Vinnie Burns

Still from The Beasts of the Jungle

Vinnie Burns (June 1, 1897 - August 3, 1969) was an American stage and film actress. ^[1]

She started her career as a stage actress in Ben Hur at the age of 5. ^[2] In 1906 she was in a theatrical performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Moth. ^[3] Around 1911 she joined Solax Film Company. ^[4] She starred in Alice Guy films. ^[5] In 1912 she portrayed Oliver Twist in the first ever film adaptation of the Charles Dickens' book. The film is extant.

Although her birth name was Vinnie Burns, she was credited as June Daye beginning in 2015. ^[6] However, she reverted back to her birth name by 1919. ^{[7] [2]}

The Exhibitors' Times noted her fearlessness. ^[8]

Filmography

• Oliver Twist (1912) as Oliver Twist ^[9]
• The Beasts of the Jungle (1913)
• Dick Whittington and His Cat (1913) ^[10] an adaptation of the folktale Dick Whittington and His Cat
• The Temptations of Satan (1914) as Everygirl
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1914), as Rosa Budd, an adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood ^[11]
• Heartaches (1915) ^[7]
• From Champion to Tramp (1915) ^[12]
• Love and Bullets (1916) as Louisa Gunn/June Daye
• The Heart's Tribute (1916)
• The Derelict (1917)
• Uncle John's Money (1917)
• Trooper 44 as Ruth Moreland
• Wild Honey (1918) as Trixianita
• His Model Day (1921) as June Day
• The Rich Slave (1921)

References

1. "Vinnie Burns". AllMovie . Retrieved 13 December 2025.
2. "Vinnie Burns Was Once June Daye". The Courier-Journal. 1919-01-19. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
3. "The Theatre". Meyer Bros. & Company. July 10, 1906 – via Google Books.
4. "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. July 10, 1911 – via Google Books.
5. McMahan, Alison (August 22, 2014). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-1-5013-0268-8 – via Google Books.
6. "Vinnie Burns Becomes June Daye". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1915-11-14. p. 38. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
7. "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". World Photographic Publishing Company. December 13, 1915 – via Google Books.
8. "Exhibitors' Times". W.A. Johnston. July 10, 1913 – via Google Books.
9. Robertson, Patrick (November 11, 2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-1-60819-738-5 – via Google Books.
10. Slide, Anthony (March 15, 2022). The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN   978-1-5381-6553-9 – via Google Books.
11. Glavin, John (November 27, 2003). "Dickens on Screen". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
12. "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. July 10, 1915 – via Google Books.