Mignon Anderson (March 31, 1892 – February 25, 1983) was an American film and stage actress. Her career was at its peak in the 1910s.

Early years

Born in

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, Anderson was the daughter of Hallie Howard and Frank Anderson, who were also actors. She grew up in New York City and acted on stage before she ventured into films.

Career

In 1911, she joined Thanhouser Studios in

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. She was very diminutive and a blonde. (Note: Not currently in copyright) Anderson starred alongside

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in a number of short films including '' A New Cure for Divorce'' in 1912. She began working for

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in January 1917. A year later, she left Universal and thereafter worked on a freelance basis. Her final film was ''Kisses'' (1922).

Personal life and death

Anderson's engagement to actor

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ended because her family did not want her to marry a Jew and his family opposed his marrying a gentile. Playing in Thanhouser films brought about an acquaintance with

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, also of that company. She was married to Foster from 1915 until his death in 1966. On February 25, 1983, Anderson died in

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at the age of 90, and was laid to rest on the

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Filmography

* ''The Winter's Tale'' (1910) * ''Robert Emmet'' (1911) * ''Silas Marner'' (1911) * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1911) * ''

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'' (1911) * ''A Master of Millions'' (1911) * ''As It Was in the Beginning'' (1912) * ''

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'' (1912) * ''The Star of the Side Show'' (1912) * ''Dora Thorne'' (1912) * ''Her Secret'' (1912) * ''On the Stroke of Five'' (1912) * ''Farm and Flat'' (1912) * ''The Finger of Scorn'' (1912) * ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1912) * ''Treasure Trove'' (1912) * '' A New Cure for Divorce'' (1912) * ''Old Doctor Judd'' (1912) * ''Big Sister'' (1912) * ''When a Count Counted'' (1912) * ''Lucile'' (1912) * ''Orator, Knight and Cow Charmer'' (1912) * ''At the Foot of the Ladder'' (1912) * ''Please Help the Pore'' (1912) * ''

Miss Robinson Crusoe ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'' is a 1917 silent American comedy-drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography ...

'' (1912) * ''When Mercy Tempers Justice'' (1912) * ''The Truant's Doom'' (1912) * ''The Thunderbolt'' (1912) * ''Standing Room Only'' (1912) * ''A Will and a Way'' (1912) * ''At Liberty—Good Press Agent'' (1912) * ''With the Mounted Police'' (1912) * ''Just a Shabby Doll'' (1913) * ''

King René's Daughter ''Kong Renés Datter'' (''King René’s Daughter'') is a Danish language, Danish verse drama written in 1845 by Henrik Hertz. It is a fictional account of the early life of Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, Yolande of Lorraine, daughter of René of A ...

'' (1913) * ''Little Dorrit'' (1913) * ''Robin Hood'' (1913) * ''A Daughter Worth While'' (1913) * ''The Plot Against the Governor'' (1913) * ''A Clothes-Line Quarrel'' (1913) * ''A Beauty Parlor Graduate'' (1913) * ''Pamela Congreve'' (1914) * ''Two Little Dromios'' (1914) * ''Turkey Trot Town'' (1914) * ''The Elusive Diamond'' (1914) * ''Why Reginald Reformed'' (1914) * ''The Golden Cross'' (1914) * ''The Scientist's Doll'' (1914) * ''Guilty or Not Guilty'' (1914) * ''When Sorrow Fades'' (1914) * ''The Tin Soldier and the Dolls'' (1914) * ''Beating Back'' (1914) * ''When Algy Froze Up'' (1914) * ''From the Flames'' (1914) * ''Getting Rid of Algy'' (1914) * ''Lost: A Union Suit'' (1914) * ''A Dog of Flanders'' (1914) * ''Rivalry'' (1914) * ''The Man Without Fear'' (1914) * ''

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'' (Cameo, 1914) * ''The Harlow Handicap'' (1914) * ''The Substitute'' (1914/III) * ''The Messenger of Death'' (1914) * ''The Guiding Hand'' (1914) * ''Stronger Than Death'' (1914) * ''Conscience'' (1914/II) * ''Jean of the Wilderness'' (1914) * ''The Terror of Anger'' (1914) * ''A Denver Romance'' (1914) * ''Naidra, the Dream Woman'' (1914) * ''When East Meets West'' (1914) * ''A Hatful of Trouble'' (1914) * ''Lucy's Elopement'' (1914) * ''The Bridal Bouquet'' (1915) * ''Her Menacing Past'' (1915) * ''An Inside Tip'' (1915) * ''A Yellowstone Honeymoon'' (1915) * ''In the Jury Room'' (1915) * ''The Shoplifter'' (1915) * ''The Magnet of Destruction'' (1915) * ''The Reformation of Peter and Paul'' (1915) * ''A Scientific Mother'' (1915) * ''The Song of the Heart'' (1915) * ''The House That Jack Moved'' (1915) * ''The Girl of the Sea'' (1915) * ''Innocence at Monte Carlo'' (1915) * ''A Maker of Guns'' (1915) * ''Madame Blanche, Beauty Doctor'' (1915) * ''Dot on the Day Line Boat'' (1915) * ''Outcasts of Society'' (1915) * ''Milestones of Life'' (1915) * ''The Revenge of the Steeple-Jack'' (1915) * '' A Message Through Flames'' (1915) * ''The Price of Her Silence'' (1915) * ''John T. Rocks and the Flivver'' (1915) * ''At the Patrician Club'' (1915) * ''The Mill on the Floss'' (1915) * ''The Woman in Politics'' (1916) * ''The Knotted Cord'' (1916) * ''The City of Illusion'' (1916) * ''Her Husband's Wife'' (1916/I) * ''Pamela's Past'' (1916) * ''Perils of the Secret Service'' (1917) * '' Even As You and I'' (1917) *'' The Phantom's Secret'' (1917) * ''A Young Patriot'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * ''The Hunted Man'' (1917) * ''Meet My Wife'' (1917) * '' A Wife on Trial'' (1917) * ''The Master Spy'' (1917) * '' The Claim'' (1918) * ''The Shooting Party'' (1918) * ''The Secret Peril'' (1919) * ''

The Midnight Stage ''The Midnight Stage'' is a 1919 silent film western directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Frank Keenan. It was distributed by the Pathé Exchange company. Cast * Frank Keenan as John Lynch/Bige Rivers * Mignon Anderson as Mary Lynch * C ...

'' (1919) * '' Blind Man's Eyes'' (1919) * ''Marry My Wife'' (1919) * ''The House of Intrigue'' (1919) * ''King Spruce'' (1920) * ''Mountain Madness'' (1920) * ''The Heart of a Woman'' (1920) * '' Cupid's Brand'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Mignon 1892 births 1983 deaths American silent film actresses American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Baltimore Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)