Adele Farrington

Adele Farrington (1867 - 19 December 1936) was an American actress of the stage and the silent film era.^[1]

Adele Farrington
Photoplay Magazine, 1915
Born	1867 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	December, 19 1936 (aged 68–69) Los Angeles, California., U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914-1926
Spouse	Hobart Bosworth

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York,^[2][3] Farrington had the lead in This Is the Life (1915) for the American Film Company. She also did her own stunts for the film.^[1]

Personal life and death

Farrington was married to, and divorced from, actor Hobart Bosworth.^[4] Her relationship with Bosworth led to his divorce from a previous wife in 1903. In the divorce suit, the keeper of a boardinghouse testified that Bosworth and Farrington had represented themselves to her as husband and wife when they lodged there. Bosworth offered no defense in that suit.^[5]

On December 19, 1936, Farrington died in Los Angeles at age 69. Her body was cremated following the funeral two days later.^[6]

Selected filmography

• False Colors (1914)
• It's No Laughing Matter (1915)
• Hypocrites (1915)
• The Devil's Bondwoman (1916)
• Her Defiance (1916)
• The Love Girl (1916)
• The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
• The House of Silence (1918)
• Such a Little Pirate (1918)
• Putting It Over (1919)
• A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
• In Old Kentucky (1919)
• Too Much Johnson (1919)
• The Mollycoddle (1920)
• The Girl in the Web (1920)
• Rio Grande (1920)
• One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
• The Palace of Darkened Windows (1920)
• Black Beauty (1921)
• The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
• Her Mad Bargain (1921)
• The Spenders (1921)
• The Charm School (1921)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)
• Bobbed Hair (1922)
• Little Wildcat (1922)
• The Scarlet Lily (1923)
• One Stolen Night (1923)
• Bag and Baggage (1923)
• The Man Next Door (1923)
• A Gentleman of Leisure (1923)
• Shadow of the Law (1926)
• The Traffic Cop (1926)