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Valentine Grant (February 14, 1881 – March 12, 1949) was an American
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Biography

Grant was a singer who studied music in New York, hoping to sing grand opera. She performed musically on a tour of the western United States until health problems forced her to cease singing. Grant became the companion of
film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott; September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great dire ...
who cast her in his 1915 production of '' Nan O' the Backwoods''. She had been part of the crew that went to film in
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. Films released in 1915 that she starred in include ''
All For Old Ireland ''Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr'' is an American silent film produced by Sid Films and distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. It was directed by Sidney Olcott and played by Valentine Grant, Sidney Olcott and PH O'Malley in the leading role ...
'', '' Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr'' and '' The Irish in America''. Grant also appeared in several films for other companies such as
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in
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and for
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. In 1914, she married Olcott, with whom she would remain for the rest of her life, and after he left Kalem she performed in a few films for his production company before retiring in 1918. Grant died in 1949 a few months before her husband. She is buried in Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, California.


Filmography

*'' When Men Would Kill'' (1914) *'' In the Hands of a Brute'' (1914) *'' A Mother of Men'' (1914) *'' Tricking the Government'' (1914) *'' The Idle Rich'' (1914) *'' The Melting Pot'' (1915) *'' Nan O' the Backwoods'' (1915) *'' The Irish in America'' (1915) *''
All For Old Ireland ''Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr'' is an American silent film produced by Sid Films and distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. It was directed by Sidney Olcott and played by Valentine Grant, Sidney Olcott and PH O'Malley in the leading role ...
'' (1915) *'' Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr'' (1915) *''
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks ''The Ghost of Twisted Oaks'' is the American silent film produced by Sid Films and distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Valentine Grant and Florence Walcott in leading roles. Cast * Valentine Gran ...
'' (1915) *'' The Taint'' (1915) *''
The Innocent Lie ''The Innocent Lie'' is a 1916 American silent film produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Valentine Grant as leading woman. Plot Cast * Valentine Grant as Nora O'Brien ...
'' (1916) *'' The Daughter of MacGregor'' (1916) *''
The Belgian ''The Belgian'' is a 1917 American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott and produced by Sidney Olcott Players with Valentine Grant and Walker Whiteside in the leading roles. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As desc ...
'' (1918)


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External links

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Valentine Grant
website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
1919 passport photo
1881 births 1949 deaths American silent film actresses Actresses from Indiana American film actresses 20th-century American actresses People from Frankfort, Indiana 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American singers American opera singers Singers from New York City Singers from Indiana {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub