Jacqueline Gadsden (August 3, 1900 – August 10, 1986) was an American film actress during the silent era. A native of

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, she was born in

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to Gerald F. and Jessie H. (Salter) Gadsden and is probably best known to modern audiences as the wealthy, haughty other woman in the 1927

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vehicle '' It''. She married William Harry Dale (1900–1975) about 1924. She portrayed

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's character's wife in

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's '' West of Zanzibar'' in 1928. In a number of films she was billed as Jacqueline Gadsdon and made two films under the name Jane Daly in 1929, her final year in film. She died in the

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city of

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a week after her 86th birthday.

Partial filmography

*'' Cordelia the Magnificent'' (1923) *''

Skid Proof ''Skid Proof'' is a 1923 silent film drama directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Buck Jones, billed as Charles Jones. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation. It is a surviving film in the Museum of Modern Art collection. Cast ...

'' (1923) *'' Big Dan'' (1923) *'' The Man Who Won'' (1923) *''

A Chapter in Her Life ''A Chapter in Her Life'' is a 1923 American drama film based on the novel ''Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life'' by Clara Louise Burnham. The film was directed by Lois Weber. She had previously adapted the same novel as the 1915 film ''Jewel'', which ...

'' (1923) *'' The Goldfish'' (1924) *''

His Hour ''His Hour'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. This film was the follow-up to Samuel Goldwyn's '' Three Weeks'', written by Elinor Glyn, and starring Aileen Pringle, one of the biggest moneymakers at the time of the Me ...

'' (1924) - Tatiana Shebanoff *'' The Wife of the Centaur'' (1924) *''

The Flaming Forties ''The Flaming Forties'' is a 1924 American silent Western film, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924–1925 as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey. Ca ...

'' (1924) *'' Man and Maid'' (1924) *'' Ridin' the Wind'' (1925) *''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt ...

'' (1925) *'' The Show'' (1927) *'' It'' (1927) *'' The Thirteenth Hour'' (1927) *''

Beyond London Lights ''Beyond London Lights'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Adrienne Dore, Lee Shumway, and Bill Elliott. It is based on John Joy Bell's 1917 novel '' Kitty Carstairs'', and is sometimes referred to b ...

'' (1928) * '' The City of Purple Dreams'' (1928) *'' Red Hair'' (1928) *'' West of Zanzibar'' (1928) *'' City of Purple Dreams'' (1928) * '' A Bit of Heaven'' (1928) *'' Forbidden Hours'' (1928) *''

'' (1928) *'' The Bellamy Trial'' (1929) *'' The Quitter'' (1929) *''

The Mysterious Island ''The Mysterious Island'' (french: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's f ...

'' (1929)''St. Petersburg Times'' January 13. 1929 p 7. Web. April 13. 2014. Gadsden is listed under her original name in this review, but is credited as Jane Daly in the film.

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* 1900 births 1986 deaths American film actresses People from Lompoc, California 20th-century American actresses Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Actresses from California {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub