Loretta Blake

Loretta Blake (April 17, 1898 – July 30, 1981) was an American film actress. She appeared in several films between 1914 and 1921.

Early life

Loretta Blake was born on April 17, 1898, at Akron, Ohio. She attended Saint Mary's Convent in Akron for five years before moving to Los Angeles to live with her grandparents. She attended school at Sacred Heart Convent for one year and concluded her formal education at Los Angeles High School.

Career She joined the famous D. W. Griffith organization without previous experience. Several of her girlfriends were in picture work and she had dropped around to the studio with one of them one day out of curiosity. She cheerfully accepted an offer to do a small role for pin money and when the director saw her appearance she was hired immediately. She was dainty at five feet two inches and 115 pounds. She married director Nathaniel Deverich. They had one child, Albert Douglas Deverich.

Death

She died on July 30, 1981, at Los Angeles, California. Her resting place is San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills CA, Section D, Lot 302, Grave 3.

Selected filmography

At Dawn (1914)*short Baby's Ride (1914)*short Branch Number Thirty-Seven (1915)*short Probation (1915)*short The Sea Brat (1915)*short The Broken Lullaby (1915)*short His Last Deal (1915)*short The Double Crossing of Slim (1915)*short The Black Sheep (1915/II)*short The Absentee (1915) 11:30 P.M. (1915)*short Ghosts (1915) The Sable Lorcha (1915) Ghosts (1915) The Eternal Grind (1916) His Picture in the Papers (1916) The Little Princess (1917) One Hundred Percent American (1918)*short Just Out of College (1920)