Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most newsworthy celebrity couples. Edwards directed more than 20 of his wife's films.[1] The couple had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Henryetta Edwards.[1] White starred in the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss, which as of August 2010 is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.[2]
Chrissie White | |
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Born | London, England | 23 May 1895
Died | 18 August 1989 Hollywood, California, United States | (aged 94)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1908–1933 |
Spouse | Henry Edwards (m. 1922) |
Children | 2 |
Selected filmography
edit- The Vicar of Wakefield (1913)
- The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915)
- The Nightbirds of London (1915)
- Sweet Lavender (1915)
- Her Boy (1915)
- A Bunch of Violets (1916)
- Molly Bawn (1916)
- The White Boys (1916)
- Sowing the Wind (1916)
- The Failure (1917)
- Her Marriage Lines (1917)
- The Man Behind 'The Times' (1917)
- A Grain of Sand (1917)
- The Poet's Windfall (1918)
- Possession (1919)
- City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919)
- The Kinsman (1919)
- Broken in the Wars (1919)
- The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920)
- John Forrest Finds Himself (1920)
- Wild Heather (1921)
- Tit for Tat (1921)
- The Bargain (1921)
- The Lunatic at Large (1921)
- Simple Simon (1922)
- Boden's Boy (1923)
- The Naked Man (1923)
- The World of Wonderful Reality (1924)
- Lily of the Alley (1924)
- Call of the Sea (1930)
- General John Regan (1933)
References
edit- ^ a b "Henryetta Edwards, ingénue of stage and screen in the 1940s and 1950s – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss - 75 Most Wanted". BFI National Archives. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
External links
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