Eugenia Clinchard

Eugenia M. Clinchard (July 5, 1904 – May 15, 1989)[1] was an American child actress in the early 20th century.

Eugenia Clinchard
Born
Eugenia M. Clinchard

5 July 1904
Oakland, California, United States
Died15 May 1989 (aged 84)
Panorama City, California, United States

Career

Clinchard began acting at age 3, and by age 5 she was working the Vaudeville circuit throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Around this time, she caught the eye of Broncho Billy Anderson, credited with starting the western genre of film in Hollywood. Broncho Billy had opened a western arm of Essanay Studios in the East Bay town of Niles, California. Clinchard went on to play a part in eleven Broncho Billy silent films, including Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid and A Child of the West.

Personal life

Clinchard was the daughter of Frederick Balbach Clinchard and his wife Elsie B. (Honnef), and was born in California, probably in or near Alameda where the family was living in 1910.[2] Clinchard was raised in Oakland, California. She had one brother named Frederick "Fred" Clinchard. In her late teens, she met and married a shipping company owner, Walter G Pearch.[3] She was the mother of George Walter Pearch, also known as Wally George, the "Father of Combat TV," and she was the grandmother of actress Rebecca De Mornay and musician Lizzie Grey. In her later years, she lived in Sherman Oaks, California.

References
  1. California Death Index, 1940-1997 at Ancestry.com : "Eugenia M Horton, 5 Jul 1904, 15 May 1989, born in California, died in Los Angeles County, father's name Clinchard, mother's name Honneff"
  2. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Alameda, Alameda County, California
  3. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, California
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