Vivian Reed (actress, born 1894)
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 17, 1894
Died | July 19, 1989 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 95)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1914–1938 |
Spouse(s) | Alfred E. Green |
Vivian Reed (April 17, 1894 – July 19, 1989) was an American silent film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1914 and 1938.
Biography[]
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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Reed died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was married to film director Alfred E. Green and they had three children—Douglas Green, Hilton A. Green, and Marshall Green—all of whom worked as assistant directors.
She had the role of Princess Gloria in The Patchwork Girl of Oz. This was the last Oz film produced by L. Frank Baum.[1] One of her films, The Lad and the Lion (1917), was the first adaptation of an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, predating the Tarzan films. As with many early silent films, no copies of this lost film are known to exist. She also portrayed Princess Ozma in the introductions to films made by The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. She had a non-speaking, minor role in the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz.[2]
Selected filmography[]
Year | Film | Role |
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1914 | The Patchwork Girl of Oz | Ozma head logo |
The Magic Cloak of Oz | Quavo | |
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz | Princess Gloria, niece to King Krewl | |
The Last Egyptian | Aneth Consinor | |
1917 | The Lad and the Lion | Nakula |
Bull's Eye | Cora Clayton | |
1918 | The Guilty Man | Marie Dubois |
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- 20th-century American actresses
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- American film actor, 1890s birth stubs