Matilda Beatrice deMille
Matilda Beatrice deMille (January 30, 1853 - October 8, 1923)[1] (also known as Beatrice C. deMille, Agnes Graham, Matilda Beatrice Samuel, Tillie Samuel, Mrs. Henry deMille) was known as a play broker, screenwriter, playwright, theater actress and entrepreneur.[2] deMille was born and grew up in Liverpool, England before emigrating to New York with her family in 1871.Married to Henry deMille, an aspiring actor in Brooklyn, New York, in 1876,[3] she had three children; her first son William C. deMille[4] followed by Cecil B. deMille in 1881 and daughter, Agnes Beatrice in 1891 who died four years later of spinal meningitis.[3]
Together, Beatrice deMille and Henry deMille worked as traveling actors in numerous theatrical productions.[Notes 1] In 1900, Beatrice deMille collaborated with Harriet Ford to write her first published play "The Greatest Thing in The World" - direction by Liebler & Company - and performed on Broadway and in Washington DC. [5][3]
Matilda Beatrice deMille died on in Hollywood, California.[6]
Filmography[7]
| Year | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | The Devil-Stone | Story |
| 1917 | Forbidden Paths | Scenario - as Beatrice C. deMille |
| 1917 | The Inner Shrine | Scenario - as Beatrice deMille |
| 1917 | The Jaguar's Claws | Scenario |
| 1917 | Unconquered | Story - as Beatrice C. de Mille |
| 1917 | Sacrifice | Scenario |
| 1917 | Castles for Two | Screenplay - as Beatrice C. deMille) / (story "Rich Girl - Poor Girl" - as Beatrice C. deMille) |
| 1917 | Betty to the Rescue | Writer |
| 1916 | The Years of the Locust | Scenario |
| 1916 | The Heir to the Hoorah | Scenario - as Beatrice C. deMille |
| 1916 | The Storm | Play |
| 1916 | Each Pearl a Tear | Scenario - as Beatrice C. deMille |
Further reading
- Birchard, Robert S. (2009-12-01). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813138299.
- Pierce, David. Oct 1923-Mar 1924 ": Early Cinema, Hollywood Studio System." Screenland. Vol. 8. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald, 1918. Pg.403. Media History Digital Library.
- Matilda Beatrice deMille at the Internet Movie Database
- DeMille, Cecil Blount, and Donald Hayne. The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1959
- Birchard, Robert S. Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 2004
Notes
- ↑ Numerous archives found are found in the DeMille collection at Brigham Young University.
References
- ↑ Weiss, Marshall (5 December 2003). "How DeMille Created a Sanctuary Out of the Exodus". The Forward. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ↑ Louvish, Simon (2008-03-04). Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art. Macmillan. p. xii. ISBN 9780312377335.
- 1 2 3 "Women Films and Pioneers".
- ↑ Creason, Todd E. (2009-01-01). Famous American Freemasons. p. 253. ISBN 9780557070886.
- ↑ The Greatest Thing in the World. 1900-01-01.
- ↑ "The Listening Post". Screenland 8: 93. January 1923. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Matilda Beatrice deMille at the Internet Movie Database".