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  1. Marion Leonard (June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956) was an American stage actress who became one of the first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era.

  2. Marion Leonard. Actress: What Avails the Crown. Marion Leonard was born on 9 June 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for What Avails the Crown (1912), The Seed of the Fathers (1913) and The Voice of the Millions (1912). She was married to Stanner E.V. Taylor.

  3. Jun 19, 2013 · Appearing in 90 of those films from 1908 to 1910 for The Biograph, was an actress named Marion Leonard. Marion Leonard is one of the key players in the development of early film acting, someone who bridged the era where the stage — live theater — which had once been the primary, non-sports, entertainment medium — began to be ...

  4. Marion Leonard was born on 9 June 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for What Avails the Crown (1912), The Seed of the Fathers (1913) and The Voice of the Millions (1912).

  5. Marion Leonard (June 9, 1881 — 9 January 1956) was an American actress, who became one of the first celebrities in the era of a silent movie. Biography. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She began her career in the theater and at the age of 27 she signed a contract with American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

  6. Marion Leonard, Life of an Actress Folly. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. The following year, Leonard and Taylor started another venture, the Monopol Film Company, this time using her notoriety to take advantage of the new interest in feature films.

  7. Jun 3, 2011 · Marion Leonard: Second phase at “The Biograph” Regardless of whether the choice of acting styles or the mixing and matching of styles was intentional or trial and error, the “stock company” approach at Biograph allowed Griffith to take advantage of all of the skills of all his actors.

  8. Marion Leonard explores different representations of masculinity offered by, and performed through, rock music, and examines how female rock performers negotiate this gendering of rock as masculine.

  9. Oct 15, 2019 · Marion Leonard. Delahousse, Sarah. It is well known that Florence Lawrence, the first “Biograph Girl,” was frustrated in her desire to exploit her fame by the company that did not, in those years, advertise their players’ names.

  10. Marion Leonard was an American stage actress who became one of first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era.