Reina Valdez (sometimes credited as Rena Valdez; born December 1890) was a

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actress active in Hollywood in the 1910s. Although some publicity reports claimed she was born and raised in

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, she was a native of

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, where she grew up. Later, she moved to

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to pursue an acting career. After a few appearances on Broadway, she eventually went to

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, where she worked for a number of film companies over the course of her short career, including the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, the

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, and

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. Little is known about her life before and after her film career. It is likely that "Reina Valdez" was her

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Selected filmography

* '' Mismated'' (1916) * '' Good Out of Evil'' (1915) * '' A Brother's Redemption'' (1915) * ''The Woman He Married'' (1915) * '' The Keeper of the Flock'' (1915) * '' Beating Father to It'' (1915) * ''The Call of the Sea'' (1915) * '' The Boob's Racing Career'' (1915) * '' Dan Cupid: Assayer'' (1914) * ''The Atonement'' (1914) * ''Single Handed'' (1914) * '' The Conquest of Man'' (1914) * '' The Arm of Vengeance'' (1914) * ''Italian Love'' (1914) * '' The Weaker's Strength'' (1914) * '' A Gambler's Way'' (1914) * '' A Night on the Road'' (1914) * '' Through Trackless Sands'' (1914) * ''The Trail of the Snake Band'' (1913) * '' The Weaker Mind'' (1913)

References

American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses American film actresses 1890 births Year of death missing Actors from Springfield, Massachusetts {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub