Lillian Cook was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.
Biography
Cook was born in
Hot Springs, Arkansas
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, to Joseph Cook and his wife Martha. An only child, she grew up primarily in Cincinnati before she moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage.
Cook died in her Manhattan apartment at the Hotel Remington at age 19 after appearing in dozens of silent films.
Her early death may have been caused by her role as a fairy in
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The Blue Bird'' a year earlier: according to one account, the heavy wings that were part of her costume injured her spine and caused tuberculosis.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Blue Bird'' (1918)
* ''The Devil's Playground'' (1917)
* ''
The Honeymoon'' (1917)
* ''
Her Hour
''Her Hour'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by George Cowl and starring Kitty Gordon. It was produced and released by the World Film Company.
Cast
*Kitty Gordon - Rita Castle
* George Morgan - Tom Castle
*George MacQuarrie - Ralph Ch ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The Corner Grocer'' (1917)
* ''
Betsy Ross
Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom;Addie Guthrie Weaver, ''"The Story of Our Flag..."'', 2nd Edition, A. G. Weaver, publ., 1898, p. 73 January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn an ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Rasputin, the Black Monk
''Rasputin, the Black Monk'' is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Ashley and starring Montagu Love. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company.
Cast
* Montagu Love as Gregory Novik/ Rasputin
* Henry Hull as ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Beloved Adventuress'' (1917)
* ''
The Submarine Eye'' (1917)
* ''
Darkest Russia'' (1917)
* ''
The Common Law'' (1916)
* ''
Sudden Riches'' (1916)
* ''
As in a Looking Glass
''As in a Looking Glass'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring famous stage star Kitty Gordon in her motion picture debut. It was produced by and distributed by the World Film Corporation. '' (1916)
* ''
A Woman's Power'' (1916)
* ''
Camille'' (1915)
* ''
The Cotton King'' (1915)
* ''
Mother
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'' (1914)
References
1898 births
1918 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
20th-century American actresses
People from Hot Springs, Arkansas
Actresses from Arkansas
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