Mabel Bardine

Bardine in 1909

Mabel Bardine Myers Farnsworth (October 25, 1878 - October 20, 1948), was an American vaudeville performer and Hollywood actress. In 1908 she was accused of plagiarizing the sketch, The Chorus Lady, from Rose Stahl.^[1] She was a leading woman in Essanay Studios and Fox Film.^[2]

Biography

She was born as Mabel Bardine Myers on October 25, 1878 in Colorado.

In 1908 she was accused of plagiarizing the sketch, The Chorus Lady, from Rose Stahl.^[1]

She died on October 20, 1948 in Los Angeles, California. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Filmography

• The Splendid Lie (1920).
• The Place of the Honeymoons (1920).
• Winning Her Way (1919) by Margaret Mayo for the American Red Cross.^[2][3]
• Rough and Ready (1918).
• Mother Love and the Law (1917).

Vaudeville playlets

• An Experiment in Humor (1910).^[4]
• Nell of the Halls (1909).^[5][6][7]
• Thou Shall Not Kill (1905), produced by Federick Schwartz.^[8]

External links

• Mabel Bardine at IMDB
• Mabel Bardine Myers Farnsworth at Findagrave

References

1. "Mabel Berdine Coming Over". Variety. March 6, 1908. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
2. "Mabel Bardine In Pictures". Billboard magazine. July 26, 1919. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
3. "Winning Her Way". International Journal of Surgery 32: 330. 1919.
4. "Vaudeville". Washington Times. October 25, 1910. Retrieved 2015-06-05 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Miss Bardine Returns". New York Star. February 27, 1909. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
6. "Vaudeville". New York Times. March 28, 1909. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
7. "Empire Palace Music Hall, Leeds". The Stage. December 31, 1908. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
8. "Ohio Vaudeville Theater Event List". Retrieved 2015-06-05.