Emily Gerdes

Emily Gerdes
BornDecember 29, 1890
Montgomery County, Kansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 1974 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1917–1940

Emily Gerdes (sometimes credited as Emma Gerdes) was an American character actress active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.[1]

Biography

Gerdes was born near Independence, Kansas,[2] to Herman Eden Gerdes (a veterinarian[citation needed]) and Mary Ellen Glaze.[3][4] The family soon moved to Missouri and then Arizona before later settling in Glendale, California.[2] Her parents later divorced.[citation needed] In Los Angeles, Gerdes began appearing in films; her first known credit was in 1917's Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.[2][5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Stumpf, Charles (2010-04-13). ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland. ISBN 9780786460236.
  2. ^ a b c "Lack of Beauty Did Not Stop Her From Film Career". The Sheridan News. June 18, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Beaver Home". The News-Review. 1 Nov 1947. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  4. ^ "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z7FR-822M : Fri Jul 12 08:23:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Lester Eden Gerdes and Herman Eden Gerdes, 15 Jan 1895.
  5. ^ Artcraft Advance. Artcraft Pictures Corporation. 1917.
  6. ^ "'Once to Every Woman' Will Be Shown Here". The Lake Geneva Regional News. February 9, 1922. p. 4. Retrieved October 25, 2024. "Prominent in the star's support are Robert Anderson, William Ellingford, Rudolph Valentino, Emily Chichester, Elinor Field, Mrs. Margaret Mann, Mary Wise, Dan Crimmins, Rosa Gore, Frank Elliott, Katherine Griffith, Emma Gerdes and many others."
  7. ^ "Twins Don't Know It, But They Have Job". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 17, 1931. p. 18. Retrieved October 25, 2024.


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