Thena Jasper
Thena Jasper | |
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Born | 1892 Pennsylvania, USA |
Occupation | Screen actress, singer |
Spouse(s) | Adolph Jasper |
Thena Jasper was an African American singer and actress who worked during Hollywood's silent era.[1][2]
Biography[]
A native of Pennsylvania, Jasper moved to Los Angeles with her husband Adolph (a baseball manager)[3] by the early 1910s and began appearing in a string of mostly uncredited roles, often playing maids to wealthy white characters. She once told a reporter, "If I had all the money represented by all the ‘millionaire’ characters I’ve worked for in the pictures, I'd never have to work again.”[4]
Selected filmography[]
- Under the Lash (1921)
- The Outside Woman (1921)
- The Strange Boarder (1920)[4]
- (1920)[4]
- The Ladder of Lies (1920)[4]
- Miss Hobbs (1920)
References[]
- ^ Dramatic Mirror and Theatre World. Dramatic Mirror Incorporated. 1921.
- ^ "Gloria Swanson On Screen". News-Pilot. 23 Oct 1924. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Adolph Jasper Rebuilding Giants Park". California Eagle. 9 Sep 1922. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Wanda Hawley in 'The Outside Woman'". The Tampa Tribune. 3 Apr 1921. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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Categories:
- African-American actresses
- Actresses from Pennsylvania
- American film actresses
- 1892 births
- 20th-century deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century African-American women
- 20th-century African-American people
- American film actor, 1890s birth stubs