Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early

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era.

Early life

Clara Kimball Young, stock actress (SAYRE 4735)

Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on September 6, 1890, the only child to

Edward Kimball Edward Marshall Kimball (June 26, 1859 – January 4, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1936. Like many older actors of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, he enjoyed a varied stage ...

and Pauline Madeline Kimball (née Garrette, 1860–1919), both of whom were traveling stock actors. She made her stage debut at the age of three, and throughout her early childhood traveled with her parents and acted with their theater company. She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy in Chicago. Afterward, she was hired into a stock company and resumed her stage career, traveling extensively through the United States and playing in various small town theaters. Early in her career, she met and married a fellow stock company and known Broadway actor named James Young. Young's previous wife had been the songwriter/lyricist

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. After sending a photograph to

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, Clara Kimball Young, as she was then known, and her husband were both offered yearly contracts in 1912.

Career

In the new medium of motion pictures, and without much screen competition, Young's star at Vitagraph rose quickly. Young was predominantly cast in one- and two-reel roles as the virtuous heroine. By 1913, she had become one of the more popular leading ladies at Vitagraph and placed at number 17 in a poll of public popularity. Many of Young's films from her early period with Vitagraph are now lost. In 1914, Vitagraph released the drama ''

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'', which starred Young as a Russian revolutionary and was directed by her husband James Young and co-starred the popular leading man

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. The film, which is now lost, was an enormous success and launched Young and Earle Williams into first place in the popularity polls, and Young immediately was signed to a contract with pioneering mogul

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After a string of successful roles, Young was established as one of the chief attractions of

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and her husband James was now a much sought-after director. By 1915, Young's popularity was equivalent to that of

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and

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, and Mabel Normand. She became involved in a much publicized affair with Selznick, culminating in a 1916 divorce suit accusing her of alienation of affection. James Young finally obtained a final decree on April 8, 1919, on grounds of desertion. Selznick quickly formed the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation, installing himself as president, and formed Selznick Productions to distribute her films and those of some other independent producers. After only four films with Selznick however, the personal and business relationship began to sour, and Young struggled to extricate herself from all business arrangements with Selznick, accusing him of defrauding her of her profits through a series of dummy corporations and by electing himself president of her company while not permitting her any input in her business affairs. In 1917, Young became involved in an affair with

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, with whom she then teamed in a business venture. Garson had little experience in the motion picture business, and as a result, Young's career began to sputter. Although she remained a popular actress into the early 1920s, Young suffered at the inexperience and alleged mismanagement and apathy of Garson. In her 1921 diary, Young wrote "It will be wonderful to get out of debt and finish these three pictures for equity. I feel as though I had my head on a block and was waiting for the axe to descend at any moment." Clara Kimball Young - May 1919 MPW

She began suffering a series of press attacks for her business dealings and personal relationship with Garson. By 1925, her stardom began to fade, and she made her last silent film ''Lying Wives''. Young spent the remainder of the 1920s performing in

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, and in 1928 quietly married Dr. Arthur Fauman. The advent of sound briefly revived her career, and she appeared in several featured roles for

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and

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with only modest success, appearing only in bit parts including a

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short, and extra roles in mostly lower budget pictures and having a stint on radio. One of her bigger roles is in the murder mystery '' The Rogues Tavern'' (1936) where she plays a sweet but fussy motherly woman who is hiding a very big secret. She retired from acting in 1941.

Death

Young underwent minor surgery to correct a chronic bronchial problem in March 1960. She did not recover her health after the surgery, and became increasingly frail. Young died of a stroke at the Motion Picture House in Woodland Hills, California on October 15, 1960. Her remains were cremated, and she was interred at

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in Glendale, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Young was given a star on the

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at 6513 Hollywood Blvd.

Selected filmography

* ''Washington Under the British Flag'' (1909, short) * ''Washington Under the American Flag'' (1909, short) * ''

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'' (1909, short) as Penelope * ''Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy'' (1910, short) * ''

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'' (1910, short) * ''The Sepoy's Wife'' (1910, short) as The Sepoy's Wife * ''Ransomed; or, A Prisoner of War'' (1910, short) as Captain Jack's Wife * ''The Last of the Saxons'' (1910, short) as Aldyth * ''Lady Godiva'' (1911, short) * ''Cardinal Wolsey'' (1912, short) as Anne Boleyn * ''The Haunted Rocker'' (1912, short) as Madge Boggs, the Daughter * ''The Jocular Winds of Fate'' (1912, short) as Alice De Voe * ''The Pipe'' (1912, short) as Dingley's Wife * ''

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'' (1912, short) as Sue Simmonds, Their Daughter * ''Dr. LaFleur's Theory'' (1912, short) as the Criminal's Moll * ''Professor Optimo'' (1912, short) as Clara * ''The Picture Idol'' (1912, short) as Beth Ward, a Passionate Fan of Howard Hanson's * ''

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'' (1912, short) as Princess Dolorosa * ''Half a Hero'' (1912) as Mabel Kemp * ''Lulu's Doctor'' (1912, short) as Aunt Madge Marion * ''When Roses Wither'' (1912, short) as Howard's Wife * ''Lincoln's Gettysburys Address'' (1912, short) * ''The Troublesome Step-Daughters'' (1912, short) as an Assistant in the Toy Shop * ''The Money Kings'' (1912, short) * '' A Lively Affair'' (1912, short) as Dorothy, the Maid * ''Rock of Ages'' (1912, short) * ''Wanted, a Sister'' (1912, short) as Evelyn Marshall * ''Popular Betty'' (1912, short) as Betty Wilson * '' A Vitagraph Romance'' (1912, short) as Caroline, the Senator's Daughter * ''

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'' (1912, short) * ''Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgers'' (1912, short) as Mrs. Edson * ''A Mistake in Spelling'' (1912, short) as Mabel Moore, Fred's Fiancée * ''Poet and Peasant'' (1912, short) as Toinette Savard, the Daughter * ''Lord Browning and Cinderella'' (1912, short) as Cinderella * '' In the Flat Above'' (1912, short) as Priscilla Putnam, a Music Teacher * '' The Eavesdropper'' (1912, short) as Alice * ''Love Hath Wrought a Miracle'' (1913, short) as Rose Graham * '' The Little Minister'' (1913, short) as Lady Babbie * '' The Interrupted Honeymoon'' (1913, short) as Mrs. Adele Young, the Wife * ''

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'' (1913, short) as John Mason's Fiancée * ''The Volunteer Strike Breakers'' (1913, short) as Harris's Fiancée * ''

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'' (1913, short) as Helen Ballarat * ''The Old Guard'' (1913, short) as Melanie * ''Put Yourself in Their Place'' (1913, short) as Mr. Kent's Daughter * ''The Way Out'' (1913, short) as Emma Bindley – a Spinster * ''Getting Up a Practice'' (1913, short) as Emily Irving, Dr. Lyons' Sweetheart * ''The Mystery of the Stolen Child'' (1913, short) as The Nurse * ''Mr. Mintern's Misadventures'' (1913, short) as Muriel Leach * ''The Mystery of the Stolen Jewels'' (1913, short) as First Thief * ''The Wrath of Osaka'' (1913, short) as Miro * ''The White Slave; or, The Octoroon'' (1913, short) as Zoe – the Octoroon * ''Delayed Proposals'' (1913, short) as Marion Van Sicklen * ''Jack's Chrysanthemum'' (1913, short) as Kichimatsu, a Japanese Maiden * ''The Spirit of the Orient'' (1913, short) as Normallee * ''The Taming of Betty'' (1913, short) as Betty * ''A Faithful Servant'' (1913, short) as Nina, Count Gullio's Sweetheart * '' A Maid of Mandalay'' (1913, short) as Ma May * ''The Lonely Princess'' (1913, short) as The Princess, Prince Raffaello's Daughter * ''When Women Go on the Warpath; or, Why Jonesville Went Dry'' (1913, short) as Minor Role * ''Cupid Versus Women's Rights'' (1913, short) as Madge Trenton * ''The Hindoo Charm'' (1913, short) as Phyllis – the Step-Mother * ''John Tobin's Sweetheart'' (1913, short) as Minor Role * ''Extremities'' (1913, short) as Gladys Robinson * '' The Test'' (1913, short) as Eleanor Anstruther * ''The Pirates'' (1913, short) as Helen Merwin * ''On Their Wedding Eve'' (1913, short) as Edna Morvell * '' Jerry's Mother-In-Law'' (1913, short) as Jerry's Wife * ''Fellow Voyagers'' (1913, short) as Jerry's Wife * ''Betty in the Lions' Den'' (1913, short) as Betty * ''A Lesson in Jealousy'' (1913, short) as Mabel – the Wife * ''

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'' (1913, short) as Helen Preston * '' Love's Sunset'' (1913, short) as Nita Travers * ''Up in a Balloon'' (1913, short) as Betty Simpson * ''The Perplexed Bridegroom'' (1914, short) as Lucy Demly, the Bride * ''Goodness Gracious'' (1914, short) as Gwendoline * ''Some Steamer Scooping'' (1914, short) as Clara Lane, a Journalist * ''Her Husband'' (1914, short) as Dora Allen, Mrs. Tom Harcourt * ''The Silver Snuff Box'' (1914, short) as Amy, Julian's Granddaughter * ''

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'' (1914, short) as Dorothy Clayton * ''The Violin of M'sieur'' (1914, short) as Yvonne – Gerome's Daughter * ''Happy-Go-Lucky'' (1914, short) as Happy-Go-Lucky * ''

'' (1914) as Helene Marie * ''

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'' (1914, short) as Ada Ingot * ''Taken by Storm'' (1914, short) as Betty, the Willful Wife * ''The Fates and Flora Fourflush'' (1914) as Flora Fourflush * ''Lola'' (1914) as Lola Barnhelun * '' The Deep Purple'' (1915) as Doris Moore * '' Hearts in Exile'' (1915) as Hope Ivanovna * ''Marrying Money'' (1915) as Mildred Niles * ''

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'' (1915) as Trilby O'Ferral * '' The Heart of the Blue Ridge'' (1915) as Plutina * '' Camille'' (1915) as Camille * ''

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'' (1916) as Sonia Sokoloff * '' The Feast of Life'' (1916) as Aurora Fernandez * ''The Dark Silence'' (1916) as Mildred White * ''

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'' (1916) as Mary Adams * '' The Common Law'' (1916) as Valerie West * ''

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'' (1916) as Susan * ''A Race for Life'' (1916, short) * '' The Price She Paid'' (1917) as Mildred Gower * ''

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'' (1917) as Laura Murdock * ''

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'' (1917) as Magda * ''

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'' (1917) as Shirley Kaye * ''

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'' (1918) as Fernande de Monclars * '' The House of Glass'' (1918) as Margaret Case * ''

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'' (1918) as Zara Zenova *'' The Claw'' (1918) as Mary Saurin *'' The Savage Woman'' (1918) as Renee Benoit * ''

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'' (1918) as Gabrielle Jardee * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1919) as Ruth Brockton * ''

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'' (1919) as Charmian Page * ''

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'' (1919) as Gina Ashling * '' Soldiers of Fortune'' (1919) (uncredited) * '' The Forbidden Woman'' (1920) as Diane Sorel * ''

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'' (1920) as Marta Raquel Estevan * ''

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'' (1920) as Zoe Blundell * ''

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'' (1921) as Vera Stanford * ''

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'' (1921) as Lucette Grenier * ''

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'' (1921) as Julia Lawrence * '' What No Man Knows'' (1921) as Norma Harvey * ''

The Worldly Madonna ''The Worldly Madonna'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young and William P. Carleton.. Plot A nun at the convent, Janet Trevor plans to save her sister Lucy, who's been framed for murd ...

'' (1922) as Lucy Trevor, Dancer/Janet Trevor, Nun * ''

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'' (1922) as Nara Alexieff * '' Enter Madame'' (1922) as Prima Donna Lisa Della Robia * ''

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'' (1923) as Vivian Hunt * ''

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'' (1923) as Cordelia Marlowe * ''

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'' (1923) as Joyce Addisonn * ''Lying Wives'' (1925) as Patricia Chase * ''

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'' (1931) as Mrs. Henrietta Post * ''

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'' (1931) as Faro Lil * '' Women Go on Forever'' (1931) as Daisy Bowman * ''

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'' (1932) as Mrs. Jane Randolph * ''

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'' (1932) as Mrs. Humphries * ''

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'' (1933) as Mme. Fauvel * ''

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'' (1934) as Mrs. Wilson * ''

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'' (1934) as Mlle. Fleurette Malevinsky * ''

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'' (1934) as Dorothy Regent * ''

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'' (1935) as Mrs. Karns * ''Hollywood Extra Girl'' (1935, documentary short) as Grace * ''

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'' (1935) as Parsons * '' His Night Out'' (1935) as Mrs. Davis * '' Fighting Youth'' (1935) as Mrs. Stewart, House Mother * '' The Fighting Coward'' (1935) as Mrs. Gordon * ''

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'' (1936, 3 Stooges short) as Mrs. Beulah Burlap * ''

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'' (1936) as Kind Lady Passenger (uncredited) * ''Love in September'' (1936, short) as Mrs. Thompson * ''

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'' (1937) as Wedding Guest Talking to Hunter (uncredited) * ''New News'' (1937, short) as Mrs. Van Gage * '' Hills of Old Wyoming'' (1937) as Ma Hutchins * '' Dangerously Yours'' (1937) as Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1937, Serial) as Martha, Fritz's Wife hs.3-5,9,14-15* ''

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'' (1938, Serial) as Cortez Hotel Maid (uncredited) * '' The Wages of Sin'' (1938) as Fat Pearl * ''

The Frontiersmen ''The Frontiersmen'' (sometimes erroneously labeled as ''The Frontiersman'') is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Rus ...

'' (1938) as Mrs. Peters * '' The Round Up'' (1941) as Mrs. Wilson * ''

Mr. Celebrity ''Mr. Celebrity'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Cast * Robert Henry as Danny Mason (as Buzzy Henry) * James Seay as Jim Kane * Doris Day as Carol Carter * William Halligan as Daniel Mason * Laura Treadwell as ...

'' (1941) as Herself (final film role)

Gallery

The Common Law 2.jpg, ''The Common Law'', 1916 The Common Law adv.jpg, Advertisement, 1916 The Dark Silence.jpg, ''The Dark Silence'', 1916 The Foolish Virgin.jpg, ''The Foolish Virgin'', 1916 The Rise of Susan.jpg, ''The Rise of Susan'', 1917 Clara Kimball Young adv 1917.jpg, Advertisement, 1917 Clara Kimball Young adv 1917 2.jpg, Advertisement, 1917 Clara Kimball Young adv 1917 3.jpg, Advertisement, 1917 Clara Kimball Young adv 1917 4.jpg, Advertisement, 1917 Clara Kimball Young 1917.jpg, Advertisement, 1917 The Price She Paid.jpg, ''The Price She Paid'', 1917 File:The Marionettes.jpg, ''The Marionette'', 1918 File:Shirley Kate.jpg, ''Shirley Kate'', 1918

References

External links

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Clara Kimball Young
at the Women Film Pioneers Project *

Silent era pose of Clara Kimball Young
(moviecard) {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Clara Kimball 1890 births 1960 deaths Actresses from Chicago American film actresses American silent film actresses Vaudeville performers 20th-century American actresses Women film pioneers Burials at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery