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Farrington (name)
Farrington is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include: Surname * Adele Farrington (1867–1936), American actor * Amy Farrington (born 1966), American actor * Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet (1742–1823), General of the British Army * Benjamin Farrington (1891–1974), Irish classicist * Betty Farrington (1898–1989), American character actress * Bo Farrington (1936–1964), American football player * Colleen Farrington (1936–2015), American model and nightclub singer * David P. Farrington (born 1944), British criminologist * Don Farrington (died 2000), American aviator * Edward Silsby Farrington (1856–1929), American judge * Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984), ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' publisher, Congressional Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii and wife of Joseph Rider Farrington * Frank Farrington (actor) (1873–1924), American silent film actor * Frank Farrington (rugby league) (1926–2014), Australian rugby league player * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Farrington
Adele Farrington (1867 – 19 December 1936) was an American actress of the silent film era. Biography Born Anna King in Brooklyn, New York, Farrington was a stage actress before appearing in 74 films between 1914 and 1926. She was a relatively old actress for the silent film era, being 47 at the beginning of her film career. She appeared in many films directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Her husband was film director and actor Hobart Bosworth, in whose films she also often appeared. They divorced and Bosworth remarried to a younger woman and had a small child by 1920. She died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' False Colors'' (1914) * ''It's No Laughing Matter'' (1915) * '' Hypocrites'' (1915) *''The Devil's Bondwoman'' (1916) * ''The Love Girl'' (1916) * ''The Mate of the Sally Ann'' (1917) * ''The House of Silence'' (1918) * ''Such a Little Pirate'' (1918) * ''Putting It Over'' (1919) * '' A Fugitive from Matrimony'' (1919) * '' In Old Kentucky'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |