Emily Gerdes

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Emily Gerdes
BornDecember 29, 1890
Jefferson, Kansas, US
DiedSeptember 17, 1974 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationActress
Years active1917–1940

Emily Gerdes (sometimes credited as Emma Gerdes) was an American character actress active primarily during Hollywood's silent era. [1]

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Biography

Emily was born in Jefferson, Kansas, to Herman Gerdes (a veterinarian) and Mary Ellen Glaze. [2] The family soon moved to Missouri and then Arizona before later settling in Glendale, California. Her parents later divorced. [3] In Los Angeles, Emily began appearing in films; her first known credit was in 1917's Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm . [4]

Selected filmography

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  2. "Mrs. Beaver Home". The News-Review. 1 Nov 1947. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  3. "Farm Life First Called Film Players in Ella Cinders". Times Colonist. 24 Jun 1926. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  4. Artcraft Advance. Artcraft Pictures Corporation. 1917.