Goldie Colwell

Goldie Colwell
Born
Goldie Frances Colwell

January 29, 1889
Tecumseh, Kansas, USA
DiedJuly 27, 1982
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationActress
Spouses
  • George Diegel
  • Kenneth Harrell
RelativesVivien Fay (niece)

Goldie Colwell was an American film actress and journalist who starred in more than 80 films during Hollywood's silent era.[1][2][3] She was Tom Mix's leading lady in many Selig westerns.[4][5][6]

Biography

Goldie was born in Tecumseh, Kansas, to John Colwell and Celia Pearson.[6][7] The family eventually relocated to Los Angeles, where Goldie began working as an actress around 1911; her first credited role was in Joseph A. Golden and Tom Mix's Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor.

She was employed at Selig as Tom Mix's leading lady in dozens of westerns before heading to David Horsley's Centaur Film Company, where she continued to take on starring roles.[8][9]

After retiring from acting around 1919, she became a magazine editor, heading up a new publication called The Spotlight.[2][10] She also wrote for The Pomona Bulletin and The Santa Ana Daily News.[2]

After her first husband, George Diegel, died in 1933, she married Kenneth Harrell in 1935. Her niece, Vivien Fay, was an actress, dancer, and sculptor.[7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Her Hobby Is Butterflies". Santa Cruz Evening News. 23 Sep 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Goldie Frances Colwell Becomes Magazine Editor". The Bulletin. 30 Aug 1924. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  3. ^ "Movie Flashes". The Buffalo Times. 27 Sep 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  4. ^ "Off the Reel". Los Angeles Evening Express. 16 Jun 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  5. ^ "Gossip of the Movies". The Birmingham News. 1 Nov 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  6. ^ a b "Rides "Outlaws" for Movies". The Pittsburgh Press. 1 Nov 1916. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  7. ^ a b "Mrs. Celia Belle Barnes Dies at Venice Home". Evening Vanguard. 18 Mar 1953. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  8. ^ "Goldie Colwell in Centaur Features". Altoona Tribune. 11 Nov 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  9. ^ Motography. 1915.
  10. ^ "Literary Abilities Recognized". The Bulletin. 1 Jul 1923. Retrieved 2021-12-31.


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