Laura Anson | |
|---|---|
 Laura Anson in a costume fringed with ostrich feathers, 1921 | |
| Born | Lura Lillian Kuhlman January 2, 1892 Nebraska City, Nebraska |
| Died | July 15, 1968 (age 76) Woodland Hills, California |
| Other names | Pauline Anson, Pauline McCullough, Lura McCullough |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Philo McCullough |
Laura AnsonMcCullough (January 2, 1892 – July 15, 1968), born Lura Lillian Kuhlman, was an American actress in silent films, mostly Westerns and crime dramas.
Lura Kuhlman was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, the daughter of Adolph J. Kuhlman and Barbara Alleman Kuhlman. Her father was a businessman. [1] [2] Both of her parents moved to Los Angeles [3] in 1920; they both died, at her residence, in 1923 and 1924. [4] [5]
Anson was a stage actress as a young woman. [6] She moved to Los Angeles by 1920, [7] [8] and appeared in about a dozen silent films between 1920 and 1923, mostly Westerns and crime dramas. Her co-stars included Roscoe Arbuckle, Lila Lee, Thomas Meighan, Pauline Starke, Richard Dix, and Buck Jones. [9] She worked with Cecil B. DeMille, Tom Forman, Charles Maigne, and Scott R. Dunlap, among other directors and producers. [10]
Anson's style was a matter of press interest. In 1920 she experimented with using henna coloring instead of hosiery (so that her legs and feet were, except for the henna and some sandals, bare). "Why, I just got tired of paying out a lot of money for silk stockings," she explained, "and finally solved a way to cut them out." [6] In 1921, her ostrich feather-trimmed lingerie made the news. [8]
Kuhlman married three times. Her first husband was Roy J. Anderson; they married in Iowa in 1910, and soon divorced. Her second husband was dentist John Franklin Anson; [15] they married in Nebraska in 1913 in Nebraska, and she used his surname professionally after they divorced in 1921. [2] She married fellow actor Philo McCullough in 1939, in Arizona. She was also named as party in the 1921–1922 divorce of director Jacques Jaccard and actress Helen Leslie. [1] [16] She died in 1968, at the age of 76, in Woodland Hills, California. [17] Her grave is in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. [18]
Ruth Roland was an American stage and film actress and film producer.
Katherine Agnew MacDonald was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older sister of actresses Miriam MacDonald and Mary MacLaren.
Jacqueline Medura Logan was an American actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.
Elinor Virginia Martin, known professionally as Elinor Fair, was an American motion picture actress.
Virginia Brown Faire was an American silent film actress, appearing in dramatic films and, later, in sound westerns.
Helene Chadwick was an American actress in silent and in early sound films.
Myrtle Stedman was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Doris Pawn was an American silent era film actress.
Martha Mattox was an American silent film actress most notable for her portrayal of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent (1926). She died from a heart ailment at age 53.
Gertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929. Her last name was sometimes seen as Olmsted.
Eileen Percy was an Irish-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933.
Julia Swayne Gordon was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933.
Adele Farrington was an American actress of the stage and the silent film era.
Anna Violet Clark (1896-1974) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.
Charlotte Pierce was an American actress in silent films.
Yvonne Gardelle, born Alice Yvonne Clark, also known as Alice Y. Gardner, Yvonne Chappelle, or Yvonne Riddle, was an American actress in silent films, a dancer and an artist's model.
Lucille Carlisle, born Ida Lucile White, was an American actress.
Camille Astor was an American actress in silent films.
Edythe Sterling, born Edith May Kessinger, was an American actress, stunt rider, and producer in silent films, mainly Westerns.
Edith Stockton, born Edith Lillian Stockham, was an American actress in silent films.