Gypsy Abbott (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American

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actress.

Career

Before entering films, Gypsy Abbott performed for a number of years on stage and in

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. She began with E. H. Sothern's repertoire company and later played Flora Belle Fry in a road production of

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's '' Little Johnny Jones''. She married director Henry King in 1915 and was sometimes credited as Gypsie Abbott. Abbott died on July 25, 1952, aged 55. She is buried in the Grotto Section at

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in Culver City, California.

Filmography

* '' The Path of Sorrow'' (1913) * '' Called Back'' (1914) * '' The Key to Yesterday'' (1914) * '' The Man Who Could Not Lose'' (1914) * '' St. Elmo'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' Beulah'' (1915) * '' For the Commonwealth'' (1915) * '' Letters Entangled'' (1915) * '' The Fruit of Folly'' (1915) * '' Vengeance Is Mine!'' (1916) * '' For Ten Thousand Bucks'' (1916) * '' Bungling Bill's Dress Suit'' (1916) * '' Some Liars'' (1916) * '' Her Luckless Scheme'' (1916) * '' Going to the Dogs'' (1916) * '' Rolling to Ruin'' (1916) * '' Paste and Politics'' (1916) * '' A Touch of High Life'' (1916) * '' Her Painted Pedigree'' (1916) * '' Bungling Bill's Bow-Wow'' (1916) * '' Lost, Strayed or Stolen'' (1916) * '' With or Without'' (1916) * '' The Wicked City'' (1916) * '' Shot in the Fracas'' (1916) * '' Jealous Jolts'' (1916) * '' A Lislebank''(1917) * '' A Circus Cyclone'' (1917) * '' The Musical Marvel'' (1917) * '' The Butcher's Nightmare'' (1917) * '' A Studio Stampede'' (1917) * '' His Bogus Boast'' (1917) * '' When Ben Bolted'' (1917) * '' Lorelei of the Sea'' (1917)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbott, Gypsy 1896 births 1952 deaths American silent film actresses Actresses from Atlanta Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Vaudeville performers American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses Deaths from lung cancer in California