Lucille Carlisle

Ida Lucile White was born in Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Frank White and Della Pope White.^[1] Her family was of Irish and French descent.^[2] In childhood, she moved to Spokane, Washington, with her family.^[2][3]

After winning a beauty contest sponsored by Photoplay magazine,^[4][5][6] and a brief career on stage,^[7] Carlisle began making silent films for Vitagraph Studios, with comedian and director Larry Semon. Together they made 25 films.^[8][9] After their professional and personal relationship ended, she also left film work. She was heard on radio in the 1930s and 1940s, representing Mothers of America, an anti-war organization.^[2]

Lucille White married Elder J. Zintheo briefly in 1912; their divorce became final in 1916.^[3][10] Carlisle and Larry Semon were a couple on and off from 1918 to 1923.^[2][8] In 1924, her experiences with rhinoplasty were described in front-page headlines.^[11] In 1927 she married a Canadian businessman, Leigh Hacking Millikin.^[12][13] She died in 1958, aged 63 years, in Los Angeles.^[2] Her gravesite is at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.^[14]