Lucille Ricksen
Lucille Ricksen was born Ingeborg Erickson in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 1910. She worked a child model and made her film debut at age 5. Her parents separated and her mother took her to Hollywood in 1920, and 10-year-old Lucille was offered a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and starred in a series of short films. She often had to work long hours but she always said she was having fun. In 1922 she starred opposite Marie Prevost in "The Married Flapper." The following year she was given a starring role in the drama "The Rendezvous"; although she was only 13, the studio lied that she was actually 16. The press called her "the youngest leading lady in movies". Lucille developed a close relationship with producer Sydney Chaplin (brother of Charlie Chaplin), who was 25 years her senior. She became one of Hollywood's busiest starlets and was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Unfortunately, the 14-year-old started to suffer from exhaustion and malnutrition. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis and became bedfast. Her mother kept a bedside vigil, but the stress brought on a fatal heart attack. Following her mother's death, Lucille was looked after by family friends including actress Lois Wilson. During one of her conscious moments Lucille said "Mother wouldn't want me--die--Mother said--Wonderful future--Going to do big things--Won't die! I won't!" But on March 13, 1925, she passed away from complications of tuberculosis, still at only 14 years old. There were rumors that her death had actually been caused by a botched abortion. Lucille was cremated and she was buried with her mother at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. Her final film, "The Denial," came out 10 days after her death.
Vanity's Price
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Edgar Camps Out
as Alice LittlefieldEdgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete...
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Human Wreckage
as GingerAn attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.
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The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
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The Millionaire Baby
as The BabyWho stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold...
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The Galloping Fish
as Hyla WetherillFreddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her...
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The Painted Lady
as Alice SmithAfter being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to...
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Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Alice LittlefieldThe story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the...
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The Old Nest
as Kate at 9A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures...
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Those Who Dance
as Ruth KaneA federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and...
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The Girl Who Ran Wild
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Trimmed in Scarlet
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Edgar Takes the Cake
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The Denial
as Dorothy - the DaughterWhen Dorothy wants to marry Bob (Robert Agnew), her mother, Mildred, forbids the match. Dorothy...
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Young Ideas
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The Strangers' Banquet
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Remembrance
as ChildAlthough he graduated from that time-worn university, the college of hard knocks, the tireless...
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The Hill Billy
as Emmy LouJed is a hillbilly in love with pretty Emmy Lou who is forced into marriage with her dreadful...
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The Child Thou Gavest Me
as uncreditedOn her wedding day, Norma Huntley wants to tell Edward Berkley, her husband-to-be, her secret --...
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Idle Tongues
as Faith CopelandAfter serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable...
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Edgar's Hamlet
as Alice LittlefieldEdgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have...
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Judgment of the Storm
as Mary HeathMary Heath's brother Dave is accidentally killed in a gambling den. Mary’s sweetheart, John...
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Edgar's Sunday Courtship
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Forsaking All Others
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Edgar's Jonah Day
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The Married Flapper
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Behind the Curtain
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Edgar's Little Saw
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Edgar, the Detective
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Edgar's Country Cousin
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