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Lorraine Frost
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lorraine Frost (13 September 1892 – 10 February 1983) was an American silent film and theater actress. She was best known for her roles in The Light of Happiness (1916), Sinners (1920) and The Truth About Husbands (1920).
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Career
Theatre
Frost started her career in theater around 1903 (aged 10), and was considered a child prodigy.[1] She made her debut playing Nora in a theatrical adaption of A Little Princess.[1]
She began working with Robert Mantell around 1905, and performed in a number of Shakespeare productions.[1] Her most notable role in theater was Ophelia in Hamlet at age 16, which she was an understudy to Marie Booth Russel.[1][2]
Film
Her first role in film was in The Rivals, a short silent film in 1913, as Lydia Languish. After her marriage to Kenneth Webb she starred in multiple of his movies.
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Personal life
Frost had a sister, Leila Frost, who was also a child actress. Their mother traveled with the girls when they went on tour, acting as their governess.[1] Frost took a brief break from theatre at age 15 to study in New York.[1]
Frost married director Kenneth Webb. She continued to live in Manhattan, where she had a terrier named Lady.[3]
Theatre roles
Filmography
- The Rivals (1913)
- The Light of Happiness (1916)[9]
- God's Half Acre (1916)
- The Inner Ring (1919)
- Sinners (1920)[10]
- The Deep Purple (1920)[11]
- The Truth About Husbands (1920)
- One of the Family (1926)[12]
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