Irene Dalton

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Irene Dalton
Dalton in 1923
Born	Irene Dalton (1901-09-01)September 1, 1901 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 15, 1934(1934-08-15) (aged 32) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1920–1923
Spouse(s)	Lloyd Hamilton ​ ​ (m. 1927; div. 1928)​

Irene Dalton (September 1, 1901 – August 15, 1934) was an American silent film actress. A Chicago native, Irene died at the age of 32.

Biography[]

Irene Dalton in 1922.

Irene Dalton was born on September 10, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from high school she started working as a stenographer. She got her first acting job when she answered an ad in a local newspaper. Dalton came to prominence in motion pictures through her appearances in Christie comedies produced by Charles Christie.

She costarred with Earl Rodney in Three Jokers and with Laura La Plante in His Four Fathers. She was Lloyd Hamilton's leading lady in numerous comedies including The Vagrant, Rolling Stones, and Poor Boy. In 1923 she had a supporting roles in the films Children of Jazz and Bluebeard's 8th Wife. 

Dalton had a brief romance with actor Lew Cody. She also had a long affair with wealthy and retired Toledo, Ohio businessman John Raymond Owens, a married millionaire sportsman which was the son of Michael Joseph Owens, the millionaire inventor of the Owens Bottle Machine. When his wife filed for divorce she named Irene as the other woman. Owens and Dalton were both arrested in October of 1924 and charged for the violation of the Mann Act in 1924. They were accused of crossing state lines for illicit fornication. Dalton claimed they were both innocent and the charges were eventually dropped.^{[citation needed]}

Lloyd Hamilton, Irene Dalton, and child actor Robert DeVilbiss in Rolling Stones (1922)

She married Hamilton in 1927 before she divorced him in 1928.^{[citation needed]}

Dalton died suddenly in 1934 at the age of 32. She was buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

Partial filmography[]

• Three Jokers (1921)
• (1921) ^[1]
• (1921)
• Children of Jazz (1923)
• Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923)

References[]

• Lima, Ohio, Pair Held Under Mann Act, October 21, 1924, Page 3.
• Los Angeles Times, Irene Dalton Is Freed, April 12, 1929, Page 24.
• Los Angeles Times, Irene Dalton's Funeral Today, August 18, 1934, Page 1.

External links[]

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• Irene Dalton at IMDb
• picture gallery(University of Washington, Sayre collection)

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