Shannon Day

For the American Olympic rower, see Shannon Day (rower).

Shannon Day (born Sylvia Day;^[1] August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions.

Shannon Day
The Blue Book of the Screen, 1923
Born	Sylvia Day (1896-08-05)August 5, 1896 Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	February 24, 1977(1977-02-24) (aged 80) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Art Students League of New York
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1933

Day was born on August 5, 1896, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her education was in New York City's public schools and in the Art Students League there.^[2]

Day began performing on stage when she was a child.^[2] Billed as Sylvia Day, she appeared on Broadway in Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review (1919).^[3] Her film debut came in 1921 in Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit.

When Day left acting in films, she began teaching drama in Manhattan. She died on February 24, 1977, in New York, aged 80.^[2]

Partial filmography

• Forbidden Fruit (1921)
• Man, Woman & Marriage (1921)
• The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
• After the Show (1921)
• The Woman He Married (1922)
• One Clear Call (1922)
• Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
• North of the Rio Grande (1922)
• The Ordeal (1922)
• Fools First (1922)
• His Back Against the Wall (1922)
• Marriage Morals (1923)
• Manslaughter (1922)
• The Marriage Market (1923)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
• The Star Dust Trail (1924)
• So This Is Marriage (1924)
• The Girl on the Stairs (1925)
• Silent Pal (1925)
• The Vanishing American (1925)
• Breed of the Sea (1926)
• The Gypsy Romance (1926)
• The Barrier (1926)
• Stranded (1927)
• Worldly Goods (1930)
• Big Town (1932)
• Hotel Variety (1933)
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)