Ramona Langley | |
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| Born | July 9, 1893 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | November 11, 1983 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Clarence English (m. 1913; div. 1938) Clare Woolwine (m. 1938–his death) |
Ramona Langley (July 9, 1893 – November 11, 1983) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was known primarily for her work in comedies for Universal and Nestor.[1][2][3]
Biography
A native of Los Angeles, Ramona was born in 1893 to John Langley and Mary Niles.[4] She would later tell reporters she was named after Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona.[1]
In 1913, the same year she began appearing in one-reel films for the Nestor Comedy Company, she married industrialist Clarence English, and the pair relocated to a large ranch near Chihuahua, Mexico. Less than a year later, the pair evacuated their home and returned to Hollywood as a result of the Mexican Border War.[1]
Ramona was severely injured in 1914 on the set of the Universal Pictures film, She Was Only a Working Girl, after she and her male co-stars fell on a slippery concrete floor. Crushed under the weight of the men, Ramona suffered major internal injuries and was reportedly urged by director Al Christie to continue the shoot.[5] Despite lingering injuries that kept her in a sanatorium bed for months, the studio refused to compensate her for her suffering, and she was replaced in the finished film by Victoria Forde.[5][6]
After her recovery, she retired from filmmaking and focused on raising her three children. Eventually, in 1938, she and English separated.[7] That same year, Langley married her second husband, politician Clare Woolwine, in Lake Tahoe.[8] Woolwine died a year later after suffering a heart attack.[9]
Ramona died on November 11, 1983, in Los Angeles.
Select filmography
- Scooped by a Hencoop (1914)
- His Royal Pants (1914)
- Twixt Love and Flour (1914)
- When Billy Proposed (1914)
- Snobbery (1914)
- Cupid's Close Shave (1914)
- When Ursus Threw the Bull (1914)
- And the Villain Still Pursued Her (1914)
- A Tale of the West (1914)
- Teaching Dad a Lesson (1913)
- A Woman's Way (1913)
- Her Friend, the Butler (1913)
- Locked Out at Twelve (1913)
- When He Lost to Win (1913)
- An Elephant on His Hands (1913)
- The Golden Princess Mine (1913)
- Love, Luck and a Paint Brush (1913)
- His Wife's Burglar (1913)
- Western Hearts (1913)
- Curses! Said the Villain (1913)
- A Man of the People (1913)
- What the Wild Waves Did (1913)
- Under Western Skies (1913)
- Their Two Kids (1913)
- His Crazy Job (1913)
- The Battle of Bull Con (1913)
- The Girl Ranchers (1913)
- Won by a Skirt (1913)
- The Trail of the Serpent (1913)
- Cupid's Bad Aim (1913)
- Weighed in the Balance (1913)
- Some Runner (1913)
- Hawkeye to the Rescue (1913)
- The Pretender (1913)
References
- ^ a b c Price, Gertrude M. (24 Jan 1914). "Refugee from Mexico Becomes "Movie" Star!". The Sacramento Star. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ Birchard, Robert S. (2009). Early Universal City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-7023-5.
- ^ Grau, Robert (1914). The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry. Broadway publishing Company.
- ^ "The Unknown Touches the Heart". The Capital Journal. 17 May 1913. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ a b "Motion Picture Actors Undergo Great Dangers". Marysville Evening Democrat. 7 May 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "In Nestor Film". The Marion Star. 7 Feb 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Industrialist's Wife Granted Divorce in Reno". The Los Angeles Times. 13 Aug 1938. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Lake Tahoe Rites Set Today". The Los Angeles Times. 12 Aug 1938. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Former Nashville Resident Dies". Nashville Banner. 27 Oct 1939. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
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