Anderson, Mignon (1892–1983)

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Anderson, Mignon (1892–1983)

American silent-film actress. Born Mar 31, 1892, in Baltimore, Maryland; died Feb 25, 1983, in Burbank, California; dau. of Frank Anderson and Hallie Howard (stage actors); m. J. Morris Foster, 1920 (died 1966).

One of the pioneering actresses of the cinema, joined the Thanhouser Company (1910); starred in The Early Life of David Copperfield (1911), The Merchant of Venice (1912), The Mill on the Floss (1915), The City of Illusion (1916), Mountain Madness (1920), and Kisses (1922), her last film.

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