Goldie Colwell
American actress
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Goldie Colwell(1889-1982) was an American film actress and journalist who starred in more than 80 films during Hollywood's silent era.[1][2][3] She was Tom Mix's leading lady in many Selig westerns.[4][5][6]
January 29, 1889
- George Diegel
- Kenneth Harrell
Goldie Colwell | |
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| Born | Goldie Frances Colwell January 29, 1889 Tecumseh, Kansas, USA |
| Died | July 27, 1982 (aged 93) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Relatives | Vivien Fay (niece) |
Biography
Goldie was born in Tecumseh, Kansas, to John Colwell and Celia Pearson.[6][7] The family eventually relocated to Los Angeles, where Goldie began working as an actress around 1911; her first credited role was in Joseph A. Golden and Tom Mix's Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor.
She was employed at Selig as Tom Mix's leading lady in dozens of westerns before heading to David Horsley's Centaur Film Company, where she continued to take on starring roles.[8][9]
After retiring from acting around 1919, she became a magazine editor, heading up a new publication called The Spotlight.[2][10] She also wrote for The Pomona Bulletin and The Santa Ana Daily News.[2]
After her first husband, George Diegel, died in 1933, she married Kenneth Harrell in 1935. Her niece, Vivien Fay, was an actress, dancer, and sculptor.[7]
Selected filmography
- The Railroader (1919)
- Code of the Yukon (1918)
- Jerry and the Vampire (1917)
- The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)
- The Yaqui (1916)
- The Adventures of Kathlyn (1916)
- When Avarice Rules (1915)
- The Little Detective (1915)
- Taking a Chance (1915)
- A Change of Luck (1915)
- The Oriental Spasm (1915)
- The Treasure Box (1915)
- The Knockout (1915)
- He's in Again (1915)
- Ma's Girls (1915)
- Sage Brush Tom (1915)
- Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker (1914)
- The Scapegoat (1914)
- The Ranger's Romance (1914)
- Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
- Carmelita's Revenge (1914)
- The Cruel Crown (1914)
- The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)
- Our Lady of the Pearls (1912)
- Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1911)
