Octavia Handworth

Born: 1887-12-24

Octavia Handworth (December 24, 1887 – October 3, 1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth (1878/or1882-1916) an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature Film Co. and Gordon De Main(1886–1954) an actor. Most of her career was appearing in short films i.e. for Pathe, then Lubin however she made half a dozen feature films.


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The Great Ruby

as Countess Mirtza Charkoff
Released: 1915-09-10

The world's finest ruby was stolen from the bride of Prince Kassim's great-grandfather several...

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Footlights

as Etta
Released: 1921-10-02

Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and...

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