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{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Laura Oakley
| name = Laura Oakley
| image = Laura-Oakley.jpg
| image = Laura-Oakley.jpg
| caption = Oakley, 1915
| birth_date = 10 July 1879
| birth_date = July 10, 1879
| birth_place = [[Oakland, California]]
| birth_place = [[Oakland, California]]
| death_date = 30 January 1957
| death_date = January 30, 1957 (aged 77)<ref name="MV" /><ref name="IN" />
| death_place = [[Altadena, California]]
| death_place = [[Altadena, California]]
| othername =
| resting_place = Mountain View Cemetery<br />Altadena, CA<br />MVMN 37 AN 12<ref name="MV">{{cite web |title=Internet Database |url=https://www.mtn-view.com/internet-database/ |website=Mountain View Mortuary, Cemetery, and Crematory |accessdate=November 11, 2019}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| other_names = Laura Oakley Moore
| yearsactive = [[1912 in film|1912]] - [[1920 in film|1920]]
| occupation = Actress, police chief of [[Universal City, California]]
| years_active = 1912–1920
| spouse = [[Milton Moore]]
| children = 2
}}
}}

'''Laura Oakley''' (10 July 1879, [[Oakland, California]] - 30 January 1957, [[Altadena, California]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[silent film]] [[actress]]. She was signed in 1912 and starred in about 50 films before her retirement from film in 1920. She starred with [[William Garwood]] in films such as ''[[Lord John in New York]]'' and ''[[The Grey Sisterhood]]''. Laura Oakley served as Police Chief of Universal City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JZoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0KwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2388%2C4042564|title=Universal City's Chief of Police Robbed|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> Her burial was located in Altadena's Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum.
'''Laura Oakley''' (July 10, 1879{{Snd}} January 30, 1957)<ref name="LAT-19570210">{{Cite news |title=Early Film Star's Rites Conducted |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38808523/early_film_stars_rites_conducted/ |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 10, 1957 |page=52 (Southland section) |access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="MV" /> was an [[Americans|American]] [[silent film]] [[actress]].

==Biography==
Born in [[Oakland, California]] on July 10, 1879, Oakley was signed in 1912 by the [[Keystone Film Company]] and starred in about 50 films before her retirement from film in 1920. She starred with [[William Garwood]] in films such as ''[[Lord John in New York]]'' and ''[[The Grey Sisterhood]]''.

In 1913, Oakley was elected police chief of [[Universal City, California]], shortly after it was incorporated, when 8 of the 28 city's official positions were won by women. A little over a year later, she was sworn in as police officer number 99 of Los Angeles.<ref name="NHM">{{cite web |title=Guide to the General Collections |url=https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments/history/seaver-center-western-history-research/guide-general |website=[[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]] |accessdate=November 11, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DT">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JZoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0KwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2388%2C4042564 |title=Universal City's Chief of Police is Robbed |work=[[The Daily Times, Beaver and Rochester|The Daily Times]] |date=December 12, 1913 |number=180 |page=7 |location=Beaver, PA |accessdate=August 17, 2012}}</ref>

In September 1915, Oakley married [[Universal Pictures]] cinematographer [[Milton Moore]].<ref name="Variety-191509">{{Cite web |title=Picture Actress Marries |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 24, 1915 |volume=XL |issue=4 |page=18 |location=New York City |url=https://archive.org/details/variety40-1915-09/page/n143 |accessdate=November 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NHM" /><ref name="Cooper-2010">{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Mark Garrett |title=Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood |date=2010 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252090875 |pages=72–73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnfJtYM9JWcC&pg=PA72 |language=en}}</ref>

Oakley died on January 30, 1957, in [[Altadena, California]],{{Cn|date=November 2019|reason=Location cite needed (date is cited at "IN")}} survived by two children and six grandchildren.<ref name="LAT-19570210" /> She was interred at [[Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum]], mausoleum section MVMN, map 37, column AN, row 12, in Altadena.<ref name="IN">{{cite web |title=Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California - Surnames Moo-Mor |url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/losangeles/mountain-view-cemetery/records-moo-mor.htm |website=www.interment.net |accessdate=November 11, 2019 |date=June 8, 2017 }} (as Laura Oakley Moore)</ref><ref name="MV" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
=== Films ===
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* ''[[The Vanishing Dagger]]'' (1920) .... Lady Mary Latimer
* 1916 ''[[The Dumb Girl of Portici]]'' - Rilla. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18203-THE-DUMB-GIRL-OF-PORTICI |title=THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI (1916) |website=afi.com |date=April 3, 1916 |accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DumbGirlOfPortici1916.html |title=The Dumb Girl of Portici |website=silentera.com |date=1916 |accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
* ''Two-Gun Betty'' (1918) .... Miss Ambrose
* ''The Dumb Girl of Portici'' (1916) .... Rilla
* 1916 ''[[The League of the Future]]'' - Head Sister
* 1916 ''Their Act''
* ''The League of the Future'' (1916)
* ''Their Act'' (1916)
* 1916 ''Shackles''
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* 1916 ''The Eye of Horus'' - Head Sister
* ''Shackles'' (1916)
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* 1916 ''[[Three Fingered Jenny]]'' - Head Sister
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* ''The Eye of Horus'' (1916)
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* 1916 ''[[The Grey Sisterhood]]'' - Head Sister
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* ''Three Fingered Jenny'' (1916)
* 1918 ''[[Two-Gun Betty]]'' - Miss Ambrose. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15242-TWO-GUN-BETTY |title=TWO-GUN BETTY (1918) |website=afi.com |date=1918 |accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
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* ''[[The Grey Sisterhood]]'' (1916)
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* 1920 ''[[The Vanishing Dagger]]'' - Lady Mary Latimer

* ''The Little Upstart'' (1915)
* ''The Little Upstart'' (1915)
* ''[[Lord John in New York]]'' (1915) .... Head Sister
* ''[[Lord John in New York]]'' (1915) as Head Sister
* ''Lord John's Journal'' (1915)
* ''Dan Cupid: Fixer'' (1915)
* ''Dan Cupid: Fixer'' (1915)
* ''The Great Ruby Mystery'' (1915)
* ''The Great Ruby Mystery'' (1915)
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* ''[[An Idyll of the Hills]]'' (1915)
* ''[[An Idyll of the Hills]]'' (1915)
* ''The Human Menace'' (1915)
* ''The Human Menace'' (1915)
* ''[[The Black Box (serial)|The Black Box]]'' (1915) .... Laura
* ''[[The Black Box (serial)|The Black Box]]'' (1915) as Laura
* ''Changed Lives'' (1915)
* ''Changed Lives'' (1915)
* ''[[The Star of the Sea]]'' (1915) .... Janice
* ''[[The Star of the Sea (1915 film)|The Star of the Sea]]'' (1915) as Janice
* ''[[Her Escape (film)|Her Escape]]'' (1914) .... Undetermined Role
* ''[[Her Escape (film)|Her Escape]]'' (1914) as Undetermined Role
* ''[[Lights and Shadows]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Lights and Shadows (1914 film)|Lights and Shadows]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Her Life's Story]]'' (1914) .... Sister Agnes
* ''[[Her Life's Story]]'' (1914) as Sister Agnes
* ''A Prince of Bavaria'' (1914)
* ''A Prince of Bavaria'' (1914)
* ''Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw'' (1914)
* ''Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw'' (1914)
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* ''The Buccaneers'' (1913)
* ''The Buccaneers'' (1913)
* ''Under the Black Flag'' (1913)
* ''Under the Black Flag'' (1913)
* ''Their Two Kids'' (1913) .... Ma Ford
* ''Their Two Kids'' (1913) as Ma Ford
* ''Memories'' (1913) .... Life's Handmaiden
* ''Memories'' (1913) as Life's Handmaiden
* ''The Fight Against Evil'' (1913)
* ''The Fight Against Evil'' (1913)
* ''The Girl Ranchers'' (1913)
* ''The Girl Ranchers'' (1913)
* ''Sally Scraggs: Housemaid'' (1913) .... Mrs. Shackleton
* ''[[Sally Scraggs, Housemaid]]'' (1913) as Mrs. Shackleton
* ''When His Courage Failed'' (1913) .... The Wife
* ''When His Courage Failed'' (1913) as The Wife
* ''The Power That Rules'' (1913)
* ''The Power That Rules'' (1913)
* ''A Cowgirl Cinderella'' (1912)
* ''A Cowgirl Cinderella'' (1912)


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDB name|id=0643025|name=Laura Oakley}}
{{commons category|Laura Oakley}}
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{AFI person|95941-Laura-Oakley}}


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Latest revision as of 05:41, 31 October 2023

Laura Oakley
Oakley, 1915
BornJuly 10, 1879
Oakland, California
DiedJanuary 30, 1957 (aged 77)[1][2]
Altadena, California
Resting placeMountain View Cemetery
Altadena, CA
MVMN 37 AN 12[1]
Other namesLaura Oakley Moore
Occupation(s)Actress, police chief of Universal City, California
Years active1912–1920
SpouseMilton Moore
Children2

Laura Oakley (July 10, 1879 – January 30, 1957)[3][1] was an American silent film actress.

Biography

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Born in Oakland, California on July 10, 1879, Oakley was signed in 1912 by the Keystone Film Company and starred in about 50 films before her retirement from film in 1920. She starred with William Garwood in films such as Lord John in New York and The Grey Sisterhood.

In 1913, Oakley was elected police chief of Universal City, California, shortly after it was incorporated, when 8 of the 28 city's official positions were won by women. A little over a year later, she was sworn in as police officer number 99 of Los Angeles.[4][5]

In September 1915, Oakley married Universal Pictures cinematographer Milton Moore.[6][4][7]

Oakley died on January 30, 1957, in Altadena, California,[citation needed] survived by two children and six grandchildren.[3] She was interred at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, mausoleum section MVMN, map 37, column AN, row 12, in Altadena.[2][1]

Filmography

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Films

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  • The Little Upstart (1915)
  • Lord John in New York (1915) as Head Sister
  • Dan Cupid: Fixer (1915)
  • The Great Ruby Mystery (1915)
  • The Rise and Fall of Officer 13 (1915)
  • The Tale of His Pants (1915)
  • An Idyll of the Hills (1915)
  • The Human Menace (1915)
  • The Black Box (1915) as Laura
  • Changed Lives (1915)
  • The Star of the Sea (1915) as Janice
  • Her Escape (1914) as Undetermined Role
  • Lights and Shadows (1914)
  • Her Life's Story (1914) as Sister Agnes
  • A Prince of Bavaria (1914)
  • Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (1914)
  • The Bingville Fire Department (1914)
  • Fleeing from the Fleas (1914)
  • A Disenchantment (1914)
  • McBride's Bride (1914)
  • Pawns of Destiny (1914)
  • Gertie Gets the Cash (1914)
  • The Seat of the Trouble (1914)
  • Her First Arrest (1914)
  • Hawkeye and the Cheese Mystery (1914)
  • The Tale of a Dog (1914)
  • The Saint and the Singer (1914)
  • The Deuce and Two Pair (1914)
  • Too Many Cooks (1914)
  • The Romance of a Photograph (1914)
  • Just Mother (1914)
  • The Buccaneers (1913)
  • Under the Black Flag (1913)
  • Their Two Kids (1913) as Ma Ford
  • Memories (1913) as Life's Handmaiden
  • The Fight Against Evil (1913)
  • The Girl Ranchers (1913)
  • Sally Scraggs, Housemaid (1913) as Mrs. Shackleton
  • When His Courage Failed (1913) as The Wife
  • The Power That Rules (1913)
  • A Cowgirl Cinderella (1912)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Internet Database". Mountain View Mortuary, Cemetery, and Crematory. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California - Surnames Moo-Mor". www.interment.net. June 8, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2019. (as Laura Oakley Moore)
  3. ^ a b "Early Film Star's Rites Conducted". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1957. p. 52 (Southland section). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Guide to the General Collections". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Universal City's Chief of Police is Robbed". The Daily Times. No. 180. Beaver, PA. December 12, 1913. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  6. ^ "Picture Actress Marries". Variety. New York City. September 24, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Cooper, Mark Garrett (2010). Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood. University of Illinois Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 9780252090875.
  8. ^ "THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI (1916)". afi.com. April 3, 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "The Dumb Girl of Portici". silentera.com. 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "TWO-GUN BETTY (1918)". afi.com. 1918. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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