Anne Cornwall

American actress (1897–1980)

Anne Cornwall
Cornwall in Who's Who on the Screen (1920)
Born	(1897-01-17)January 17, 1897 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	March 2, 1980(1980-03-02) (aged 83) Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Resting place	Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1918–1959
Spouse(s)	Charles Maigne Ellis Wing Taylor (1930–1980)

Anne Cornwall (January 17, 1897 – March 2, 1980) was an American actress best known for her roles in College (1927) and The Roughneck (1924).^[1]

Biography

Born in Brooklyn in 1897, Cornwall performed for forty years in many silent film productions starting in 1918, and later in talkies, until 1959. She was first married to writer/director Charles Maigne, then later to Los Angeles engineer Ellis Wing Taylor, who fathered her only child, Peter Taylor.^[2] In 1925 she was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.^[3] Cornwall passed away in 1980 at the age of 83.^[1]

Partial filmography

The Knife (1918)
In the Hollow of Her Hand (1918) - (uncredited)
The Indestructible Wife (1919) - Toots Brooks
The World to Live In (1919) - Bride
The Firing Line (1919) - Cecile Cardross
The Copperhead (1920) - Madeline
The Path She Chose (1920) - Virginia
Everything but the Truth (1920) - Annabelle Elton
The Girl in the Rain (1920) - Judith
La La Lucille (1920) - Lucille Smith
The Seventh Day (1922) - Betty Alden
Her Gilded Cage (1922) - Jacqueline Ornoff
To Have and to Hold (1922) - Lady Jane Carr
Only 38 (1923) - Mary Hedley
Dulcy (1923) - Angela Forbes
The Gold Diggers (1923) - Violet Dayne
Arizona Express (1924) - Florence Brown
40-Horse Hawkins (1924) - Mary Darling
The Roughneck (1924) - Zelle
Introduce Me (1925) - Betty Perry
The Rainbow Trail (1925) - Fay Larkin
The Wrongdoers (1925) - Helen Warren
Keep Smiling (1925) - Rose Ryan
The Splendid Crime (1925) - Beth Van Dyke
Under Western Skies (1926) - Ella Parkhurst
The Flaming Frontier (1926) - Betty Stanwood
Racing Blood (1926) - Muriel Sterlinng
Eyes of the Totem (1927) - Betty Hardy
The Heart of the Yukon (1927) - Anita Wayne
College (1927) - The Girl
Men O' War (1929, Short) - Brunette
The Widow from Chicago (1930) - Mazie (uncredited)
True Confession (1937) - Alternate Juror (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You (1938) - Miss Jones - Blakely's Secretary (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) - Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Triple Justice (1940) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Climax (1944) - Minor Role (uncredited)
The Southerner (1945) - Townswoman (uncredited)
Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946) - Servant (uncredited)
Below the Deadline (1946) - Minor Role (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me (1947) - Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Isn't It Romantic? (1948) - Townswoman (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door (1949) - Woman (uncredited)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) - Lucia (uncredited)
Destry (1954) - Townswoman (uncredited)
Untamed (1955) - Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) - Mother (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story (1957) - Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)
The Wild and the Innocent (1959) - Bit Role (uncredited) (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b "Anne Cornwall". IMDb. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
^ Profile
^ "Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 – 1934 with Photos of Each Class". Immortal Ephemera. February 5, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2018.