Winifred Westover
| Winifred Westover | |
|---|---|
|
Winifred Westover in Love (1919) | |
| Born |
November 9, 1899 San Francisco, California |
| Died |
March 19, 1978 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California |
| Other names |
Winnifred Westover Wini Wesson |
| Years active | 1916-1930 |
| Spouse(s) | William S. Hart (1921-1927) |
Winifred Westover (November 9, 1899 – March 19, 1978) was a Hollywood actress of the 1910s and 1920s.
Biography
Winifred Westover was born in San Francisco, California. On screen, Westover was the typical blushing ingenue and was almost always cast opposite robust leading men.
Her career in film started with a small part in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance in 1916. In 1919 she starred in John Petticoats with William S. Hart, who proposed to her.[1] They married on 7 December 1921 and had a son, William S. Hart Jr. They separated in 1922 after three months of marriage[2] and divorced in 1927.
She retired to raise her son in 1923 but made a comeback in 1930 with the help of her ex-husband. The film was a melodrama called Lummox but it was unsuccessful and she left her career in film.[1] She died in Los Angeles.
Selected filmography
- Intolerance (1916)
- Microscope Mystery (1916)
- The Matrimaniac (1916)
- Jim Bludso (1917) - Kate Taggart
- An Old-Fashioned Young Man (1917) - Mame Morton
- Cheerful Givers (1917) - Estella
- Love (1919)
- John Petticoats (1919)
- This Hero Stuff (1919)
- Marked Men (1919)
- All the World to Nothing (1919)
- The Village Sleuth (1920)
- Old Lady 31 (1920) - Mary
- The Fighter (1921)
- Anne of Little Smoky (1921)
- Love's Masquerade (1922)
- Lummox (1930)
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