Billie West (August 5, 1891 – June 7, 1967) was an American actress of the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1917.
West was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and had two brothers.
West left home in 1910 to begin her career. She performed in vaudeville,
in musical comedy and as an ingenue in
stock theater in St. Louis.
Film companies for which West worked included Vitagraph, Pathe Freres, and the Broncho Company.
West was married to
Frank Fisher Bennett.
[''Silent Film Necrology'', pgs.559-560 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana ] In 1917, less than a year after they wed, West was released from her film contract to help her seriously ill mother. They eventually settled in
Warren Township, New Jersey, building a house on property adjacent to his parents' home.
[ West died in ]Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield is a City (New Jersey), city in Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City", .
Selected filmography
* ''While There's Life
''While There's Life'' is a 1913 American silent short drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this ki ...
'' (1913)
* '' Through the Neighbor's Window'' (1913)
* '' The House in the Tree'' (1913)
* '' Fate's Decree'' (1914)
* '' The Body in the Trunk'' (1914)
* '' The Highbinders'' (1915)
* '' The Living Death'' (1915)
* '' The Hidden Spring'' (1917)
References
External links
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Billie West filmography
1891 births
1967 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
Actresses from Kentucky
Deaths from cancer in New Jersey
20th-century American actresses
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