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Jacqueline Gadsden

1900 – 1986

American actress

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Lived 1900 – 1986 (aged 86). Jacqueline Gadsden was an American actor and film actor.

Jacqueline Gadsden (August 3, 1900 – August 10, 1986) was an American film actress during the silent era. A native of Southern California, she was born in Lompoc to Gerald F. and Jessie H. (Salter) Gadsden and is known to modern audiences as the wealthy, haughty other woman in the 1927 Clara Bow vehicle It. As a child, she acted in films for Triangle Film Corporation.

She married William Harry Dale about 1924. She portrayed Lon Chaney's character's wife in Tod Browning's West of Zanzibar in 1928. In most films she was billed as Jacqueline Gadsden but made two films under the name Jane Daly in 1929, her final year in film. She died in the San Diego County city of San Marcos a week after her 86th birthday.

Partial filmography

Cordelia the Magnificent (1923) Skid Proof (1923) Big Dan (1923) The Man Who Won (1923) A Chapter in Her Life (1923) The Goldfish (1924) His Hour (1924) - Tatiana Shebanoff The Wife of the Centaur (1924) The Flaming Forties (1924) Man and Maid (1924) Ridin' the Wind (1925) The Merry Widow (1925) The Show (1927) It (1927) The Thirteenth Hour (1927) Beyond London Lights (1928) The City of Purple Dreams (1928) Red Hair (1928) West of Zanzibar (1928) A Bit of Heaven (1928) Forbidden Hours (1928) The Bellamy Trial (1929) The Quitter (1929) The Mysterious Island (1929)

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Jessie Gadsden

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Who was Jacqueline Gadsden?

American actress (1900-1986)

When was Jacqueline Gadsden born?

Jacqueline Gadsden was born on 3 August 1900 in Lompoc.

When did Jacqueline Gadsden die?

Jacqueline Gadsden died on 10 August 1986 in San Marcos.

What was Jacqueline Gadsden's occupation?

Jacqueline Gadsden was an actor and film actor.

What nationality was Jacqueline Gadsden?

Jacqueline Gadsden was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jacqueline Gadsden

· Wikidata: Q935836

· DBpedia: Jacqueline Gadsden

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