Frances "Frankie" Mann (June 13, 1892 – June 23, 1969) was an American actress, who appeared in over forty

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 ...

between 1913 and 1925.

Early life

Frances Hampton Mann was born in

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, and raised in Massachusetts, the daughter of Robert Mann Jr. and Alice Eloise Mann. Her grandfather, Robert Mann Sr., founded an axe company, the Mann Edge Tool Company. Her father, a financier, lost his fortune in the economic Panic of 1907, and died in 1910. Her younger sister Alice Mann was also an actress. Trailed by Three (1920) - Ad 1

Career

Mann was an actress and appeared in over forty silent films made between 1913 and 1925, with various studios. She was often cast as a "vamp", or temptress character. "Time after time she turned to the camera to register a vampire's sneery smile, and believe me this was awful," reported one reviewer in 1916. "Once or twice would have been enough to have 'queered' her, but she did it all through the film." Among Mann's film credits were roles in ''The Battle of Shiloh'' (1913), ''Through Fire to Fortune'' (1914), ''The Wolf'' (1914), ''The House Next Door'' (1914), ''The Road o' Strife'' (1915), '' The Sporting Duchess'' (1915), ''

Anselo Lee ''Anselo Lee'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Harry Handworth and starring Antonio Moreno, Naomi Childers and Donald Hall.Katchmer p.674 Plot Cast * Antonio Moreno as Anselo Lee * Naomi Childers as Gertrude Carlton * Donald ...

'' (1915), '' The Climbers'' (1915), '' The Great Ruby'' (1915), '' The Shielding Shadow'' (1916), ''Her Surrender'' (1916), '' The Sex Lure'' (1916), ''The Girl Who Did Not Care'' (1917), ''Fortune's Child'' (1919), ''The Root of Evil'' (1919), '' Fruits of Passion'' (1919), '' Trailed by Three'' (1920), '' The Place of Honeymoons'' (1920), ''

The Passionate Pilgrim ''The Passionate Pilgrim'' (1599) is an anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to " W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. These are two ...

'' (1921), '' Shadows of the Sea'' (1922), '' Unconquered Woman'' (1922), ''John Smith'' (1922), '' On Time'' (1924), '' The Fortieth Door'' (1924), and ''

Barriers Burned Away ''Barriers Burned Away'' is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Mabel Ballin, Eric Mayne, and Frank Mayo. It is set at the time of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The film is loosely adapted fro ...

'' (1925). Mann also had a stage career, mainly in Philadelphia.

Personal life

Mann married British actor

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in 1915. She married Gardiner P. Johnson in the 1923, and had two children. She died in 1969, aged 77 years, in New York City.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Frankie 1892 births 1969 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses People from Clinton County, Pennsylvania