Stella LeSaint (née Razeto; December 17, 1881 September 21, 1948) was an American silent film actress.

Career

Born in San Diego, California, LeSaint worked as a stage actress and in vaudeville, founding Stella Razeto and Company in New York City. She left stage acting because of illness. LeSaint began acting in films in 1913. She worked with the

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but left in 1916 to join the Universal Company. She starred with William Garwood in films such as '' Lord John in New York''. In 1917, LeSaint left films to return to the stage, but by 1935, she had returned to films, acting mostly in uncredited bit parts.

Personal life

She married

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dia ...

on December 25, 1913, and remained with him until his death on September 10, 1940. She died on September 21, 1948, in Malibu, California, and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Although she took Le Saint as her married name, "she kept Razetto/Razeto for all professional dealings".

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* * American film actresses American silent film actresses 1881 births 1948 deaths Vaudeville performers Actresses from San Diego 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub