Nancy Caswell (October 28, 1913 – February 2, 1987) was an American child actress of the

silent era 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, wh ...

and later as an adult in talkies, including a

Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

work. As a baby she was proclaimed the "perfect baby" and was the youngest actress, with roles when she was as young as three.

Selected filmography

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Riders of the Purple Sage ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called ...

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The Day She Paid ''The Day She Paid'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Francelia Billington, Charles Clary, and Harry von Meter.Gmür p. 33 Plot Set in Manhattan, New York, Marion Buckley receives a marriage proposal f ...

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The Mother of His Children ''The Mother of His Children'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Gladys Brockwell, William Scott, Frank Leigh, Nigel De Brulier, Golda Madden, and Nancy Caswell. The film was released by Fox Film ...

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The Two-Fisted Lover ''The Two-Fisted Lover'' is a 1920 American short silent Western film directed by Edward Laemmle and featuring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson * Dorothy Wood * Jim Corey * Walter Crowley * Katherine Bates * Nancy Caswell * Charles Newton Se ...

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Under Crimson Skies ''Under Crimson Skies'' is a 1920 American silent adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Elmo Lincoln, Harry von Meter and Mabel Ballin. There are no known archival holdings of the film, so it is presumably a lost film. Cast * Elm ...

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The Flame of Life ''The Flame of Life'' (also known as ''That Lass o' Lowrie's'') is a 1923 American silent drama film starring Priscilla Dean, Robert Ellis, Kathryn McGuire, and Wallace Beery. The film was written by Elliott J. Clawson from the Frances Hodgson ...

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Scareheads ''Scareheads'' is a 1931 American crime film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Richard Talmadge, Gareth Hughes, Julie Bishop.Pitts p.80 Plot Cast * Richard Talmadge as Dick Tanner * Gareth Hughes * Julie Bishop * Joseph W. Girard * Vi ...

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Horses' Collars ''Horses' Collars'' is a 1935 short subject directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Jerry Howard). It is the fifth entry in the series released by Columbia Picture ...

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Custer's Last Stand The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Nort ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caswell, Nancy 1913 births 1987 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses American child actresses