June Elvidge

June Elvidge (June 30, 1893 – May 1, 1965) was an early 20th-century silent film actress. She was of English and Irish descent.[1]

June Elvidge
Elvidge, c. 1920
Born(1893-06-30)June 30, 1893
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMay 1, 1965(1965-05-01) (aged 71)
Eatontown, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1925
SpouseBritton Busch

Biography

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvidge attended Pennsylvania College and was a concert singer before she began acting.[2]

Elvidge debuted in Passing Show of 1914, produced by Sam Shubert at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. She worked there for two years.[3] She is noted for playing roles as a vamp in silent movies such as The Lure of Woman (1915) and The Poison Pen (1919).[4]

On Broadway, Elvidge portrayed Nina Romaine in The Girl in the Spotlight (1920).[5]

Elvidge began working in films with the World Film stock company in 1915. Her film debut occurred in The Lure of Woman.[3] She appeared in Westerns such as The Price of Pride (1917) and The Law of the Yukon (1920). She acted in seventy motion pictures before the beginning of the sound era. After the conclusion of her movie career in 1924, Elvidge toured America on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc., in vaudeville. She retired from show business around 1925.[4]

Elvidge died in 1965 at the Mary Lee Nursing Home in Eatontown, New Jersey. She was 71 years old, the widow of Britton Busch, a stockbroker.[4]

Partial filmography
The Guardian (1917)
The Tenth Case (1917)

References
  1. June Elvidge. 1924. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 254. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. "Miss June Elvidge". The Moving Picture World. January 1, 1916. p. 88. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. "June Elvidge obituary". The New York Times. May 3, 1965. p. 33.
  5. "June Elvidge". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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