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Alta Allen (born Alta Crowin) (September 6, 1904 – July 24, 1998) was an American actress.
Alta Allen | |
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Born | Alta Crowin September 6, 1904 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | July 24, 1998 93) Boonsboro, Maryland, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1921 – 1926 |
Spouse | Hampton Del Ruth (m. 1920 – ?) |
Allen was born as Alta Crowin[1] in Oakland, California in 1904 to a Scottish mother, Jessie (née Robertson), and W. J. Crowin, who hailed from the West Coast. She made her first professional performance at an Oakland theater in a production of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Allen's role in this production was as Beth March. She was ten years old at the time.[citation needed]
Allen was "one of the most popular of Oakland's younger social set."[2]
Allen's early professional experience included acting in stock theater in Oakland and directing and performing in the Fairmont's Rainbow Lane revue.[2]
In 1920, William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation, observed Allen as she performed the leading role[3] at a musical revue within the Fairmont Hotel.[4] Subsequently, she signed a contract with his studios, although she would only perform one role in any silent film released by Fox Film: the 1921 comedy Skirts.[4] She would subsequently sign a contract with Universal Studios,[5] and later appeared in several films released by this corporation, including The Marriage Chance (1922),[6] and A Self-Made Failure (1924). Her final credited screen appearance occurred in 1926, as Thora Barton in the cast of The Set-Up.
On November 25, 1920, Allen married actor, screenwriter, and director Hampton Del Ruth[1] (the couple later divorced).[7] She died of natural causes at her Boonsboro home on June 24, 1998, the age of 93.[citation needed]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1921 | A Shocking Night | Bessie Lane | Lost film |
Seven Years Bad Luck | Betty | Max's Fiancée | |
Be My Wife | Mary | The subject of the main characters' affections | |
Skirts | Kidnapped girl | Lost film | |
1922 | The Marriage Chance | Eleanor Douglas | Lost film |
1924 | A Self-Made Failure | Mrs. Spike Malone | Alternative title: The Goof Lost film |
Daring Chances | Agnes Rushton | Lost film | |
1926 | The Set-Up | Thora Barton | Daughter of Cliff Barton, the murder victim Lost film |
Raggedy Rose | Rose's former co-worker | Uncredited role |
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