Grace Darling (actress)

For other uses, see Grace Darling (disambiguation).

Grace Darling (born Grace Foster; November 20, 1893 – October 7, 1963) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was best known for her role as Beatrice Fairfax in a 1916 serial of the same name.^[1][2]

Grace Darling
Born	Grace Foster (1893-11-20)November 20, 1893 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	October 7, 1963(1963-10-07) (aged 69)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1921
Spouse(s)	Pat Rooney ​ ​ (m. 1908, divorced)​ Harry Turek (divorced 1915)

Biography

Darling was reportedly born in New York City.^[3] By the mid-1910s, she was under contract at Hearst-Selig,^[4] and would write travelogues for Hearst papers from her globe-trotting adventures.^[5] She was a bit eccentric, and was known for carrying around a doll dressed in imaginative outfits during the height of her fame.^[6] She was sometimes confused for the actress Ruth Darling, who died in a 1918 car crash in San Francisco.^[7] She told reporters she married actor Pat Rooney when she was 15 years old; despite their eventual divorce, she was caring for him at the time of his death.^[8] She was also married to a Harry Turek of San Francisco.^[9][10]

Selected filmography

• Everyman's Price (1921)
• The Common Sin (1920)
• The Discarded Woman (1920)
• Even as Eve (1920)
• False Gods (1919)
• Virtuous Men (1919)
• Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
• The Glass Pistol (1914)
• How Men Propose (1913)
• The Midget's Revenge (1913)
• Pearl as a Detective (1913)
• Knights and Ladies (1913)

References

1. "Motion Pictures". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 Sep 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. Greenwood, Warren. "When Ithaca Was the Silent Hollywood". Ithaca Times. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
3. "Grace Darling at the American". The Bulletin. 14 Dec 1919. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "Grace Darling Is on Her Way to Chicago". The San Francisco Examiner. 4 Mar 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Grace Darling Off to the Exposition". The San Francisco Examiner. 26 Jan 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. "Grace Darling Starts Fad of Always Carrying Boy Doll Very Queerly Dressed". The Sacramento Bee. 19 Feb 1916. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. "Ruth Darling, Movie Actress, Killed in S.F. Automobile Accident". The Bulletin. 12 Sep 1918. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. "Pat Rooney, Early Screen Actor, Dies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 16 Jan 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. "Grace Darling, Movie Actress, Gets Divorce". San Francisco Chronicle. 29 May 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. Olsson, Jan (2007). Los Angeles Before Hollywood: Journalism and American Film Culture, 1905 to 1915 (PDF). Stockholm, Sweden: National Library of Sweden. ISBN 978-91-88468-06-2.