Golda Madden

Golda Madden (July 17, 1886 – October 26, 1960) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent era.^[1][2]

Golda Madden
Golda Madden, from a 1922 publication
Born	July 17, 1886 Red Cloud, Nebraska, USA
Died	October 26, 1960 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actress
Relatives	Harold Lloyd (cousin)

Biography

Madden was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, in 1886. She was a first cousin of actor/director Harold Lloyd on her mother's side.^[3][4][5] She began appearing in plays in Chicago in the early 1910s and was signed to Mack Sennett's Keystone in 1916.^[6] She retired from acting in the early 1920s and afterward enjoyed a rich social life, serving as president of the Velada Club—a women's group—in Hollywood.^[7] She also served as production manager for the Little Theater of Beverly Hills in the 1930s.^[8][9]

Selected filmography

• The Marshal of Moneymint (1922)
• The Branded Four (1920)
• The Mother of His Children (1920)
• The Woman in Room 13 (1920)
• Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
• The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
• Let's Go (1918)
• A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
• Beat It (1918)
• Jilted Janet (1918)
• The Lamb (1918)
• We Never Sleep (1917)
• Flying Colors (1917)
• Over the Fence (1917)
• Fires of Rebellion (1917)
• Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
• The Return of John Boston (1916)^[10]

References

1. The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
2. Snyder, Sherri (2017-11-15). Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-7427-3.
3. Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1907). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.
4. "Services for Mrs. Craig Set for Today". The Los Angeles Times. 28 Oct 1960. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Amusements". The Bridgeport Telegram. 29 Mar 1920. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. "Gossip of Movie-Land". News-Journal. 23 Dec 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. Hollywood. 1922.
8. "Professionals' Little Theater". The Los Angeles Times. 12 Nov 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. "Comedy to Reopen Beverly Hills Theater". The Los Angeles Times. 19 Feb 1939. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. "Flashes from Filmdom". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 27 Oct 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)