Lucille Ricksen
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| Born |
Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth Ericksen August 22, 1910 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 13, 1925 (aged 14) Los Angeles, California |
| Cause of death | Tuberculosis |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Lucille Rickson |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1913–1923 |
Lucille Ricksen (August 22, 1910 – March 13, 1925) was an American motion picture actress during the silent film era. She died of tuberculosis on March 13, 1925 at the age of 14.
Lucille Ricksen was born Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth Ericksen in Chicago on August 22, 1910. Her parents were Danish immigrants named Samuel and Ingeborg Nielsen Ericksen. Although Lucille Ricksen's birth year has been widely reported as being 1909, her birth certificate states 1910 as her true birth year. She had an older brother, Marshall, who was born in 1907 in Chicago, who also appeared in early silent films.
Ricksen began her career as a professional child model and actress similar to other actresses her age such as Madge Evans, Helen Chandler and Kittens Reichert, starting at age 4. Through these roles, Ricksen rose to fame and provided a revenue for her parents. In 1920, she arrived with her mother, Ingeborg, in Hollywood at the request of Samuel Goldwyn who immediately cast the eleven-year-old in a comedy serial entitled The Adventures of Edgar Pomeroy. The serial shorts ran in approximately twelve installments and were based on the stories of Booth Tarkington, with child actor Edward Peil, Jr. taking the leading role of Edgar. In one review of her performances in this series, Ricksen was described as: "One of the most promising Hollywood actresses."
After leaving the Edgar Pomeroy serials, Ricksen was next cast in the 1922 Stuart Paton directed comedy The Married Flapper opposite Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan and the thirteen-year-old's career opportunities began to improve dramatically. In 1922, Ricksen was signed to a contract with actor and director Marshall Neilan, who cast her in the commercially and critically successful Neilan directed drama The Stranger's Banquet opposite Claire Windsor and Hobart Bosworth.
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