Lucille Carlisle

Lucille Carlisle
A young white woman with dark hair, in an oval frame
Lucille Zintheo (later Carlisle), from a 1916 publication
Born
Ida Lucile White

August 31, 1895
Galesburg, Illinois
DiedOctober 19, 1958 (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California
Other namesLucille Zintheo, Lucille Ida Millikin
OccupationActress

Lucille Carlisle (August 31, 1895 – October 19, 1958), born Ida Lucile White, was an American actress.

Early life

Ida Lucile White was born in Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Frank White and Della Pope White.[1] Her family was of Irish and French descent.[2] In childhood, she moved to Spokane, Washington, with her family.[2][3]

Career

After winning a beauty contest sponsored by Photoplay magazine,[4][5][6] and a brief career on stage,[7] Carlisle began making silent films for Vitagraph Studios, with comedian and director Larry Semon. Together they made 25 films.[8][9] After their professional and personal relationship ended, she also left film work. She was heard on radio in the 1930s and 1940s, representing Mothers of America, an anti-war organization.[2]

Films Carlisle appeared in included Boodle and Bandits (1918), Pluck and Plotters (1918), Scamps and Scandals (1919), Well, I'll Be (1919), Passing the Buck (1919), The Star Boarder (1919), His Home Sweet Home (1919), The Simple Life (1919), Between the Acts (1919), Dull Care (1919),[10] Dew Drop Inn (1919), The Head Waiter (1919), The Grocery Clerk (1919), The Fly Cop (1920), Solid Concrete (1920), The Stage Hand (1920), The Suitor (1920),[11] School Days (1920), The Sportsman (1921), The Show (1922), A Pair of Kings (1922), Golf (1922), The Agent (1922), The Counter Jumper (1922), and No Wedding Bells (1923).

Personal life

Lucille White married Elder J. Zintheo briefly in 1912; their divorce became final in 1916.[3][12] Carlisle and Larry Semon were a couple on and off from 1918 to 1923.[2][8] In 1924, her experiences with rhinoplasty were described in front-page headlines.[13] In 1927 she married a Canadian businessman, Leigh Hacking Millikin.[14][15] She died in 1958, aged 63 years, in Los Angeles.[2] Her gravesite is at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.[16]

References

  1. ^ "School Friends Recall Lucille". Spokane Chronicle. 1922-07-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sassen, Claudia (2015-10-20). Larry Semon, Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen: A Biography and Filmography. McFarland. pp. 94–113. ISBN 978-0-7864-9822-2.
  3. ^ a b Gabbe, Henry (1916-10-29). "'Most Beautiful Girl in the West' Lillian Russell's Tribute to Daughter of Spokane". The Spokesman-Review. p. 47. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Winners: Lucille Zintheo" Photoplay (July 1916), via Internet Archive
  5. ^ "Beauty Winners Face the Camera". Photoplay Magazine. 10: 125–126. November 1916.
  6. ^ "Spokane Girl in Film". The Spokesman-Review. 1916-09-30. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lucile Zintheo (Performer)". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  8. ^ a b Roots, James (2017-05-11). 100 Essential Silent Film Comedies. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4422-7825-7.
  9. ^ Wilmore, Carl (1920-08-21). "Larry Semon Wants to Quit". Boston Post. pp. 18, 19. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009-10-21). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7864-5429-7.
  11. ^ It Publishing Co. (September 11, 1920). It. p. 27 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ "In the Superior Court". The Spokesman-Review. 1916-07-01. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Film Beauty Gets Second New Nose; Lucille Carlisle Undergoes Two Operations on Face". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1924-03-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999, application of Leigh Hacking Millikin dated May 12, 1937. via Ancestry.
  15. ^ "Personal Glimpses of Life Underwriters". The National Underwriter. 31: 16. October 14, 1927 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016-08-19). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.