Lillian Cook was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.

Biography

Cook was born in

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, to Joseph Cook and his wife Martha. An only child, she grew up primarily in Cincinnati before she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. Cook died in her Manhattan apartment at the Hotel Remington at age 19 after appearing in dozens of silent films. Her early death may have been caused by her role as a fairy in

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's '' The Blue Bird'' a year earlier: according to one account, the heavy wings that were part of her costume injured her spine and caused tuberculosis.

Selected filmography

* '' The Blue Bird'' (1918) * ''The Devil's Playground'' (1917) * '' The Honeymoon'' (1917) * ''

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The Corner Grocer ''The Corner Grocer'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Cowl and starring Lew Fields, Madge Evans and Lillian Cook.Koegel p.349 It was shot at the Fort Lee studios in New Jersey. Plot summary Kindhearted Charles Wendel, ...

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Darkest Russia ''Darkest Russia'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Travers Vale and starring Alice Brady, John Bowers and J. Herbert Frank.Goble p.145 Cast * Alice Brady as Ilda Barosky * John Bowers as Alexis Nazimoff * J. Herbert Frank ...

'' (1917) * '' The Common Law'' (1916) * ''

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References

1898 births 1918 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses People from Hot Springs, Arkansas Actresses from Arkansas {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub