June Caprice (born Helen Elizabeth Lawson, November 19, 1895 â€"
November 9, 1936) was an American silent film actress.Born Helen
Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts, Caprice was educated in
Boston.She began her acting career in live theatre and in 1916 signed
with the Fox Film Corporation. In 1916 William Fox searched to find a
"second Mary Pickford." By the summer of that year he believed he had
located the woman he predicted would be the best known female on the
screen within six months time. The 1916 press release claimed both
that she was a 17-year-old teenager, and in the same press release
"just a little over 17 years of age." Her obituary in 1936 listed her
age as 40, making her about 20 years of age at her discovery.Caprice's
screen debut came in Caprice of the Mountains (1916). A New York Times
film critic said of her, "she is young, pretty, graceful, petite, with
an eloquence of gesture that augurs a bright future in the movies."
Adopting the stage name June Caprice, she made sixteen films for Fox,
half of which were directed by Harry F. Millarde. The two began a
personal relationship and eventually married.
November 9, 1936) was an American silent film actress.Born Helen
Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts, Caprice was educated in
Boston.She began her acting career in live theatre and in 1916 signed
with the Fox Film Corporation. In 1916 William Fox searched to find a
"second Mary Pickford." By the summer of that year he believed he had
located the woman he predicted would be the best known female on the
screen within six months time. The 1916 press release claimed both
that she was a 17-year-old teenager, and in the same press release
"just a little over 17 years of age." Her obituary in 1936 listed her
age as 40, making her about 20 years of age at her discovery.Caprice's
screen debut came in Caprice of the Mountains (1916). A New York Times
film critic said of her, "she is young, pretty, graceful, petite, with
an eloquence of gesture that augurs a bright future in the movies."
Adopting the stage name June Caprice, she made sixteen films for Fox,
half of which were directed by Harry F. Millarde. The two began a
personal relationship and eventually married.
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