Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 – March 12, 1964) was a

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from

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Biography

Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor

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. She played in films with

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "F ...

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, and

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. In 1920 she appeared in ''

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'' and '' Always Audacious'' for

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. The same year she performed in ''The Master Stroke'' for

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and ''Smiling All The Way'' for D.N. Schwab. In 1921 Haines made '' Uncharted Seas'' for

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. In ''Mary Ellen Comes To Town'', she appeared with Dorothy Gish, Ralph Graves, and Charles Gerrard. The film was directed by

Elmer Clifton Elmer Clifton Forsyth (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American director, screenwriter, and actor from the early silent days. Early life Elmer Clifton Forsyth was born in Toronto, Canada, to Cecil Carl Forsyth and Margaret Nicoll ...

. She was associated as an actress with both D.W. Griffith and the Fine Arts Theater. Haines stopped making motion pictures in the early 1920s. She was married to attorney Thomas Case. She died in

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, in 1964, aged 69, from undisclosed causes.

Partial filmography

* ''

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'' (1914) * '' An Odyssey of the North'' (1914) * '' Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska'' (1914) * '' The Pursuit of the Phantom'' (1914) * '' The Country Mouse'' (1914) * '' Buckshot John'' (

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

) * '' Little Sunset'' (1915) * '' The Beachcomber'' (1915) * '' The Chalice of Sorrow'' (1916) * '' Nina, the Flower Girl'' (

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) * '' Hands Up!'' (1917) * '' The Man from Painted Post'' (1917) * '' Turning the Tables'' (1919) * '' Scarlet Days'' (1919) * '' A Master Stroke'' (1920) * '' Runnin' Straight'' (

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

) * ''

'' (1920) * '' Always Audacious'' (1920) * '' Uncharted Seas'' (1921)

References

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'', "The Screen", March 22, 1920, Page 12. *''Los Angeles Times'', "Services Set for Actress Rhea Haines", March 14, 1964, Page B2.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Rhea 1894 births 1964 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses Actresses from Indiana 20th-century American actresses