Evelyn Greeley
Evelyn H. Greeley (born August 3 or November 3, 1888 in Austria as Evelyn Huber ; † March 25, 1975 in West Palm Beach , Florida , United States ) was an American actress of Austrian descent who lived between 1914 and 1922 in around 30 silent film productions could be seen.
Most recently, the third-married woman appeared under her real name Evelyn H. Rand Laity
Live and act
Evelyn Greeley was born on August 3 or November 3, 1888 as the daughter of Stephan and Franziska Huber (née Marko) in Austria. The family subsequently emigrated to the United States. From then on the father called himself Stephen and the mother Frances. This only became public through her death certificate. Little is known about her life before her breakthrough as an actress. In contemporary media she was often advertised as the granddaughter of Horace Greeley and her place of birth was given as Lexington in Kentucky .
In the United States, she is said to have attended the University School for Girls in Chicago , among others . After that, she is said to have come to the Frances Shimer Academy , now known as Shimer College. Here she is said to have been trained as an actress. This career path is also questioned by various historians today and viewed as part of her fictional life story. She began her acting career in summer theaters and on tours with the Poli Players Stock Company , a theater group founded by the Italian immigrant Sylvester Z. Poli . Evelyn Greeley, as she called herself in her new home, soon turned to film.
At first she worked as a so-called bit actress (higher than an extra, but lower than a supporting actor) for the Chicago Essanay Studios . She worked for Essanay for a year before getting her first notable role in the Quality Pictures production The Second in Command . Soon after, she received a contract with the World Film Corporation , for which she appeared in around two dozen films between 1917 and 1919 and was often seen alongside Carlyle Blackwell . In the films she mostly took on emotional roles. After losing her contract with the World Film Corporation in 1920, she appeared as a freelance artist in four films in 1921 and 1922. After that, their track is largely lost; as an actress, she should not have appeared afterwards.
In October 1922 she married John Smiley, who was referred to in the media once as an actor and then again as a manager in the steel industry. However, the marriage did not last long and divorced after a few months. The following year she married the wealthy businessman James Rand, with whom she was then married until 1960. This marriage also ended in divorce, as well as in court, after the former spouses sued each other. Following the divorce and court battle with Rand, Greeley married Morgan Laity, who she remained married to until her death in 1975. Greeley died on March 25, 1975, now for decades with her real name Evelyn H. Rand Laity, at the age of 86 in West Palm Beach in the US state of Florida.
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand (short film)
- 1915: The Second in Command
- 1915: A Daughter of the Sea
- 1916: Tempest and Sunshine
- 1916: Just a Song at Twilight
- 1917: The Social Leper
- 1917: The Price of Pride
- 1917: The Brand of Satan
- 1917: The Burglar
- 1917: The Good for Nothing
- 1918: The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
- 1918: His Royal Highness
- 1918: Leap to Fame
- 1918: The Golden Wall
- 1918: The Beloved Blackmailer
- 1918: By Hook or Crook
- 1918: The Road to France ( The Allies )
- 1918: Hitting the Trail
- 1919: Love in a Hurry
- 1919: Courage for Two
- 1919: Hit or Miss
- 1919: Three Green Eyes
- 1919: Phil-for-Short
- 1919: Bringing Up Betty
- 1919: The Oakdale Affair
- 1919: Me and Captain Kidd
- 1921: His Greatest Sacrifice
- 1921: Diane of Star Hollow
- 1921: A Pasteboard Crown
- 1922: Bulldog Drummond
literature
- Billy H. Doyle and Anthony Slide : Evelyn Greeley. In: The Ultimate Directory of Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players . Scarecrow Press , 1995, ISBN 978-0-8108-2958-9 , pp. 31 .
- Eugene Michael Vazzana : Silent Film Necrology . McFarland & Company , 2001, ISBN 978-0-7864-1059-0 , pp. 210 .
- Rudolf Ulrich : Austrians in Hollywood . Verlag Filmarchiv Austria , Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-901932-29-8 , pp. 167 .
- Denise Lowe : An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895-1930 . Routledge , 2005, ISBN 978-0-7890-1843-4 , pp. 255 .
- Ilse Korotin : biografiA. Lexicon of Austrian Women (four volumes) . tape 1 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , p. 1076 .
Web links
- Evelyn Greeley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Miami Herald, March 26, 1975, 2-B
- ^ The Palm Beach Post, March 26, 1975, C4
- ↑ The Palm Beach Post, May 2, 1975, p. 34
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greeley, Evelyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huber, Evelyn H. (maiden name); Smiley, Evelyn H. (first marriage); Rand, Evelyn H. (second marriage); Rand Laity, Evelyn H. (third marriage) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress of Austrian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1888 or November 3, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1975 |
| Place of death | West Palm Beach , Florida , United States |