Beatrice Van (born Beatrice Abbott; August 8, 1890 â€" July 4, 1983)
was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for
both silent and sound films.Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice
Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She
grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent.
Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one
child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually
divorced in 1915.She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in
the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO. Beatrice married
writer-actor James Gruen in 1927, and later, an Australian national,
Charles Collman.
was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for
both silent and sound films.Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice
Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She
grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent.
Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one
child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually
divorced in 1915.She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in
the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO. Beatrice married
writer-actor James Gruen in 1927, and later, an Australian national,
Charles Collman.
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