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American actress
Diana Allen
Allen in 1920
Born 1898 Died June 12, 1949(1949-06-12) (aged 50–51) Other names Diana Allen Booth Occupation(s) Dancer, actress Years active 1917–1925 Spouse
Samuel P. Booth
(
m. 1924)
Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and
Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's
Miss 139 ,
[1] which is now lost.
Biography
Allen was born in
Gotland ,
Sweden , in 1898 and came to the United States at the age of 5. While a high school student
[2] in
New Haven, Connecticut , she began to perform with
Eddie Wittstein .
[3] Her stage debut was in a vaudeville act called "Girls' Gamble" with
Ned Wayburn . She later appeared in
Miss 1917 , the
Ziegfeld Follies (1917–18), and Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic .
[4]
[5]
Allen starred in a number of silent film shorts and features between 1918 and 1925. Her first feature film appearance was in
Woman in 1918.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[4]
Allen married Samuel P. Booth on August 28, 1924, in
Greenwich, Connecticut .
[9]
[10] Booth was president of the Interborough News Company, and previously had been in charge of circulation for newspapers including the Chicago Journal ,
New York Evening Journal and
The New York Globe . He was over 30 years older than Allen. They did not have any children.
[1]
[11]
[12] Allen died in
Mount Pleasant, New York , on June 12, 1949.
Diana Allen, blonde beauty of the Ziegfeld Follies chorus in New York
Partial filmography
Allen in
Miss 139 .
References
^
a
b Wollstein, Henry J.
Strangers in Hollywood: the History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II (1994)
^
"Violinist in Yale Dining Hall Made Famous Opera Stars of Three Girls" . Pensacola News Journal . Florida, Pensacola. June 15, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved December 7, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ (20 June 1924).
He's a Star Maker , Danville Bee
^
a
b
Blond Swedish Maiden Plays Lead in "The Kentuckians" ,
The Moving Picture World , September 25, 1920, p. 480
^ Motion Pictures Studio Directory and Trade Annual (1921), p. 209 ("b. Gotland, Sweden; educ. New Haven, Conn.; stage career, "Follies," 1917–18; "The Frolic," 1919, "Miss 1917"; screen career ...... Hght., 5, 3; wght., 115; blond hair, blue eyes.")
^ Soister, John T. et al.
American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929 , p. 625 (2012)
^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael.
Silent Film Necrology , p. 13 (2001)
^
Diana Allen Scores in Victor Kremer's "Voices" ,
The Moving Picture World , August 14, 1920, p. 885
^
"17 Sep 1924, 14 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com" . Newspapers.com . Retrieved November 5, 2020 .
^
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/90157782:70865?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Diana_Allen&event=1949_Mount+Pleasant-Westchester-New+Yor-USA&birth=1898&count=50&gender=f&marriage=1924&name_x=1_1&spouse=Samuel+P._Booth&successSource=Search&queryId=9e594557aef45ae06b3632a6ed979c92%27,%27successSource%27) [
user-generated source ]
^ (13 September 1924).
S.P. Booth Wed Actress ,
The New York Times
^ (3 April 1939).
S.P. Booth, Head of News Company (obituary) ,
The New York Times
^
"Diana Allen" . Dramatic Mirror . 83 : 957. June 4, 1921.
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