941 i morí després d’una breu malaltia a Hollywood el 1947.[ 3]
Filmografia
Serious Sixteen (1910)
The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
The Usurer (1910)
An Old Story with a New Ending (1910)
Wilful Peggy (1910)
A Summer Tragedy (1910)
A Lively Affair (1912)
Her Crowning Glory (1913)
A Scrap of Paper (1913)
Pearls of the Madonna (1913)
The Carbon Copy (1913)
From Dusk to Dawn (1913)
The Bridge of Shadows (1913)
The Probationer (1913)
The Touch of a Child (1913)
Mounted Officer Flynn (1913)
The Mysterious Way (1913)
The House on the Plains (1913)
Blue Blood and Red (1914)
Message from Across the Sea (1914)
The Charmed Arrow (1914)
Tony and Maloney (1914)
Through the Centuries (1914)
Tested by Fire (1914)
The Tragedy of Ambition (1914)
Elizabeth's Prayer (1914)
While Wifey Is Away (1914)
The Midnight Call (1914)
When Thieves Fall Out (1914)
When a Woman Guides (1914)
Brewster's Millions (1914)
The Dishonored Medal (1914)
The Master Mind (1914)
The Man on the Box (1914)
The Squatters (1914)
The Man from Home (1914)
The Circus Man (1914)
The Ghost Breaker (1914)
The Girl of the Golden West (1915)
The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Bill Haywood, Producer (1915)
The Woman (1915)
Stepping Westward (1915)
Vindication (1915)
Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
The Sowers (1916)
Ramona (1916)
The House with the Golden Windows (1916)
The Victoria Cross (1916)
Lost and Won (1917)
Those Without Sin (1917)
A School for Husbands (1917)
The Silent Partner (1917)
Unconquered (1917)
The Jaguar's Claws (1917)
The Squaw Man's Son (1917)
Hashimura Togo (1917)
The Love of Madge O'Mara (1917)
The Countess Charming (1917)
The Devil Stone (1917)
The Winding Trail (1918)
Breakers Ahead (1918)
Riders of the Night (1918)
Hearts of Men (1919)
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920)
The Sins of Rosanne (1920)
Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
A Wise Fool (1921)
Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1921)
Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
For the Defense (1922)
The Woman Who Walked Alone (1922)
While Satan Sleeps (1922)
Manslaughter (1922)
Youth to Youth (1922)
Pawned (1922)
Fighting Blood (1923)
Wandering Daughters (1923)
The Light That Failed (1923)
Lights Out (1923)
In Search of a Thrill (1923)
The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924)
The Top of the World (1925)
Smooth as Satin (1925
His Secretary (1925)
The Lady of Lyons, N.Y. (1926)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Meddlin' Stranger (1927)
In Search of a Thrill (1927)
Craig's Wife (1928)
The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928)
His First Command (1929)
Neighbors' Wives (1933)
Mississippi (1935)
Referències
↑ Ellenberger , Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory (en anglès). McFarland, 2001-05-01, p. 173. ISBN 978-0-7864-5019-0 .
↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 «Van Buren, Mabel, leading woman, Lasky ». Motion Picture News XIV, 16 secció 2 , 21 d’octubre 1916, pàg. 87.
↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 «Obituaries ». Variety , 12-11-1947, pàg. 63.
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