Genevieve Schmich (December 4, 1897 – May 1, 1927), known professionally as Genevieve Smeek and Genevieve Townsend, was an American stage and film actress.^[1] She was born in Freeport, Illinois and attended Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in English and English Literature.^[2] After graduating in 1920, she moved to Britain, where she joined Frank Benson's theatre company. During the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films. She died in Switzerland, of tuberculosis, at the age of 29 in 1927.^[3]

In 1928, Mount Holyoke College established the Genevieve Schmich Award in her honor.^[4]

• The Secret Kingdom (1925)
• A Girl of London (1925)
• The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
• The Chinese Bungalow (1926)

Trewin, J. C. (1960). Benson and the Bensonians. London: Barrie and Rockliff.

• Genevieve Townsend at IMDb

This article about a United States film actor born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e