Evelyn Boucher

Evelyn May Boucher (15 March 1892 5 June 1991) was a British film actress who had a number of leading roles in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s appearing in films such as Tom Brown's Schooldays and The Man Who Bought London made at Catford Studios.[1] She frequently worked with her husband the director Floyd Martin Thornton.

Evelyn Boucher
Born(1892-03-15)15 March 1892
Died5 June 1991(1991-06-05) (aged 99)
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1915–1923

She was born at Steyning in West Sussex in 1892, the daughter of Edward James Boucher (1850–1933) and Susannah née Parris (1855–1933).[2] In 1915 she married the American writer and director Floyd Martin Thornton at Steyning.[3] They had two sons, both born in England: Edward E. Martin (1916–2010) and Paul Mulford Martin (1921–1994).[4] In 1925 she, her husband and her sons left the UK for America,[4] where they all remained for the rest of their lives.

She died in 1991 aged 99 at Costa Mesa in Orange County, California.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. Warren p.21
  2. 1901 England Census for Evelyn M Boucher
  3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Evelyn M Boucher 1915
  4. USA Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (1925) - Thornton Family
  5. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 - Evelyn May Martin

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Warren, Patricia. British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford, 2001.


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