Mildred Manning

Mildred Manning was an actress who appeared in films. She had a starring role in the 1917 film adaptation of Edith Ellis' play Mary Jane's Pa.[1] She was also cast in a starring role in Next Door to Nancy.[1] She was cast as the heroine in The Princess of Park Row.[1]

She performed in Broadway shows with singing and dancing roles where she was discovered by D. W. Griffith who cast her in Biograph films. She later worked with Vitagraph.[2] She was an outdoors enthusiast who rode horses and shot rifles.[2]

She was in the O. Henry series produced by Broadway Star Features Co.[3] (part of Vitagraph).

  1. ^ a b c "Nickelodeon". September 30, 1917 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Motion Picture Classic". September 30, 1915 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Rainey, Buck (September 30, 1996). The Reel Cowboy: Essays on the Myth in Movies and Literature. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0106-2 – via Google Books.