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Eileen Sedgwick
American actress
Eileen Sedgwick (October 17, 1898 – March 15, 1991) was an American actress of the silent era.
Eileen Sedgwick | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1898-10-17)October 17, 1898 Galveston, Texas, US |
| Died | March 15, 1991(1991-03-15) (aged 92) |
| Other names | Gretel Yoltz |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1930 |
| Relatives | Edward Sedgwick (brother) Josie Sedgwick (sister) |
Born in 1898, Sedgwick was in her first film in 1914 and appeared in more than 110 films during her 15-year career. She was the sister of film director Edward Sedgwick and actress Josie Sedgwick.[1]
Sedgwick changed her name to Gretel Yoltz[2] in the fall of 1927, after which she "found constant work".[3] Before the change, Sedgwick was known as "Queen of the Serials" and was typecast in roles in Western films.[4] The actress disappeared for long enough that casting lists no longer included Eileen Sedgwick.[4]
When Gretel Yoltz visited Gotham Productions, affecting an accent and dressed in "a stunning outfit of clothes", she was given a part in the film The River Woman, after which she was cast for a second film.[4] Eventually people began to recognize her and the ruse ended.[4]
- Man and Beast (1917)
- Hell's Crater (1918)
- The Lure of the Circus (1918)
- The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
- The Diamond Queen (1921)
- Terror Trail (1921)
- In the Days of Daniel Boone (1923)
- Beasts of Paradise (1923)
- The Riddle Rider (1924)
- The Fighting Ranger (1925)
- The Sagebrush Lady (1925)
- The Winking Idol (1926)
- Beyond All Odds (1926)
- Strings of Steel (1926)
- Tin Hats (1926)
- Lure of the West (1926)
- When Danger Calls (1927)
- A Girl in Every Port (1928) (credited as Gretel Yoltz)
- The Vanishing West (1928)
- Beautiful But Dumb (1928)
- Yellow Contraband (1928)
- The Jade Box (1930)
- "Eileen Sedgwick". Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- Zmuda, Michael (May 2015). The Five Sedgwicks: Pioneer Entertainers of Vaudeville, Film and Television. McFarland. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-7864-9668-6. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- "All in a name". The New York Times. February 19, 1928. p. 114. ProQuest 104633173. Retrieved November 19, 2020 – via ProQuest.
- "Crashing the Gates to Movie Fame". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 30, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved November 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
