Occupation Actress Ex-spouse Robert Byard Role Actress | Name Edith Yorke Years active 1919–1933 | |
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Full Name Edith Murgatroyd Died July 28, 1934, South Gate, California, United States Movies City Girl, Merry‑Go‑Round, Luxury Liner, The Bachelor's Baby, The Jailbird Similar People Erich von Stroheim, Thomas H Ince, F W Murnau, Wesley Ruggles, Rupert Julian | ||
Edith Yorke (23 December 1867 – 28 July 1934) was an English actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1919 and 1933.
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Biography
Yorke was born in Derby as Edith Byard; her family later moved to Croydon, Surrey. Edith returned to Derby, where she taught destitute children in a local workhouse.
She married Robert Byard and emigrated with him and their children to the United States in 1902, becoming a film actress in her 50s, mainly in supporting roles. Her daughter was a film actress also, and her son became a violinist with a symphony orchestra. Yorke died in Southgate, California, aged 66.
Filmography
Actress
1933
Luxury Liner as
Mrs. Webber - Sick Passenger
1932
If I Had a Million as
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
1930
City Girl as
Mrs. J.L. Tustine Blair
1929
Seven Keys to Baldpate as
Mrs. Quimby
1929
The Love Racket as
Mrs. Pierce
1929
The Valiant as
Mrs. Douglas
1929
Fugitives as
Mrs. Carroll
1928
Making the Varsity as
Mrs. Ellsworth
1928
The Port of Missing Girls as
Mrs. Blane
1928
Satan and the Woman as
Hetty Folinsbee (as Edithe Yorke)
1927
Sensation Seekers as
Mrs. Hagen
1927
The Bachelor's Baby as
Mrs. Carter
1927
The Western Whirlwind as
Mrs. Martha Howard
1926
The Silent Flyer as
Mrs. Darrell
1926
The Timid Terror as
Mrs. Trent
1926
His New York Wife as
Lila's aunt
1926
The Belle of Broadway as
Madame Adele
1926
The Heart of a Coward
1926
Born to the West as
Mrs. Rudd
1926
Volcano as
Mother Superior
1926
Rustlers' Ranch as
Mary Shawn
1926
Rustling for Cupid as
Mrs. Blatchford
1926
Red Dice as
Mrs. Garrison (as Edithe Yorke)
1926
Oh! What a Nurse! as
Mrs. Clark
1926
Transcontinental Limited as
Sara Reynolds
1925
Seven Keys to Baldpate as
Mrs. Quimby
1925
Below the Line as
Mrs. Cass
1925
Souls for Sables as
Mrs. Kendall
1925
Wild Horse Mesa as
Grandma Melberne
1925
The Thoroughbred
1925
Silent Sanderson as
Mrs. Parsons
1925
Excuse Me as
Mrs. Temple
1925
The Phantom of the Opera as
Mama Valerius (uncredited)
1925
Capital Punishment as
Boys Mother
1924
The Beauty Prize as
Ma Du Bois
1924
Husbands and Lovers as
Mrs. Stanton (as Edithe Yorke)
1924
Pride of Sunshine Alley
1924
The Slanderers as
Mrs. Calkins
1924
The Tenth Woman as
Mrs. Brainherd
1924
The Other Kind of Love as
Mary Benton
1924
Riders Up as
Johnny's Mother
1924
Happiness as
Mrs. Wreay
1924
My Man as
Mrs. Peters
1923
The Miracle Makers as
Mrs. Emma Norton
1923
What Love Will Do
1923
The Age of Desire as
Gran'ma
1923
Mothers-in-Law as
'Mom' Wingate
1923
Merry-Go-Round as
Ursula Urban
1923
Sawdust as
Mrs. Nancy Wentworth
1923
Slippy McGee as
Madame De Rance
1923
Thru the Flames as
Dan's Mother
1923
Burning Words as
Mother Darby
1923
Souls for Sale as
Mrs. Steddon
1923
The Fourth Musketeer as
Mrs. Tracy
1922
A Daughter of Luxury as
Ellen Marsh
1922
One Clear Call as
Mother Garnett
1922
Step on It! as
Mrs. Collins
1921
Passing Through as
Mother Harkins
1921
Mother o' Mine as
Mrs. Godfrey
1921
Chickens as
Mrs. Bellows
1921
Lying Lips as
Mrs. Prospect
1920
Love as
Beatrice's Mother
1920
The Jailbird as
Mrs. Whitney
1920
Homespun Folks as
Widow Stinson
1920
Below the Surface as
Martha Flint
1920
The False Road as
Mother Starbuck
1920
The Turning Point as
Mrs. Rivett
1919
The Doctor and the Bricklayer
References
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