Lily Branscombe | |
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Born | Lillian Rodman February 28, 1876 |
Died | September 26, 1970 | (aged 94)
Occupation(s) | Stage, film actress |
Years active | 1890–1912 |
Spouse |
Herbert Ashton (
m. 1900) |
Lily Branscombe (born Lillian Rodman, February 28, 1876 – September 26, 1970) was a stage and film actress from New Zealand. [1]
Branscombe was born as Lillian Rodman in Carterton, in the North Island of New Zealand, and educated in New South Wales, Australia. [2] She acted with the Maggie Moore Company in Australia and New Zealand before moving to the United States of America around 1900. [3] There, she acted with the Frawley Company and later in silent films produced by the Essanay Company, opposite stars such as Francis X. Bushman, Bryant Washburn, and John Steppling. [1] She also appeared in a number of episodes of the short comedic film series Alkali Ike in 1911 and 1912. [4]
In 1900, she married Herbert Ashton in San Francisco. [3]