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Mabel Trunnelle (November 8, 1879 – April 20, 1981)[citation needed] was an American actress who appeared in 194 films between 1908 and 1923.

Biography

Trunnelle was born in Dwight, Illinois and died in Glendale, California.[1]

Photoplay magazine argued that she was the merry-serious girl whose expressive eyes and face mirror emotions more effectively than a hundred voices. She was educated upon the stage for the five years she had spent in films, mostly before Edison cameras. Miss Trunnelle was a modest, cheerful, winsome young American wife whose husband was Herbert Prior.[2]

She was a prominent star in early silent films of Edison Films, and frequently co-starred with Prior.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Lowe, Denise (2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mabel Trunnelle". Stars of the Photoplay. Chicago: Photoplay magazine. 1916. (Note: Not currently in copyright)
  3. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Mabel Trunnelle". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

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