Ida Estelle Taylor (May , [note ] â€" April , ) was an American
actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. With "dark-brown,
almost black hair and brown eyes," she was regarded as one of the most
beautiful silent film stars of the s.After her stage debut in , Taylor
began appearing in small roles in World and Vitagraph films. She
achieved her first notable success with While New York Sleeps (), in
which she played three different roles, including a "vamp." She was a
contract player of Fox Film Corporation and, later, Paramount
Pictures, but for the majority of her career she freelanced. She
became famous and was commended by critics for her portrayals of
historical women in important films: Miriam in The Ten Commandments
(), Mary, Queen of Scots in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (), and
Lucrezia Borgia in Don Juan ().Although she made a successful
transition to sound films, she retired from film acting in and
decided to focus entirely on her singing career. She was also active
in animal welfare before her death from cancer in . She was
posthumously honored in with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
the motion pictures category.
actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. With "dark-brown,
almost black hair and brown eyes," she was regarded as one of the most
beautiful silent film stars of the s.After her stage debut in , Taylor
began appearing in small roles in World and Vitagraph films. She
achieved her first notable success with While New York Sleeps (), in
which she played three different roles, including a "vamp." She was a
contract player of Fox Film Corporation and, later, Paramount
Pictures, but for the majority of her career she freelanced. She
became famous and was commended by critics for her portrayals of
historical women in important films: Miriam in The Ten Commandments
(), Mary, Queen of Scots in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (), and
Lucrezia Borgia in Don Juan ().Although she made a successful
transition to sound films, she retired from film acting in and
decided to focus entirely on her singing career. She was also active
in animal welfare before her death from cancer in . She was
posthumously honored in with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
the motion pictures category.
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