Valentine Grant
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Born | 14 February 1881 |
Died | 12 March 1949 68) | (aged
Valentine Grant (February 14, 1881 in Frankfort, Indiana – March 12, 1949 in Orange County, California) was an American silent film actress.
Biography
Grant became the companion of film director Sidney Olcott who cast her in his 1915 production of Nan O' the Backwoods. She had been part of the crew that went to film in Ireland, films released in 1915 she starred in All For Old Ireland, Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr and The Irish in America.
Grant also appeared in several films for other companies such as Lubin Studios in Philadelphia and for Famous Players-Lasky. She married Olcott, with whom she would remain for the rest of her life, and after he left Kalem she performed in a few films for his production company before retiring in 1918.
Grant died in 1949 a few months before her husband. She is buried in Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego CA.[1]
Filmography
- When Men Would Kill (1914)
- In the Hands of a Brute (1914)
- A Mother of Men (1914)
- Tricking the Government (1914)
- The Idle Rich (1914)
- The Melting Pot (1915)
- Nan O' the Backwoods (1915)
- The Irish in America (1915)
- All For Old Ireland (1915)
- Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr (1915)
- The Ghost of Twisted Oaks (1915)
- The Taint (1915)
- The Innocent Lie (1916)
- The Daughter of MacGregor (1916)
- The Belgian (1918)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valentine Grant. |
- Valentine Grant on IMDb
- Valentine Grant website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
- 1919 passport photo