Naomi Childers
Acting
Born 1892-11-14
Died 1964-05-09
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Naomi Childers (November 15, 1892 – May 9, 1964) was an American silent film actress whose career lasted until the mid-20th century.
She was born of English parentage in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Later in life she took pride in being descended from a long line of British ancestors. Her childhood was spent in St. Louis, Missouri where she was educated in the Maryville convent. Childers began acting at the age of three, reciting at a notable function. She played a Chopin number at an adult recital at the age of eight. When she was ten Childers performed the title roles, in both Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland, at the Odeon Theater in St. Louis. In 1912 she played in The Great Name and Madame X. The theatrical presentations featured Henry Kolker and Dorothy Donnelly. On Broadway Childers appeared in Ready Money.
Childers was in movies beginning in 1913. She appeared in The Turn of the Road (1915) and The Writing on the Wall (1916). She was associated with the Vitagraph company for four years. Her most popular role was in Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation. In this film she performed a most modern characterization of Joan of Arc. In 1917 she began working with the Commonwealth Company. Childers possessed a preference for comedy, yet she was in constant demand to play more serious roles. Her character work in motion pictures was a strong asset. In the 1919 Sam Goldwyn film Lord and Lady Algy, Childers was cast in the leading feminine role. She depicted the wife of the young Lord Algy, played by Tom Moore. As a titled Englishwoman she revealed a cold exterior, but retained a warm nature.
When Louis B. Mayer discovered Childers had come into hard times in later years, he granted her a lifetime contract from MGM. She continued to play numerous, often uncredited, roles into the early 1950s. Childers died in Hollywood, California in 1964, age 71. She is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Blondie Johnson
Rio Rita
Small Town Girl
Virtuous Liars
Too Hot to Handle
Mrs. Parkington
Anselo Lee
The Sea of Grass
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Gold Rush Maisie
Dial 1119
Downstairs
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Love Crazy
You, the People
The Portrait
Miracle Money
Within the Law
Fast and Loose
The Crucible of Fate
Week-End at the Waldorf
The World and Its Woman
Hold Your Horses
Dangerous Partners
Main Street on the March!
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Price of Fame
Lost Angel
Iron and Steel
Women Are Trouble
Mr. Barnes of New York
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
After His Own Heart
The Devil's Prize
White Heat
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
A Failure at Fifty
Restless Wives
Lord and Lady Algy
Earthbound
The Street Called Straight
The Man on the Rock
Success
Human Desire
The Dust of Egypt
Trial Marriage
Writing on the Wall
The Gay Lord Quex
The Divorcee
Their Mutual Friend
Little White Lie
Shadows of Suspicion
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