Winifred Bryson

Bryson was a native of Los Angeles.^[1] She began to perform publicly in 1914 (A February 12, 1914, newspaper article says, "She has been on the stage for a year."^[2]), initially in the musical comedy stage, and in the drama Regeneration with Bert Lytell.^[3] She was the ingenue in a touring company headed by May Robson "for months".^[2] In 1916 she was the leading lady of the Baker Stock Company in Portland, Oregon.^[4]

On Broadway Bryson portrayed Muriel in Lombardi, Ltd. (1917).^[5]

Although her first film was Peer Gynt (1915), her real transition to motion pictures was in the film A Heart to Let (1921). In total, Bryson acted in 19 films, her final screen appearance being in Adoration (1928). Her career ended with the advent of talkies.

She was married twice, first to actor Warner Baxter from 1918 until his death in 1951,^[6] and then to Ferdinand H. Manger until her death.^[7]

Winifred Bryson died on August 20, 1987. Her inurnment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.^[7]