Winifred Greenwood

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Early life

Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudeville in the United States and Canada.[1][2]

Career

Greenwood was on the vaudeville stage from an early age,[3][4] performing with the Kings Carnival Company in Canada and the United States.[5] She went on to act with stock theater companies, one of which she headed.[4][6]

She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1927. She starred in a number of films with Charlotte Burton including The Shriner's Daughter in 1913. "In pictures the hours are comparatively easy, there is no traveling and we work out of doors much of the time," she explained in 1917.[7]

Although her motion picture career ended in 1927, she continued on the stage, including a long stint in Houston, Texas.[8] In 1929, she joined the Dana Players of Pasadena as a regular cast member.[9] In 1934, she starred in a "modern comedy of bad manners", Six of One, produced at the Actors Workshop Theater in Los Angeles.[10]

Personal life

Greenwood's first husband was her co-star, Joseph F. Bannister; they married in 1904, and divorced in 1913.[11][12][13] They had a son, Alonzo, and a daughter, Rene.[14][15] She was married to actor George Field from 1913[16][17] to 1918. She died in 1961, age 76 in Woodland Hills, California.

File:Winifred Greenwood - Jul 31 1915 RL.jpg
Winifred Greenwood on the cover of Reel Life magazine (Jul 31, 1915).

Partial filmography

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  18. "Winifred Greenwood to be Seen Here; Appears in the Film 'The Dream Child' at the Century" The South Bend Tribune (June 11, 1914): 12. via Newspapers.com
  19. "Surprise Theater" South Bend News Times (July 16, 1914): 4. via Newspapers.com
  20. "Surprise Theater" South Bend News Times (August 13, 1914): 3. via Newspapers.com
  21. Kelly, Kitty. "Photoplay Stories and News" Chicago Tribune (September 21, 1914): 8. via Newspapers.com
  22. "Winifred Greenwood Back on Screen" Daily News (April 8, 1926): 18. via Newspapers.com

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