Eleanor Miller (March 07, 1868 - December 19, 1943) was a teacher and state legislator in California. A Republican, she was the fifth woman elected to the California legislature. [1] [2] She was elected in 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, and 1940. [1] She founded the Eleanor Miller School of Expression which had locations in St. Paul, Minnesota and Los Angeles, California. She wrote the memoir When Memory Calls (1936) about her life, including her travels to Europe and the Near East. The book includes pen drawings by Lewis D. Johnson. [3]
She was born in Industry, Illinois. [4] She lived in Pasadena from 1911 until her death. She lived at 251 South Oakland Avenue. [5]
Lillian Copeland was an American track and field Olympic champion athlete, who excelled in discus, javelin throwing, and shot put, setting multiple world records. She has been called "the most successful female discus thrower in U.S. history". She also held multiple titles in shot put and javelin throwing. She won a silver medal in discus at the 1928 Summer Olympics, a gold medal in discus at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and gold medals in discus, javelin, and shot put at the 1935 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine.
George S. Barnes, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer active from the era of silent films to the early 1950s.
June Lang was an American film actress.
Frederick Francis Houser was an American politician and judge. A member of the Republican Party, he served as 34th Lieutenant Governor of California under Governor Earl Warren from 1943 to 1947.
Isabella Dinsmore Greenway was an American politician who was the first congresswoman in Arizona history, and the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Arthur Charles Miller, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography six times, winning three times: for How Green Was My Valley in 1941, The Song of Bernadette in 1944, and Anna and the King of Siam in 1947.
Dorothy Karolyn Granger was an American actress best known for her roles in short subject comedies in Hollywood.
Katherine Duffy, known professionally as Kate Price, was an Irish-American actress. She is known for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series The Cohens and Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. Price appeared in 296 movies from 1910 to 1937.
Wade Boteler was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.
Ruth Clifford was an American actress of leading roles in silent films whose career lasted from that era into the television era.
Tyler Brooke was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California by committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Ivan Lebedeff was a Russian film actor, lecturer and writer. He appeared in 66 films between 1926 and 1953. In 1940, his novel, Legion of Dishonor, was published.
George Newell Chesebro was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Sarah Ann Padden was an English-born American theatre and film character actress. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. Her best-known single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War.
Rena Vale, or Rena M. Vale, (1898–1983) was a writer who was a scriptwriter for Universal Studios in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 and in the 1930s was an investigator for a U.S. House of Representatives committee that later became the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Gladys Lehman was a prolific American screenwriter who had a long career in Hollywood.
Minna Stern, known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents.
Hilda Vaughn was an American actress of the stage, film, radio, and television.
Eleanor Joy Toll was an American educator and clubwoman based in Southern California. She taught at Los Angeles High School, helped found the Glendale Symphony Orchestra, and was the first woman appointed as trustee on the board at Scripps College.
Frances Hyland was an American screenwriter active between the late 1920s and the late 1940s. She was the first woman hired as a "gagman" at a film studio, and she wrote dozens of comedic scripts over the course of her career.