Mary Claire Fuller (October 5, 1888 â€" December 9, 1973) was an
American stage and silent film actress and screenwriter.Born in
Washington, D.C., to Nora Swing and attorney Miles Fuller, she spent
her childhood on a farm. As a child, she was interested in music,
writing and art. Her father died in 1902, and by 1906, she was working
in the theater under the name Claire Fuller. She worked briefly with
the Lyceum Stock Company in Toledo, Ohio.Fuller began her acting
career as a stage actress. At age 18 she was working in live theatre
and in 1907 she signed with Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, NY, where
she made films such as the one-reel adaptation of Elektra (released in
April 1910). Later Fuller joined the Edison Film Company in 1910. That
year, she appeared in the first film version of Frankenstein, based on
the Mary Shelley novel.Fuller became a major early movie star who, by
1914, rivaled Mary Pickford in popularity. She appeared in a wide
variety of roles, and starred in such melodramas as The Witch Girl, A
Daughter of the Nile, Dolly of the Dailies (1914), and Under Southern
Skies, her first feature-length production. Also, Fuller authored a
number of screenplays, eight of which were made into films between
1913 and 1915.
American stage and silent film actress and screenwriter.Born in
Washington, D.C., to Nora Swing and attorney Miles Fuller, she spent
her childhood on a farm. As a child, she was interested in music,
writing and art. Her father died in 1902, and by 1906, she was working
in the theater under the name Claire Fuller. She worked briefly with
the Lyceum Stock Company in Toledo, Ohio.Fuller began her acting
career as a stage actress. At age 18 she was working in live theatre
and in 1907 she signed with Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, NY, where
she made films such as the one-reel adaptation of Elektra (released in
April 1910). Later Fuller joined the Edison Film Company in 1910. That
year, she appeared in the first film version of Frankenstein, based on
the Mary Shelley novel.Fuller became a major early movie star who, by
1914, rivaled Mary Pickford in popularity. She appeared in a wide
variety of roles, and starred in such melodramas as The Witch Girl, A
Daughter of the Nile, Dolly of the Dailies (1914), and Under Southern
Skies, her first feature-length production. Also, Fuller authored a
number of screenplays, eight of which were made into films between
1913 and 1915.
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