Mabel Van Buren

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Mabel Van Buren
Van Buren in 1913
Born	Mabel Brown Southard (1878-07-17)July 17, 1878 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 4, 1947(1947-11-04) (aged 69) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1909–1935
Spouse(s)	Ernest Joy ​ ​ (m. 1919; died 1924)​ [1] James Gordon (died 1941)
Children	1

Mabel Van Buren (born Mabel Brown Southard; July 17, 1878 – November 4, 1947)^[2] was an American stage and screen actress.

Biography[]

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As a theatrical performer she played the leading lady in both The Virginian and The Squaw Man (1909). Van Buren became prominent in motion pictures at the time of the development of feature-length movies in 1914. She starred in The Girl of the Golden West (1915) under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. It was Demille who brought Mabel west to Hollywood. Mabel was the first leading lady of the Famous Players-Lasky studio on Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Her final role of note was in Neighbor's Wives (1933) in which she played Mrs. Lee. She continued acting in movies until the death of her husband, James Gordon. He was a Shakesperian actor who died in 1941. Other films in which she played prominent parts are The Warrens of Virginia (1915), The Man From Home (1914), and Craig's Wife (1928).

Van Buren's residence was 4351 Kingswell Avenue, Los Angeles, California. She died of pneumonia in 1947, age 69, at St. Vincent's Hospital. Her daughter, Katherine Charlton, was also an actress.

Partial filmography[]

Film still of Mabel Van Buren with Rudolf Valentino in Beyond the Rocks (1922)

References[]

• Lincoln, Nebraska Daily Star, Answers To Movie Fans, September 30, 1917, Page 30.
• Los Angeles Times, Lasky Lot, In Ruins, Recall Early Film History, June 6, 1926, Page B10.
• Los Angeles Times, Original Girl of the Golden West, 69, DiesNovember 6, 1947, Page 2.
• The New York Times, Mabel Van Buren, November 6, 1947, Page 27.
• Washington Post, Notes About Plays And Players, October 24, 1909, Page 94.

External links[]

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• Mabel Van Buren at IMDb
• Catherine Van Buren, Mabel's daughter (University of Washington, Sayre collection)