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{{Short description|American actress (1898–1993)}}
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[[File:Myrtle Lind - Nov 1921 EH.jpg|thumb|Myrtle Lind in 1921]]
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'''Myrtle Lind''' (November 9, 1901 - December 9, 1966) was a film actress in the United States. She was one of [[Mack Sennett]]'s [[Sennett's Bathing Beauties|Bathing Beauties]]. She appeared in several comedy films including with [[Oliver Hardy]] and [[John Gilbert]].<ref name=silent/> The [[Library of Congress]] has a photo of her holding a large camera on the beach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a50664/|title=[Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach]|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
{{Infobox person
| name = Myrtle Lind
| image = Myrtle Lind, silent film actress (SAYRE 5669).jpg
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| alt =
| caption = Lind in 1925
| birth_name = Margaret Victoria Anderson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|9|2}}
| birth_place = [[Mankato, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|10|12|1898|09|2}}
| death_place = [[Florida]], U.S.
| resting_place = Greenwood Cemetery, [[Itasca County, Minnesota]]
| other_names = Margaret E. Stevenson
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1916{{ndash}}1922
| known_for =
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Frank E. Gessell<br>|1920|1922|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|William Coleman<br>|1923|1928|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Harold S. Stevenson<br>|1929|1970|reason=died}}}}
| children = 1
}}


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'''Margaret Victoria Anderson''' (September 2, 1898 &ndash; October 12, 1993){{Citation needed |date=June 2021}} known professionally as '''Myrtle Lind''' was an American film actress. She was one of [[Mack Sennett]]'s [[Sennett's Bathing Beauties|Bathing Beauties]] and appeared in several comedy films including with [[Oliver Hardy]] and [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]. The [[Library of Congress]] has a photo of her holding a large camera on the beach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a50664/|title=Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
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Lind transitioned from Bathing Beauty, to an actress opposite comedians, and then to drama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA608&dq=myrtle+lind&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiS9u6k6vjfAhUKbK0KHbuIDbk4ChDoATAAegQIARAD#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Motography|date=Jan 19, 1918|via=Google Books}}</ref>


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Lind transitioned from Bathing Beauty to an actress opposite comedians and then to drama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA608|title=Motography|date=Jan 19, 1918|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Lind was born in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]].


==Early life and career==
She died on December 9, 1966 in [[Salinas, California]].<ref name=silent>{{Cite web|url=http://silenthollywood.com/myrtlelind.html|title=Myrtle Lind|website=silenthollywood.com}}</ref> The Sun Sentinel ran an obituary for her in 1993 stating she became known as Margaret Stevenson and was born in Wisconsin in 1898.<ref>https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-10-15-9310150531-story.html</ref>
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[[File:Myrtle Lind - Nov 1921 EH.jpg|thumb|left|Myrtle Lind in 1921]]
Myrtle Lind was born '''Margaret Victoria Anderson''' in Mankato, Minnesota in 1898 (Lind was a family name). Myrtle's mother Elizabeth Anderson was born in Sweden. She attended dramatic school and appeared in some plays before moving to Hollywood with her parents. In 1916 she started her film career at the Mack Sennett studios. Myrtle appeared in numerous comedy shorts and became one of Sennett's famous bathing beauties. One magazine writer said "Myrtle has the face of an angel and the composure of a Scotch preacher". She worked with Ben Turpin No Mother To Guide Him and with Ford Sterling in A Maiden's Trust. At the Sennett studio Myrtle developed a reputation for being difficult. She was fired several times but was always hired back. Her first starring role was in the 1918 drama ''Nancy Comes Home''. Although she appeared in more than thirty films Myrtle never became a major star. Her final film was Forget Me Not with Bessie Love and decided to retire from acting.

==Personal life==
In February 1920 she married broker Frank A. Gessell. Unfortunately Frank cheated on her and she left him just two months after the wedding and divorced him in 1922. She married photographer William Coleman in 1922. In December 1923 Myrtle gave birth to a daughter named Jean. She divorced William in 1928 and married Harold S. Stevenson the following year. The couple lived in Atlanta, Georgia where he ran a candy factory. During the 1950s they moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After her daughter Jean died Myrtle adopted and raised her grandson Steven Harold Frary. She and Harold remained together until his death in 1970.{{Citation needed |date=June 2021}} The ''Sun Sentinel'' ran an obituary for her in 1993 stating she became known as Margaret E. Stevenson (widow of Harold Stevenson, born in Wisconsin in 1898).<ref name=obit>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-10-15-9310150531-story.html|title = Paid Obituaries}}</ref>

==Death==
Myrtle spent her final years living quietly in Florida where she died on October 12, 1993, at the age of ninety-five. According to her obituary she was buried next to her husband in [[Gaffney, South Carolina]].


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
[[File:No Mother to Guide Him (1919) - 2.jpg|thumb|Lind, second from left, in ''No Mother to Guide Him'' with [[Heinie Conklin]] and [[Ben Turpin]]]]
[[File:No Mother to Guide Him (1919) - 2.jpg|thumb|Lind, second from left, in ''No Mother to Guide Him'' with [[Heinie Conklin]] and [[Ben Turpin]]]]
[[File:Rip & Stitch Tailors (1919) - 2.jpg|thumb|Myrtle Lind and [[Harry Gribbon]] in Rip & Stitch: Tailors (1919)]]
*''[[The Danger Girl]]'' (1916)
*''[[The Danger Girl (1916 film)|The Danger Girl]]'' (1916)
*''[[Whose Baby?]]'' (1917)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7S3Jqdz0CbIC&pg=PA438&dq=myrtle+lind&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqvZPp6PjfAhVEPN8KHaNBAMUQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up|date=Jul 27, 2013|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Whose Baby?]]'' (1917)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7S3Jqdz0CbIC&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA438|title=Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up|date=Jul 27, 2013|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781617037498|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[False to the Finish]]'' (1917)
*''[[False to the Finish]]'' (1917)
*''[[A Maiden's Trust]] (1917)
*''[[A Maiden's Trust]] (1917)
*''[[The Village Chestnut]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lic8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA209&dq=myrtle+lind&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqvZPp6PjfAhVEPN8KHaNBAMUQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present|date=Aug 7, 2007|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1918), short film<ref name=curves/>
*''[[The Village Chestnut]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lic8BQAAQBAJ&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA209|title=Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present|date=Aug 7, 2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786429387|via=Google Books}}</ref> (1918), short film<ref name=curves/>
*''[[Nancy Comes Home]]'' (1918)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9e1DAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA563&lpg=PA563&dq=myrtle+lind&source=bl&ots=QdxaHkgpT_&sig=ACfU3U3K_tQFG9Od6dxzUqgHvmx62VP1Sg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-kbmC5vjfAhUHSq0KHajLBoc4HhDoATAEegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage|date=Jan 19, 1918|publisher=Dramatic Mirror Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2UZ7gkDaT6UC&pg=PA297&dq=myrtle+lind&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqvZPp6PjfAhVEPN8KHaNBAMUQ6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars|date=Mar 27, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Nancy Comes Home]]'' (1918)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9e1DAQAAMAAJ&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA563|title=Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage|date=Jan 19, 1918|publisher=Dramatic Mirror Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2UZ7gkDaT6UC&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA297|title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars|date=Mar 27, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0813141626|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Playmates (1918 film)]]''
*''[[Playmates (1918 film)|Playmates]]'' (1918)
*''[[Whose Little Wife Are You?]]'' (1918), short film<ref name=curves>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7I5NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT387&dq=myrtle+lind&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqvZPp6PjfAhVEPN8KHaNBAMUQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Whose Little Wife Are You?]]'' (1918), short film<ref name=curves>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7I5NDwAAQBAJ&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PT387|title=Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen|date=December 5, 2010|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[The Straight and Narrow]]'' (1918)
*''[[The Straight and Narrow]]'' (1918)
*''[[Yankee Doodle in Berlin]]'' (1919)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihxojE-3DYC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=myrtle+lind&source=bl&ots=3_8lTVKtZ1&sig=ACfU3U3AEYYrL5vE-8ktfpnTWxyGo0YpVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-kbmC5vjfAhUHSq0KHajLBoc4HhDoATABegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Ford Sterling: The Life and Films|date=Jun 28, 2010|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Yankee Doodle in Berlin]]'' (1919)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihxojE-3DYC&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA160|title=Ford Sterling: The Life and Films|date=Jun 28, 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786482207|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[The Little Widow]]'' (1919)
*''[[The Little Widow]]'' (1919)
*''[[No Mother to Guide Him]]'' (1919)
*''[[No Mother to Guide Him]]'' (1919)
*''[[Rip & Stitch Tailors]]'' (1919)
*''[[Rip & Stitch Tailors]]'' (1919)
*[[Winners of the West (1921 serial)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL_eCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=myrtle+lind&source=bl&ots=4vec9yUk2U&sig=ACfU3U1Dj3avC7tJKRUEgQUXQyELnbTBTA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz_c7H5fjfAhUNOq0KHRY0DkA4FBDoATAFegQIBRAB#v=onepage&q=myrtle+lind&f=false|title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956|date=Jun 8, 2015|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Winners of the West (1921 serial)|Winners of the West]]'' (1921), serial<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL_eCQAAQBAJ&q=myrtle+lind&pg=PA260|title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956|date=Jun 8, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604480|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[Forget Me Not (1922 film)]]''
*''[[Forget Me Not (1922 film)|Forget Me Not]]'' (1922)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]

Latest revision as of 02:55, 3 July 2024

Myrtle Lind
Lind in 1925
Born
Margaret Victoria Anderson

(1898-09-02)September 2, 1898
Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1993(1993-10-12) (aged 95)
Florida, U.S.
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery, Itasca County, Minnesota
Other namesMargaret E. Stevenson
OccupationActress
Years active1916–1922
Spouses
  • Frank E. Gessell
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1920; div. 1922)​
  • William Coleman
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1923; div. 1928)​
  • Harold S. Stevenson
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1929; died 1970)​
Children1

Margaret Victoria Anderson (September 2, 1898 – October 12, 1993)[citation needed] known professionally as Myrtle Lind was an American film actress. She was one of Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties and appeared in several comedy films including with Oliver Hardy and John Gilbert. The Library of Congress has a photo of her holding a large camera on the beach.[1]

Lind transitioned from Bathing Beauty to an actress opposite comedians and then to drama.[2]

Early life and career

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Myrtle Lind in 1921

Myrtle Lind was born Margaret Victoria Anderson in Mankato, Minnesota in 1898 (Lind was a family name). Myrtle's mother Elizabeth Anderson was born in Sweden. She attended dramatic school and appeared in some plays before moving to Hollywood with her parents. In 1916 she started her film career at the Mack Sennett studios. Myrtle appeared in numerous comedy shorts and became one of Sennett's famous bathing beauties. One magazine writer said "Myrtle has the face of an angel and the composure of a Scotch preacher". She worked with Ben Turpin No Mother To Guide Him and with Ford Sterling in A Maiden's Trust. At the Sennett studio Myrtle developed a reputation for being difficult. She was fired several times but was always hired back. Her first starring role was in the 1918 drama Nancy Comes Home. Although she appeared in more than thirty films Myrtle never became a major star. Her final film was Forget Me Not with Bessie Love and decided to retire from acting.

Personal life

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In February 1920 she married broker Frank A. Gessell. Unfortunately Frank cheated on her and she left him just two months after the wedding and divorced him in 1922. She married photographer William Coleman in 1922. In December 1923 Myrtle gave birth to a daughter named Jean. She divorced William in 1928 and married Harold S. Stevenson the following year. The couple lived in Atlanta, Georgia where he ran a candy factory. During the 1950s they moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After her daughter Jean died Myrtle adopted and raised her grandson Steven Harold Frary. She and Harold remained together until his death in 1970.[citation needed] The Sun Sentinel ran an obituary for her in 1993 stating she became known as Margaret E. Stevenson (widow of Harold Stevenson, born in Wisconsin in 1898).[3]

Death

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Myrtle spent her final years living quietly in Florida where she died on October 12, 1993, at the age of ninety-five. According to her obituary she was buried next to her husband in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Filmography

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Lind, second from left, in No Mother to Guide Him with Heinie Conklin and Ben Turpin
Myrtle Lind and Harry Gribbon in Rip & Stitch: Tailors (1919)

References

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  1. ^ "Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach". Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "Motography". January 19, 1918 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Paid Obituaries".
  4. ^ Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up. Univ. Press of Mississippi. July 27, 2013. ISBN 9781617037498 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present. McFarland. August 7, 2007. ISBN 9780786429387 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen". BearManor Media. December 5, 2010 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". Dramatic Mirror Company. January 19, 1918 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. March 27, 2013. ISBN 978-0813141626 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Ford Sterling: The Life and Films. McFarland. June 28, 2010. ISBN 9780786482207 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956. McFarland. June 8, 2015. ISBN 9781476604480 – via Google Books.
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