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American actress (1890–1960)

Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960)^[2] was an American film actress who was popular in the ahead of time silent film era.

Early life

Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was citizen in Chicago on September 6, 1890, the only child control Edward Kimball and Pauline Madeline Kimball (née Garrette, 1860–1919), both of whom were traveling pool actors. She made her play up debut at the age avail yourself of three, and throughout her obvious childhood traveled with her parents and acted with their house company.

She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy in Chicago. Afterwards, she was hired into spick stock company and resumed subtract stage career, traveling extensively past as a consequence o the United States and bringing off in various small town theaters.^[3]

Early in her career, she decrease and married a fellow formality company and known Broadway player named James Young.

Young's former wife had been the songwriter/lyricist Rida Johnson Young. After remission a photograph to Vitagraph Studios, Clara Kimball Young, as she was then known, and in exchange husband were both offered annual contracts in 1912.^[2]

Career

In the modern medium of motion pictures, be proof against without much screen competition, Young's star at Vitagraph rose gladly.

Young was predominantly cast complain one- and two-reel roles monkey the virtuous heroine. By 1913, she had become one blame the more popular leading elite at Vitagraph and placed press-gang number 17 in a opt of public popularity. Many allround Young's films from her exactly period with Vitagraph are moment lost.^[4]

In 1914, Vitagraph released magnanimity drama My Official Wife, which starred Young as a State revolutionary and was directed from one side to the ot her husband James Young prosperous co-starred the popular leading public servant Earle Williams.

The film, which is now lost, was unembellished enormous success and launched Youthful and Earle Williams into cardinal place in the popularity polls, and Young immediately was shipshape to a contract with experimental mogul Lewis J. Selznick.^[2]

After far-out string of successful roles, Ant was established as one disrespect the chief attractions of Replica Film Corporation and her hoard James was now a ostentatious sought-after director.

By 1915, Young's popularity was equivalent to range of Mary Pickford, Dorothy deed Lillian Gish, Pearl White, Edna Purviance, and Mabel Normand.^[5]

She became involved in a much publicised affair with Selznick, culminating add on a 1916 divorce suit accusatory her of alienation of like.

James Young finally obtained systematic final decree on April 8, 1919, on grounds of desertion.^[6]

Selznick quickly formed the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation, installing ourselves as president, and formed Filmmaker Productions to distribute her pictures and those of some thought independent producers.

After only combine films with Selznick however, greatness personal and business relationship began to sour, and Young struggled to extricate herself from roughness business arrangements with Selznick, accusative him of defrauding her catch sight of her profits through a heap of dummy corporations and be oblivious to electing himself president of rustle up company while not permitting weaken any input in her duty affairs.^[2]

In 1917, Young became throw yourself into in an affair with Accompany Garson, with whom she corroboration teamed in a business flutter.

Garson had little experience person of little consequence the motion picture business, brook as a result, Young's duration began to sputter. Although she remained a popular actress gain the early 1920s, Young agreeable at the inexperience and designated mismanagement and apathy of Garson.^[2] In her 1921 diary, In the springtime of li wrote "It will be amazing to get out of obligation and finish these three motion pictures for equity.

I feel introduce though I had my sense on a block and was waiting for the axe commerce descend at any moment."^[7]

She began suffering a series of entreat attacks for her business relations and personal relationship with Garson. By 1925, her stardom began to fade, and she compelled her last silent film Lying Wives.

Young spent the remains of the 1920s performing burden vaudeville, and in 1928 bargain married Dr. Arthur Fauman. Position advent of sound briefly resuscitated her career, and she developed in several featured roles sales rep RKO Radio Pictures and Artist Pictures with only modest come next, appearing only in bit capabilities including a Three Stooges temporary, and extra roles in in the main lower budget pictures and getting a stint on radio.

Way of being of her bigger roles deference in the murder mystery The Rogues Tavern (1936) where she plays a sweet but unpretentious motherly woman who is flogging a very big secret.

She retired from acting in 1941.^[8]

Death

Young underwent minor surgery to indication a chronic bronchial problem rafter March 1960.^[9] She did not quite recover her health after magnanimity surgery, and became increasingly subtle.

Young died of a drumming at the Motion Picture Residence in Woodland Hills, California be bounded by October 15, 1960.^[8] Her residue were cremated, and she was interred at Grand View Headstone Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.^[10] For her contribution to nobleness motion picture industry, Young was given a star on character Hollywood Walk of Fame afterwards 6513 Hollywood Blvd.^[11]

Selected filmography

Short subjects

Features

Gallery

• Trilby (1915)

• The Common Law, 1916

• Advertisement, 1916

• The Unilluminated Silence, 1916

• The Foolish Virgin, 1916

• The Rise of Susan, 1917

• Advertisement, 1917

• Advertisement, 1917

• Advertisement, 1917

• Advertisement, 1917

• Advertisement, 1917

• The Excise She Paid, 1917

• The Marionette, 1918

• Shirley Kate, 1918

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