Mabel Trunnelle (November 8, 1879 – April 20, 1981) was an American actress who appeared in 194 films between 1908 and 1923.

Biography

Trunnelle was born in

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and died in

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'' magazine argued that she was the merry-serious girl whose expressive eyes and face mirror emotions more effectively than a hundred voices. She was educated upon the stage for the five years she had spent in films, mostly before Edison cameras. Miss Trunnelle was a modest, cheerful, winsome young American wife whose husband was

Herbert Prior Herbert Prior (2 July 1867 – 3 October 1954) was an English silent film actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1908 and 1934. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and died in Los Angeles, California. Prior was married to actress ...

. She was a prominent star in early silent films of

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, and frequently co-starred with Prior.

Selected filmography

* '' A Woman's Way'' (1908) *short * '' Nursing a Viper'' (1909) *short * '' Silver Threads Among the Gold'' (1911) *short * ''

The Lighthouse by the Sea ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent adventure film produced by and distributed by Warner Bros. The film's star is canine sensation Rin Tin Tin, the most famous animal actor of the 1920s. The film was directed by Malcolm ...

'' (1911) *short * '' Ranson's Folly'' (1915) * ''

Eugene Aram Eugene Aram (170416 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad ''The Dream of Eugene Aram'', and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram (novel), Eugene Ara ...

'' (1915) * '' The Heart of the Hills'' (1916) * '' Where Love Is'' (1917) *''

The Grell Mystery ''The Grell Mystery'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Paul Scardon Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages. When he was 15, Scardon de ...

'' (1917) * '' Singed Wings'' (1922) *'' The Love Trap'' (1923)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trunnelle, Mabel 1879 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American actresses American film actresses American silent film actresses Actresses from Illinois People from Dwight, Illinois American women centenarians