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American actress
Edgena De Lespine
Edgena De Lespine, from a 1913 publication
Born Edgena Stoddart Brown
February 1882Galveston, Texas
Died January 30, 1920New York
Occupation Silent film actress
Edgena De Lespine (February 1882 – January 30, 1920) born Edgena Stoddart Brown , was a silent film and stage actress in the United States.
Early life
Edgena Brown was born in
Galveston, Texas . Her parents were John Stoddart Brown (1848–1912) and Helen A. Delespine Brown (1849–1910).
[1] Her father owned a hardware store.
[2]
Career
De Lespine was an actress in plays and in
vaudeville ,
[3] and had several starring roles in silent films. She starred in the 1913 play London Assurance ,
[4] and in The Good Within .
[5] She worked at
Reliance
[6] until she moved to
Biograph in 1914.
[7] She was considered a beauty.
[3] She made several films with child actress
Runa Hodges , including Runa Plays Cupid , The Dream Home, and The House of Pretense .
[8]
Beyond acting, De Lespine advertised her willingness to do "New York shopping" for Texas women, without charge.
[9]
Personal life
De Lespine married Eugene W. Tips (born 1874) in 1900.
[2] In 1915, she married her second husband, stock broker Henry Glover Hemming (1872–1921). She died on January 30, 1920.
[10] Her grave is in
Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. Her second husband was killed the following year, after he married her twice-divorced sister, Helen Henderson.
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Filmography
References
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"Live Oak Terrace" . Galveston Monthly . Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
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"Tips-Brown" . The Times-Picayune . June 5, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Untitled brief item" . San Antonio Light . April 20, 1913. p. 77. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011).
The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film . Walter de Gruyter.
ISBN
9783110951943 .
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"Motion Picture" . Macfadden-Bartell. May 17, 1913 – via Google Books.
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"A Rising Star" . Anaconda Standard . October 12, 1913. p. 54. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Edgena De Lespine Now With Biograph" . Ogden Standard . January 17, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Little Runa Hodges on the Road" . The Moving Picture World . 17 : 419. July 26, 1913 – via Google Books.
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"Advertisement" . Austin American-Statesman . August 23, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Hemming (funeral listing)" . New-York Tribune . February 1, 1920. p. 16. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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"What Has Happened?" . Daily News . September 2, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"What is the Mystery Behind Hemming's Slaying? Widow for First Time Tells Her Version of Affair" . Daily News . July 19, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Orders of Bride End Life of Spouse and his Slayer" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . July 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Film: Votes for Women (1912)" . Women's Suffrage and the Media .
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"Answers to Inquiries" . Motion Picture . 6 . September 1913 – via Google Books.
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"Follow the Crowd to the Grand" . Indiana Evening Gazette . October 16, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"At the Gem" . Centralia Evening Sentinel . October 10, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Edgena De Lespine" . BFI . Archived from
the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .
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"Advertisement for 'Half a Chance' " . Exhibitors' Times . 1 : back page. June 7, 1913 – via Internet Archive.
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"Vivian Prescott Reappears" . Exhibitors' Times . 1 : 21. August 23, 1913 – via Internet Archive.
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"Splendid Comedies Today at the Lyric" . Fort Wayne Journal Gazette . May 4, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Rex Theatre (advertisement)" . Defiance Crescent News . August 26, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Dick's Turning (Reliance)" . The Moving Picture World . 17 : 55. July 5, 1913 – via Google Books.
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"Advertisement for 'Ashes' " . The Moving Picture World . 17 : 129. July 12, 1913 – via Google Books.
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"Manufacturers Advance Notes: Ashes (Reliance)" . The Moving Picture World . 17 : 211. July 12, 1913 – via Google Books.
^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011).
The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film . Walter de Gruyter.
ISBN
9783110951943 – via Google Books.
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"Untitled brief item" . The Galveston Daily News . October 5, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Advertisement" . Sedalia Democrat . July 31, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Advertisement" . Defiance Crescent News . September 26, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Advertisement" . Biloxi Daily Herald . August 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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