Kitty Gordon
From Wikipedia Her first professional stage appearance was at the Princes Theatre in Bristol in 1901 in the touring production of San Toy. She appeared in The Duchess of Dantzic in 1903 and the operetta Vรฉronique in 1904. In 1909, she moved to New York, where she became a regular on the New York stage. She made her first film appearance in 1916 in As in a Looking Glass. During the next three years she made twenty-one films. On 19 October 1911, she starred in the debut of composer Victor Herbert's musical The Enchantress at the New York Theatre. She continued her stage work from 1919 onwards. She also made television appearances. On 25 June 1920, during a Vaudeville performance in Chicago with her husband, Jack Wilson, and her daughter, Vera Beresford, Gordon's stage gun discharged a live round and shot Joseph A. Hack, an offstage acrobat. She died in a nursing home in New York in 1974.
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- 1919 ยทPlaythings of Passionas Helen Rowland
- 1919 ยทAdeleas Adele Bleneau
- 1918 ยทTinselas Princess Sylvia Carzoni
- 1918 ยทStolen Ordersas Felicia Gaveston
- 1918 ยทThe Waspas Grace Culver
- 1917 ยทThe Volunteeras Self - Cameo Appearance
- 1917 ยทNational Red Cross Pageantas Bruges - Flemish episode
- 1917 ยทHer Houras Rita Castle
- 1917 ยทBeloved Adventuressas Juliette La Monde
- 1917 ยทForget-Me-Notas Stefanie Paoli
- 1917 ยทVera, the Mediumas Vera
- 1916 ยทThe Crucial Testas Thanya
- 1916 ยทHer Maternal Rightas Nina Seabury
- 1916 ยทAs in a Looking Glassas Lila Despard