Marion Leonard

About

Stage and screen actress who was one of the first celebrities of the silent film era and in films such as The Gibson Goddess.

Before Fame

She began her career on the stage, and at age 27 signed with American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Trivia

She played the lead role in the 1910 film In Old California, which was the first movie to be filmed in Hollywood, California.

Family Life

She married writer and director Stanner E.V. Taylor, with whom she started her own production company.

Associated With

D.W. Griffith directed her in several films for Biograph, such as 1908's An Awful Moment.