Mildred Harris
| Mildred Harris | |
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Harris, c. 1918-20
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| Born |
November 29, 1901 Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Died | July 20, 1944 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1912–1944 |
| Spouse(s) |
Charlie Chaplin (m. 1918; div. 1920) Everett Terrence McGovern (m. 1924; div. 1929) William P. Fleckenstein (1934–1944; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American film actress during the early part of the 20th century. She was also the first wife of Charlie Chaplin. Harris began her career in the film industry as a child actress when she was 11 years old.
Mildred Harris was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the daughter of Harry Harris, a telegraph operator, and Anna Parsons Foote. Harris made her first screen appearance at the age of 11 in the 1912 Francis Ford and Thomas H. Ince-directed Western short The Post Telegrapher. She followed the film with various juvenile roles, often appearing opposite child actor Paul Willis. In 1914, she was hired by The Oz Film Manufacturing Company to portray Fluff in The Magic Cloak of Oz and Button-Bright in His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz. In 1916, at the age of 15, she appeared as a harem girl in Griffith's epic Intolerance.
In the 1920s Harris transitioned from child actress to leading lady roles opposite leading men such as Conrad Nagel, Milton Sills, Lionel Barrymore, Rod La Rocque and the Moore brothers, Owen and Tom. She appeared in Frank Capra's 1928 silent drama The Power of the Press with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jobyna Ralston.
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