Flora Zabelle (born Zabelle Mangasarian, April 1, 1880 – October 7, 1968) was a

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who appeared in several early

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

Early years

Zabelle was born in

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(now

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). Of

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descent, Flora Zabelle was born in the Ottoman Empire to Dr.

M. M. Mangasarian Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian (December 29, 1859 – June 26, 1943) was an American Rationalism, rationalist and Secularism, secularist of Armenian descent. Biography Born in Mashger (now within Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire, he attended Rob ...

. At the time of the

Hamidian massacres The Hamidian massacres also called the Armenian massacres, were massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1890s. Estimated casualties ranged from 100,000 to 300,000, Akçam, Taner (2006) '' A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide an ...

, Dr. Mangasarian along with Flora moved to the United States. Her sister, Christine Mangasarian, was also an actress.

Career

In her Broadway debut in 1900, Zabelle portrayed Poppy in ''San Toy''. In 1902, she appeared in the film ''King Dodo''. In 1920, she retired from the stage. About a decade later, she joined Jacques Bodart, Inc. as a designer and partner. In 1931, she left retirement to portray Mrs. Van Allen in the Broadway play ''The Man on Stilts''.

Personal life

She was married to Raymond Hitchcock from 1905 to his death in 1929. On October 7, 1968, she died in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.

Selected filmography

*'' A Village Scandal'' (1915) *''

The Ringtailed Rhinoceros ''The Ringtailed Rhinoceros'' (also cited ''The Ring-Tailed Rhinoceros'') is a lost 1915 American silent comedy-drama film that depicted the ruinous effects of alcohol on a good-natured man and on the lives of the people around him.

'' (1915) *''

The Red Widow ''The Red Widow'' is a lost film, lost 1916 American silent romantic comedy film directed by James Durkin (actor), James Durkin, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on a 1911 Broadway musical ...

'' (1916) *''

A Perfect 36 ''A Perfect 36'' is a 1918 American Silent film, silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn, written by Tex Charwate, and starring Mabel Normand and Rod La Rocque. The plot involves Normand's clothes being stolen in a mixup while she was swimmi ...

'' (1918)

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* * 1880 births 1968 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses American stage actresses American people of Armenian descent 20th-century American actresses Ethnic Armenian actresses Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States Broadway theatre people {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub