Violet Reed (born Violet Williams) was an American actress active in Hollywood during the silent era.

Biography

Reed was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Williams and Hanna Mattson. Her father appears to have died when she was young. She was educated in Galesburg, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She trained as an opera singer before making her way into vaudeville and then motion pictures in the early 1910s, beginning at

Vitagraph Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

and later working under contract at Biograph, Thanhauser, and Metro. In the early 1920s, her film career came to an end; she appears to have spent time traveling around Europe. It is unknown what became of her after that.

Selected filmography

*'' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) *''The Right to Lie'' (1919) *''

The Panther Woman ''The Panther Woman'' is a 1918 American drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Olga Petrova. It was written by Mary Murillo based upon the 1895 novel ''Patience Sparhawk and Her Times'' by Gertrude Atherton and released in October 1918 b ...

'' (1918) *''The Power and the Glory'' (1918) *''

More Truth Than Poetry ''More Truth Than Poetry'' is a 1917 American silent drama film, directed by Burton King. It stars Olga Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton, and Charles Martin, and was released on October 22, 1917. Cast list * Olga Petrova as Elaine Esmond/Vera Maitland ...

'' (1917) *''Exile'' (1917) *''

The Silence Sellers ''The Silence Sellers'' is a 1917 American silent drama film, directed by Burton King. It stars Olga Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton, and Wyndham Standing, and was released on September 24, 1917. Cast list *Olga Petrova as Laura Sutphen *Mahlon Hamilto ...

'' (1917) *'' To the Death'' (1917) *''

The Undying Flame ''The Undying Flame'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by Maurice Tourneur, produced by Jesse Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. This movie starred Olga Petrova, an English-born actress who became popular in silents playing vamps ...

'' (1917) *''

The Soul of a Magdalen ''The Soul of a Magdalen'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Olga Petrova, Wyndham Standing and Mahlon Hamilton.Lowe p.425 Cast * Olga Petrova as Heloise Broulette * Wyndham Standing as Leland Norton * ...

'' (1917) *''The Eyes of the World'' (1917) *''

The Black Butterfly ''The Black Butterfly'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film starring Olga Petrova and released by Metro Pictures. The last known copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. Extant footage was posted online in 2019. Cast *Olga Petrova ...

'' (1916) *'' The Gambler of the West'' (1915) *'' Reapers of the Whirlwind'' (1915) *'' Life's Changing Tide'' (1915) *'' For Her Friend'' (1915) *'' The Buckskin Shirt'' (1915) *''Felix Holt'' (1915) *''The Black Sheep'' (1915) *'' Seekers After Romance'' (1915) *''

The Heart of a Bandit ''The Heart of a Bandit'' is a 1915 American short silent Western film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Harry Carey * Claire McDowell Claire McDowell ( MacDowell; November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the sil ...

'' (1915) *'' The Birthday Ring'' (1913) *'' Madonna of the Storm'' (1913) *'' The Tongueless Man'' (1912) *'' Tricked Into Happiness'' (1912) *'' The Poor Relation'' (1912)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Violet American film actresses 1894 births Actresses from Chicago Year of death missing 20th-century American actresses Vaudeville performers