Belle Adair (actress)
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February 7, 1889
Belle Adair | |
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 Adair, c. 1914 | |
| Born | Belle Louise Adair February 7, 1889 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1926 (aged 37) Saranac Lake, New York, U.S. |
| Burial place | Glens Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, New York[1] |
| Other names | Belle Adair Buchal |
| Education | Brooklyn Teachers Training College |
| Spouse | Ewald F. Buchal |
Belle Louise Adair was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She also performed on stage and in vaudeville.[2]
Adair was born in San Jose, California, but moved from there at age 4.[2] She was educated at Immaculate Heart convent in Locust Gap, Pennsylvania,[3] and moved to New York City to study at Brooklyn Teachers Training College.
Two days after she left Immaculate Heart, she debuted in an amateur performance on a U. S. Naval Reserve boat on which her brother served. Her vaudeville debut came at Poli's Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1912, she performed as a singing comedienne at the Orpheum Theatre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[3]
While in New York she appeared in several films before marrying Ewald F. Buchal of Passaic, New Jersey. She died in 1926 after a period of poor health.[4][5]
