Lucille Ricksen
Lucille Ricksen (born: Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth Ericksen ; born August 22, 1910 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 13, 1925 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film actress of the silent film era .
Life
Lucille Ricksen, whose parents came from Scandinavia, started working as a model and actress at the age of four. At first only present in Chicago and the surrounding area, she moved to Los Angeles in 1920 with her parents and her older brother Marshall, who played several roles in front of the camera himself. It was here that the ten-year-old stood for the first time in front of the camera in Edgar and the Teacher's Pet alongside Edward Peil . In 1921 she played in The Old Nest for the only time on the side of her brother.
In the next three years she appeared in 25 other films in which she starred alongside well-known names such as Conrad Nagel , Anna Q. Nilsson and Jack Pickford . In 1924 she was voted one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars . Ricksen fell ill with tuberculosis at the end of 1924 and died a short time later.
Filmography
- 1920: Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (short film)
- 1920: Edgar's Hamlet (short film)
- 1920: Edgar's Jonah Day (short film)
- 1920: Edgar Takes the Cake (short film)
- 1920: Edgar's Sunday Courtship (short film)
- 1920: Edgar Camps Out (short film)
- 1920: Edgar's Little Saw (short film)
- 1920: Edgar, the Explorer (short film)
- 1921: Edgar's Country Cousin (short film)
- 1921: Edgar's Feast Day (short film)
- 1921: Edgar, the Detective (short film)
- 1921: The Old Nest
- 1922: The Married Flapper
- 1922: Remembrance
- 1922: The Girl Who Ran Wild
- 1922: Forsaking All Others
- 1922: The Strangers' Banquet
- 1923: The Social Buccaneer
- 1923: One of Three (short film)
- 1923: Under Secret Orders (short film)
- 1923: Trimmed in Scarlet
- 1923: The Secret Code (short film)
- 1923: The Radio-Active Bomb (short film)
- 1923: The Showdown (short film)
- 1923: Human Wreckage
- 1923: The Rendezvous
- 1924: The Judgment of the Storm
- 1924: Idle Tongues
- 1924: The Galloping Fish
- 1924: The Hill Billy
- 1924: Those Who Dance
- 1924: Young Ideas
- 1924: Behind the Curtain
- 1924: Vanity's Price
- 1924: The Painted Lady
- 1925: The Denial
Web links
- Lucille Ricksen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lucille Ricksen in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael G. Ankerich: Lucille Ricksen - Sacrificed to Hollywood. michaelgankerich.wordpress.com, July 13, 2012, accessed March 10, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricksen, Lucille |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ericksen, Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actress of the silent film era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1925 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |