Louise Huff

Louise Huff (November 14, 1895 – August 22, 1973) was an American actress of the silent film era.

Biography

Huff was a descendant of former President James Knox Polk. She began her acting career at the age of 15 and toured in productions of Ben-Hur and Graustark.

However, Wollstein erred in claiming that Louise appeared on Broadway with Ben Hur. It was actually a touring version of the play that appeared across the country. She did however play on Broadway after her screen career ended. She appeared in the Broadway productions of Mary the Third (1923) and The New Englander (1924).

Her fame was international as evidenced by memorabilia from a variety of countries, including a novelization of her film The Crook of Dreams from France and tobacco trading cards from Canada and the U.K. Her film The Seventh Day was considered lost until a copy turned up in a Czechoslovak film archive.

She married Edwin A. Stillman in 1920 and had two more children, William and Nancy. Stillman was president of Watson-Stillman, manufacturers of hydraulic machinery. In her later years, Louise resided at 155 East 72nd Street in New York and was a director of the Friends of the Theater and Music Collection at the Museum of the City of New York. She died in New York's Doctors Hospital on August 22, 1973.

Partial filmography Caprice (1913) The Old Homestead (1915) The Ransom (1915) Marse Covington (1915) Destiny's Toy (1916) Seventeen (1916) The Sphinx (1916) The Reward of Patience (1916) Blazing Love (1916) Great Expectations (1917) The Lonesome Chap (1917) Freckles (1917) What Money Can't Buy (1917) The Varmint (1917) The Ghost House (1917) Jack and Jill (1917) Mile-a-Minute Kendall (1918) The Dangerous Paradise (1920) What Women Want (1920) Disraeli (1921) The Seventh Day (1922)