Belle Adair (actress)

Belle Adair
Adair, c. 1914
Born	Belle Louise Adair (1889-02-07)February 7, 1889 San Jose, California, U.S.
Died	May 4, 1926(1926-05-04) (aged 37) Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.
Burial place	Glens Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, New York[1]
Other names	Belle Adair Buchal
Education	Brooklyn Teachers Training College
Spouse	Ewald F. Buchal

Belle Adair was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She also performed on stage and in vaudeville.[2]

Biography

Adair was born in San Jose, California, but moved from there at age 4.[2] She was educated at Immaculate Heart convent in Locust Gap, Pennsylvania,[3] and moved to New York City to study at Brooklyn Teachers Training College.

Two days after she left Immaculate Heart, she debuted in an amateur performance on a U. S. Naval Reserve boat on which her brother served. Her vaudeville debut came at Poli's Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1912, she performed as a singing comedienne at the Orpheum Theatre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[3]

While in New York she appeared in several films before marrying Ewald F. Buchal of Passaic, New Jersey. She died in 1926 after a period of poor health.[4][5]

Selected filmography

• The Burden Bearer (1915)
• For the Mastery of the World (1914)
• Man of the Hour (1914)
• Mother (1914)
• Son (1914)
• Adventures in Diplomacy (1914)
• Boy (1914)
• The Character Woman (1914)
• Moonlight (1914)
• Duty (1914)
• The Greatest of These (1914)
• Wife (1914)
• The Drug Traffic (1914)
• At the Court of Prince Make Believe (1914)
• The Diamond Master (1914)
• The Good in the Worst of Us (1914)
• Coming Home (1914)
• The Case of Cherry Purcelle (1914)
• Cue and Mis-Cue (1914)

References

1. "Cemetery Internment List". City of Glenn Falls. p. 41. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
2. Toole, J. Lawrence (November 3, 1912). "From Convent to Leading Ladyship in Musical Comedy In Three Years -- Belle Adair". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 44. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Belle Adair is vaudeville's cutest kiddo". Harrisburg Daily Independent. January 13, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Obituary: Mrs. Ewald Buchal". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, New York. May 5, 1926. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Ewald F. Buchal, Retired Passaic Liquor Dealer, Dies". The Herald-News. Lake Mohawk, New Jersey. June 11, 1960. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Belle Adair at IMDb