Alta Allen (born Alta Crowin) (September , â€" July , ) was an
American actress.Allen was born in Oakland, California in to a
Scottish mother, Jessie Robertson, and W. J. Crowin, who hailed from
the West Coast. She made her first professional performance at an
Oakland theater in a production of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
Allen's role in this production was as Beth March. She was ten years
old at the time.In November , Allen married the actor, screenwriter
and director Hampton Del Ruth (the couple would later divorce). The
same year, William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation,
observed Allen as she performed the leading role at a musical revue
within the Fairmont Hotel. Subsequently, she signed a contract with
his studios, although she would only perform one role in any silent
film released by Fox Film: the comedy Skirts. She would subsequently
sign a contract with Universal Studios, and later appeared in several
films released by this corporation, including The Marriage Chance (),
and A Self-Made Failure (). Her final credited screen appearance
occurred in , as Thora Barton in the cast of The Set-Up.Alta Allen
died of natural causes at her Boonsboro home on June , the age of .
American actress.Allen was born in Oakland, California in to a
Scottish mother, Jessie Robertson, and W. J. Crowin, who hailed from
the West Coast. She made her first professional performance at an
Oakland theater in a production of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
Allen's role in this production was as Beth March. She was ten years
old at the time.In November , Allen married the actor, screenwriter
and director Hampton Del Ruth (the couple would later divorce). The
same year, William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation,
observed Allen as she performed the leading role at a musical revue
within the Fairmont Hotel. Subsequently, she signed a contract with
his studios, although she would only perform one role in any silent
film released by Fox Film: the comedy Skirts. She would subsequently
sign a contract with Universal Studios, and later appeared in several
films released by this corporation, including The Marriage Chance (),
and A Self-Made Failure (). Her final credited screen appearance
occurred in , as Thora Barton in the cast of The Set-Up.Alta Allen
died of natural causes at her Boonsboro home on June , the age of .
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