Winifred Vera Emily Harris (17 March 1880 – 18 April 1972) was a British actress with a substantial career in America. She appeared in New York plays beginning in 1914 and acted in numerous plays up to 1934. She left Broadway plays for films though she had begun her film career during the silent era.
She was born in
Kew,
Surrey,
England
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, UK and died at age 92 in
Evanston, Illinois
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, USA.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Crucial Test
''The Crucial Test'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by John Ince and Robert Thornby. It stars Kitty Gordon and was distributed by the World Film Corporation.
Cast
*Kitty Gordon as Thanya
*Niles Welch as Vance Holden
*J. Her ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Iron Hand
''The Iron Hand'' is a 1916 drama film directed by Ulysses Davis. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Plot
Politician Tim Noland, and his companion Slim are both arrested. When they are both arrested, Noland decides to stop bein ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Co-Respondent'' (1917)
* ''
The Dazzling Miss Davison'' (1917)
* ''
A Daughter of Two Worlds'' (1920)
* ''
The Woman of His Dream'' (1921)
* ''
Belonging'' (1922)
* ''
The Purple Highway'' (1923)
* ''
The Love Doctor'' (1929)
* ''
The Racketeer'' (1929)
* ''
The Grand Dame'' (1931)
* ''
Fast and Loose'' (1930)
* ''
Ouanga
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'' (1936)
* ''
Night Must Fall'' (1937)
* ''
Kid Nightingale'' (1939)
* ''
Rose of Washington Square'' (1939)
* ''
A Child Is Born'' (1939)
* ''
Mardi Gras
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'' (1943)
* ''
The Lone Wolf in Mexico'' (1947)
* ''
That Hagen Girl'' (1947)
References
External links
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*
Winifred Harris webpageRussian webpage w/photo
Wayback Machine)
1880 births
1972 deaths
English film actresses
English silent film actresses
20th-century English actresses
Actresses from Surrey
English emigrants to the United States
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