Grace Darling (actress)

Grace Darling (born Grace Foster; November 20, 1893 – October 7, 1963) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was best known for her role as Beatrice Fairfax in a 1916 serial of the same name.[1][2]

Grace Darling
Born
Grace Foster

(1893-11-20)November 20, 1893
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 7, 1963(1963-10-07) (aged 82)
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
Pat Rooney
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(m. 1908, divorced)​

Harry Turek (divorced 1913)

Biography

Darling was reportedly born in New York City.[3] By the mid-1910s, she was under contract at Hearst-Selig,[4] and would write travelogues for Hearst papers from her globe-trotting adventures.[5] She was a bit eccentric, and was known for carrying around a doll dressed in imaginative outfits during the height of her fame.[6] She was sometimes confused for the actress Ruth Darling, who died in a 1918 car crash in San Francisco.[7] She told reporters she married actor Pat Rooney when she was 15 years old; despite their eventual divorce, she was caring for him at the time of his death.[8] She was also married to a Harry Turek of San Francisco.[9][10]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Motion Pictures". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 Sep 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. Greenwood, Warren. "When Ithaca Was the Silent Hollywood". Ithaca Times. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. "Grace Darling at the American". The Bulletin. 14 Dec 1919. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. "Grace Darling Is on Her Way to Chicago". The San Francisco Examiner. 4 Mar 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. "Grace Darling Off to the Exposition". The San Francisco Examiner. 26 Jan 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  6. "Grace Darling Starts Fad of Always Carrying Boy Doll Very Queerly Dressed". The Sacramento Bee. 19 Feb 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  7. "Ruth Darling, Movie Actress, Killed in S.F. Automobile Accident". The Bulletin. 12 Sep 1918. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  8. "Pat Rooney, Early Screen Actor, Dies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 16 Jan 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  9. "Grace Darling, Movie Actress, Gets Divorce". San Francisco Chronicle. 29 May 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJ0qAQAAIAAJ&q=grace+darling+harry+turek&dq=grace+darling+harry+turek&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkv7aOy6jsAhUIEqwKHW1RBbUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg
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