Edith Stockton (February 5, 1896 – April 21, 1968), born Edith Lillian Stockham, was an American actress in silent films.

Early life and education

Edith Lillian Stockham was born in

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, the daughter of William Stockham and Johanna "Jennie" Benz Stockham (later Willetts). Her maternal grandparents were both born in Germany, and her father was born in England. She attended the Barrett Institute in Chicago.

Career

Stockton was a

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on stage in Chicago as a young woman. Her silent film credits included roles in '' Putting One Over'' (1919), ''The House Without Children'' (1919), ''The Open Door'' (1919), '' Who's Your Brother'' (1919), '' The Fear Market'' (1920), '' Out of the Chorus'' (1921), '' Matrimonial Web'' (1921), '' Ashamed of Parents'' (1921'','' also known as ''What Children Will Do)'', ''The Voice of the Blood'', ''Keep to the Right,'' ''Should a Wife Work?'' (1922), and ''Through the Storm'' (1922). She also endorsed

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in print advertisements, promoted a

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fad, and worked with the

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Personal life

Stockton married twice. Her first husband was William E. Rexses; they married in 1916, and later divorced. She was left a fortune in the contested will of a divorced lawyer, Cornelius Pinkney of New York City, in a probate case that made headlines in the 1920s. Her second husband was manufacturer Monroe Kaplan, known after 1940 as John Porter Monroe. They lived in

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and Washington, D.C., and had a daughter, Barbara, born in 1933. In 1946, John Porter Monroe was found guilty on 29 federal charges related to overcharging during

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. Edith Stockham Monroe died in 1968, in

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, at the age of 72.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stockton, Edith 1896 births 1968 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses People from Rock Island, Illinois