Violet Mersereau

Actress - USA
Born October 2, 1897 in New York, NY, US
Died November 12, 1975 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Mini-Biography:
Violet Mersereau was born on October 2, 1897 in New York, NY, US. She was an American Actress, known for His Duty (1909), The Feud and the Turkey (1908), The Test of Friendship (1908), Violet Mersereau's first movie on record is from 1908. Violet Mersereau died on November 12, 1975 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1926.
Biographical Notes in German: Schauspielerin des amerikanischen Stummfilms in mehr als 100 Filmen, nach anderen Quellen 1892 geboren, Schwester der Schauspielerin Claire Mersereau, Tochter der französischen Schauspielerin Mme. Luzanzie. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes kehrte die Mutter zur Bühne zurück, und auch die Töchter traten bereits als Kinder im Theater auf. Violet begann ihre Theaterkarriere 1906 bei Margaret Anglin, sie spielte die Rolle der Flora Cameron in der Erstaufführung des Bühnenstücks "The Clansman", das später David Wark Griffith als Vorlage zu seinem Film "Birth of a Nation" diente, 1910 tritt sie über 200 Mal in dem Stück "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" am Broadway in New York auf.
1908 hatte Violet erste Filmrollen bei Griffith, 1911 folgten Engagements bei der Nestor, wo man sie auf den Typ der Jungen und Naiven festlegte: sie sollte reiten und schwimmen können, das reiche ! 1914 kam Violet Mersereau zu Carl Laemmle, und es folgte ihre erfolgreichste Zeit, auch wenn sie nie die Populariät einer Lilian Gish oder Mary Pickford erreichen konnte. Rex Ingram besetzte sie in seinen beiden ersten Filmen, in "The Great Problem" spielte sie gleich eine Doppelrolle. 1919 lief ihr Vertrag mit der Universal aus, die folgenden Filme hatten nur noch mässigen Erfolg. Aufmerksam wurde man nochmals auf Violet Mersereau, als sie 1922 in der in Italien gedrehten Produktion "Nero" die Rolle der verführerischen Marcia spielte. Aber die Zeit der "naiven Unschuldigen" war vorbei, ihre Rollentypologie ein Relikt aus dem vergangenen Jahrzehnt, und nach dem Flop von "The Wives of the Prophet" endete ihre Karriere.
Über ihr späteres Leben ist kaum etwas bekannt, 1940 sollen die beiden Schwestern in New York gelebt haben. Violet soll in Italien gestorben sein, andere Quellen vermelden ihren Tod 1961, andere geben den 12. November 1975 in Plymouth als Todesort an.
Ihre Filme sind bis auf wenige verschollen, ein paar Fotos und das faszinierende Titelbild aus dem Motion Picture Magazine von 1917 sind geblieben. (lhg 2007)

Violet Mersereau Filmography [Auszug]
1926: [] Wives of the Prophet (Cast: Alma), Directed by James A. Fitzgerald, with Orville Caldwell, Alice Lake,
1925: [] The Bride (Cast), Directed by J. Harrison Edwards, with ,
1925: [11.25] The Shepherd King (Cast: Prinzessin Michal), Directed by J. Gordon Edwards, with Samuel Balestra, Nerio Bernardi, Ferrucio Biancini,
1924: [] Her Own Free Will (Cast: Mona Everard), Directed by Paul Scardon, with Helene Chadwick, George Backus,
1924: [06.15] Lend Me Your Husband (Cast: Jenny MacDonald), Directed by Christy Cabanne, with , ,
1923: [03/??] Luck (Cast: Sylvia Templeton), Directed by N. N., with Johnny Hines, Edmund Breese,
1922: [09.22] Nero (Cast: Marcia), Directed by J. Gordon Edwards, with Jacques Grétillat, Sandro Salvini, Guido Trento,
1921: [09.??] Out of the Depths (Cast), Directed by Otis Thayer, Frank Reicher, with Edmund Cobb,
1921: [08.??] Thunderclap (Cast: Betty, The Girl), Directed by Richard Stanton, with Mary Carr, Paul Willis,
1921: [02.??] Finders Keepers (Cast: Amy Lindel), Directed by Otis Thayer, with Edmund Cobb, Dorothy Dean Bridges,
1919: [07/??] Love wins (The Collar Line (Working title)) (Cast), Directed by Herbert E. Hancock, with Cora Williams, May McAvoy,
1919: [02.08] A Proxy Husband (Cast), Directed by William Garwood,
1919: [02.01] The Nature Girl (Cast: Dolores Winthrop), Directed by O.A.C. Lund, with Donald Stuart, Frank Wunderlee,
1919: [01/01] Klever Kiddies (Cast), Directed by N. N., with Priscilla Dean, Eddie Polo,
1918: [10.14] Together (Cast: Mrs. Richard Standhope / Laura Stanhope / Larry, the Kid), Directed by O.A.C. Lund, with Chester Barnett, Bernard Randall,
1918: [06.29] The Midnight Flyer (Cast: Evelyn), Directed by George Marshall, with Hoot Gibson, Helen Gibson,
1918: [02.04] Morgan's Raiders (The Wild Cat (Working title)) (Cast: Betsy Dawley), Directed by Wilfred Lucas, Bess Meredyth, with , Edmund Burns,
1917: [01.05] The Girl by the Roadside (Cast: Judith Ralston), Directed by Theodore Marston, with Cecil Owen, ,
1917: [12.03] The Raggedy Queen (Cast: Tatters), Directed by Theodore Marston, with Grace Barton, Donald Hall,
1917: [10.14] Cleopatra (Cast: (--??--)), Directed by J. Gordon Edwards, with Theda Bara, Thurston Hall, Fritz Leiber,
1917: [07.30] The Little Terror (La Cigale (Working title)) (Cast: Tina / Alice), Directed by Rex Ingram, with Sidney Mason, Ned Finley,
1917: [05.12] Little Miss Nobody (Cast: Bonnie), Directed by Harry Millarde, with Clara Beyers, Helen Lindroth,
1917: [04.02] Susan's Gentleman (Cast: Nancy Croyden / Susan Flynn ), Directed by Edwin Stevens, with Maud Cooling, James O'Neill,
1917: [03.05] The Boy Girl (Cast: 'Jack' Channing), Directed by Edwin Stevens, with Sidney Mason, Caroline Harris,
1917: [01.23] Souls united (Cast: Marcia Randall), Directed by Francis J. Grandon, with Fred Hearn, Harry Benham,
1917: [01.13] The Mystery of my Lady's Boudoir (Milady's Boudoir (Working title)) (Cast: Margaret Norton ), Directed by Francis J. Grandon, with Johnnie Walker, Fred Hearn,
1916: [12.18] The Honor of Mary Blake (The Greatest of These (Working title)) (Cast: Mary Blake ), Directed by Edwin Stevens, with Tina Marshall, James O'Neill,
1916: [09.23] The Girl who didn't tell (Cast: Judith Belgraff ), Directed by Robert F. Hill, with Charles Ogle, Paul Panzer,
1916: [09.15] The Angel of the Attic (Cast: Betty Kane ), Directed by Francis J. Grandon, with Harry Benham,
1916: [09.03] The narrow path (The Danger path) (Cast: Bessie Allen), Directed by Francis J. Grandon, with Niles Welch, William Welsh,
1916: [07.22] The Gentle art of Burglary (Cast: Eva Warren ), Directed by Raymond L. Schrock, with William Garwood, ,
1916: [07.03] Broken Fetters (A human pawn, Yellow and White) (Cast: Mignon als Erwachsene), Directed by Rex Ingram, with Kittens Reichert, William Garwood,
1916: [06.20] His Picture (Cast), Directed by William Garwood, with Clara Beyers, William Garwood,
1916: [05.10] The Go-Between (Cast), Directed by William Garwood, with William Garwood, ,
1916: [04.17] The Great Problem (Truth, The Experiment (Working title)) (Cast: Mary Carson / Peggy), Directed by Rex Ingram, with Dan Hanlon, Lionel Adams,
1916: [03.27] Autumn (Cast: Autumn Arden / Jeanette Arden), Directed by Oscar A.C. Lund, with , ,
1916: [03.10] The Doll Doctor (Cast), Directed by John Harvey, with Harry Benham, Jack Lewis,
1916: [01.31] The Path of Happiness (Cast: Joan, the Child of Nature), Directed by Elaine S. Carrington, with Harry Benham, Sidney Bracey,
1915: [11.06] Getting his Goat (Cast), Directed by Jack Harvey, with William Garwood,
1915: [10.09] The Unnecessary Sex (Cast: Violet), Directed by Jack Harvey, with William Garwood,
1915: [10.01] The Wolf of Debt (Cast: Helen Stanhope), Directed by Jack Harvey, with William Garwood, ,
1915: [08.28] Driven by Fate (Cast: Violet Marcel ), Directed by John G. Adolfi, with William Garwood, ,
1915: [07.17] Thou shalt not lie (Cast: Violet Garson ), Directed by Clem Easton, with William Garwood, Katherine Lee,
1915: [06.19] Larry O'Neill, Gentleman (Cast: Mildred ), Directed by Clem Easton, with William Garwood, Hal de Forest,
1915: [05.31] The Alibi (Cast: The Wife ), Directed by Clem Easton, with William Garwood, Hal de Forest,
1915: [05.29] You can't always tell (Cast: Violet), Directed by William Garwood, with William Garwood, Ben Walsh,
1915: [05.22] Uncle's New Blazer (Cast: Violet), Directed by William Garwood, with William Garwood, Nell Craig,
1915: [05.01] The Blank Page (Cast: The Scientist's Young Wife ), Directed by Lucius Henderson, with Etienne Girardot, William Welsh,
1915: [04.23] The Adventure of the Yellow Curl Papers (Cast: Flo), Directed by Clem Easton, with ,
1915: [04.17] Wild Blood (Cast: Bess Browne - Mountain Girl ), Directed by William Garwood, with William Garwood,
1915: [04.03] The Broken Toy (Cast: Merle - the Mother ), Directed by Lucius Henderson, with Elmer Clifton, Sylvia Jarmin,
1915: [03.27] The Supreme Impulse (Cast: Ann Donnelson ), Directed by Lucius Henderson, with William Garwood,
1915: [03.27] Uncle John (Cast: Helen - the Artist ), Directed by William Garwood, with Etienne Girardot, William Garwood,
1915: [02.27] The Treason of Anatole (Cast), Directed by N. N., with Etienne Girardot, William Welsh,
1915: [02.06] The Stake (Cast), Directed by N. N., with William Garwood,
1915: [01.30] The Awaited Hour (Cast), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with William Clifford, Marie Walcamp, William E. Shay,
1915: [01.20] The Avalanche (The Barrier Between) (Cast: Rose Grey (--??--)), Directed by Will S. Davis, with Catherine Countiss, William H. Tooker, Sue Balfour,
1915: [01.18] On Dangerous Ground (Cast: The Banker's Daughter), Directed by Lucius Henderson, with William Garwood,
1915: [01.08] She was his mother (Cast: The Mother ), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with Hobart Henley, William E. Shay,
1914: [11.07] Peg o'the Wilds (Cast: Peg ), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with William Welsh, Hobart Henley,
1914: [10.29] In Self Defence (Cast: Vivian Norton ), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with Hobart Henley, William Welsh,
1914: [09.26] The Tenth Commandment (Thou Shalt Not Covet) (Cast: The Doctor's Nurse), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with William E. Shay, Ruth Donnelly, Hobart Henley,
1914: [09.21] Redemption (Cast), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with William E. Shay, William Welsh,
1914: [08.01] When the Heart calls (Cast: Billy's Wife ), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with Hobart Henley, William E. Shay,
1914: [06.20] The Spitfire (Cast: Valda Girard), Directed by Edwin S. Porter, Frederick A. Thomson, with Carlyle Blackwell, Lionel Adams,
1913: [10.20] Big Sister (Cast: Adele - the Younger Sister), Directed by George Loane Tucker, with Jane Gail, Matt Moore,
1913: [09.06] Binks, the Hawkshaw (Cast), Directed by George Edwardes-Hall, N. N., with ,
1913: [07.26] The Stranger (Cast: Jen), Directed by N. N., with King Baggot, Howard Crampton,
1913: [03.30] The Drummer's Note Book (Cast: Violet (--??--)), Directed by Phillips Smalley, with Pearl White, Chester Barnett,
1912: [08.17] The Shot That Failed (Cast),
1912: [08.10] A Western Girl's Dream (Cast), with , ,
1912: [08.03] An Even Break (Cast), Directed by N. N.,
1912: [] Her First Choice (Cast), with , ,
1912: [01.13] The New Clerk (Cast: Constance - the Old Grocer's Daughter ), Directed by N. N., with Russell Bassett, ,
1911: [11.30] Over the Hills (Cast), Directed by Joseph W. Smiley, George Loane Tucker, with King Baggot, Lucille Young,
1911: [09.20] Across the Divide (Cast: Mary ), Directed by Milton J. Fahrney,
1911: [08.16] Alias Yellowstone Joe (Cast),
1911: [] Parson and the Bully (Cast: --??--), Directed by Milton J. Fahrney, with Owen Martin,
1911: [06.24] At Sunset Ranch (Cast),
1911: [06.17] The Sheriff's Mistake (Cast),
1911: [06.10] The Cowpuncher (Cast),
1911: [01.19] His Trust Fulfilled (Cast: --??--), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell,
1911: [01.16] His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and Self-Sacrifice of an Old Negro Servant (Cast: --??--), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Wilfred Lucas, Dell Henderson,
1911: [01.14] Help Wanted (Cast), Directed by Frank Powell, with Joseph Graybill, Dell Henderson,
1911: [11.26] Not So Bad as It Seemed (Cast), Directed by Frank Powell, D.W. Griffith, with Verner Clarges, Grace Henderson,
1910: [11.14] Sunshine Sue (Cast: --??--), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Marion Sunshine, W. Chrystie Miller,
1910: [10.27] The Passing of a Grouch (Cast), Directed by Frank Powell, with Mack Sennett, Marion Sunshine,
1910: [10.08] A Gold Necklace (Cast), Directed by Frank Powell, D.W. Griffith, with Mary Pickford, Kate Bruce,
1910: [02.19] One Night, and Then -- (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce, George Nichols,
1910: [01.10] Her terrible Ordeal (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with George Nichols, Owen Moore, Florence Barker,
1909: [07.10] The Friend of the Family (Cast: Estelle Morse (--??--)), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Herbert Prior,
1909: [] His lost love (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall,
1909: [] What's your Hurry ? (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Linda Arvidson, Jeanie Macpherson, Owen Moore,
1909: [] Eloping with Auntie (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Florence Lawrence, David Miles,
1909: [] The Way of Man (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence,
1909: [06.24] The peachbasket hat (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Marion Leonard, Owen Moore, Mary Pickford,
1909: [06.17] Her first biscuits (Cast: biscuit victim), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Florence Lawrence, John R. Cumpson, Anthony O'Sullivan,
1909: [] The lonely villa (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Marion Leonard, David Miles, Mary Pickford,
1909: [06.07] The violin maker of Cremona (Cast: In Crowd ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Herbert Prior, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore,
1909: [05.31] His Duty (Cast: One of the Children on the Street ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Kate Bruce, Frank Powell, Owen Moore,
1909: [05.22] The cricket on the hearth (Cast: May Fielding ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson,
1909: [05.17] The Jilt (Cast: Wedding Guest ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, Owen Moore, Florence Lawrence,
1909: [05.06] One Busy Hour (Cast: Customer ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with John R. Cumpson, Herbert Prior, Harry Solter,
1909: [05.01] The Suicide Club (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, James Kirkwood, Florence Lawrence,
1908: [12.19] The Test of Friendship (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter,
1908: [12.12] The Feud and the Turkey (Cast), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Arthur V. Johnson,

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