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English actress
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Female
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Derby, United Kingdom
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South Gate, USA
Age
66 years
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Edith Yorke (born Edith Murgatroyd, 23 December 1867 – 28 July 1934) was an English actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1919 and 1933.
Biography
Yorke was born in Derby; 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.
Selected filmography
- The False Road (1920)
- Below the Surface (1920)
- The Jailbird (1920)
- Love (1920)
- One Clear Call (1922)
- Step on It! (1922)
- Souls for Sale (1923)
- Slippy McGee (1923)
- Merry-Go-Round (1923)
- The Age of Desire (1923)
- The Beauty Prize (1924)
- Happiness (1924)
- The Tenth Woman (1924)
- The Other Kind of Love (1924)
- Capital Punishment (1925)
- Excuse Me(1925)
- Silent Sanderson (1925)
- Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
- Souls for Sables (1925)
- Below the Line (1925)
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
- Red Dice (1926)
- Volcano! (1926)
- The Belle of Broadway (1926)
- Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)
- Rustlers' Ranch (1926)
- Rustling for Cupid (1926)
- The Silent Flyer (1926)
- The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
- Sensation Seekers (1927)
- The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
- The Valiant (1929)
- The Love Racket (1929)
- Fugitives (1929)
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
- City Girl (1930)
- If I Had a Million (1932) (*uncredited)
- Luxury Liner (1933)
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Notable English Actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable British Actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable British Actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable English Film actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable British Film actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable British Film actors
Gender:Female, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
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