Diana Miller (March 18, 1902 – December 18, 1927) was an American actress in silent motion pictures. She had red hair and excelled in playing roles which required delineation of character. She was briefly married director and producer

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

Career

Born in

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, Miller entered movies with assistance from actor Wallace Reid. She worked for five years for

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before she lost her job and rebounded with the Fox Film Company. She was almost penniless and took work as an extra. By 1925 Miller had worked in nine Fox films. Miller's first performance was in ''Honor Among Men'' (1924). She played the role of ''Celeste'' in ''She Wolves'' (1925) before making ''The Kiss Barrier'' (1925), which featured

Edmund Lowe Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Biography Lowe was born in San Jose, California. His father was a local judge. His childhood home was a ...

. Her final film roles came in the mid-1920s in ''The Fighting Heart'' (1925), ''When The Door Opened'' (1925), and ''The Cowboy and the Countess'' (1926).

Personal life

Miller was married to actor William Boyd and to actor and director

. She suffered a breakdown about a year before her death and was treated at a sanatorium.

Death

Miller died at the age of 25 in 1927 at the Pottinger Sanatorium in

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. The cause of death was

pulmonary hemorrhage Pulmonary hemorrhage (or pulmonary haemorrhage) is an acute bleeding from the lung, from the upper respiratory tract and the trachea, and the pulmonary alveoli. When evident clinically, the condition is usually massive.

Filmography

References

*'' Kingsport, Tennessee Times'', "News Notes From Movieland", April 6, 1925, p. 3. *'' Modesto, California Evening News'', "They May Mar", December 16, 1924, p. 2. *''Syracuse Herald'', "Up and Down The Rialtos", December 21, 1927, p. 26.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Diana Actresses from Seattle American film actresses American silent film actresses Western (genre) film actresses 20th-century American actresses Respiratory disease deaths in California Deaths from pulmonary hemorrhage 1902 births 1927 deaths