Jean Darnell (1889 – January 20, 1961) was an American

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who had a brief career between 1912 and 1913.

Career

Largely home schooled,"Jean Darnell of the Thanhouser Company"
''Stockton Daily Evening Record''. July 5, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved December 9, 2024. Darnell was performing onstage from age five through thirteen, before attending

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."Thanhouser Star Popular"
''The Calumet News''. . p.. Retrieved December 9, 2024. In 1913, Darnell was a leading woman for the

Thanhouser The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, ...

studio. She also acted for the

Kalem Company The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to V ...

. By November 1920, she was working in the publicity department of Goldwyn Distributing Corporation.

Personal life and death

Darnell died on January 20, 1961, in

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, survived by her adopted daughter.

Filmography

References

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* Actresses from Texas American film actresses American silent film actresses 1889 births 1961 deaths 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub