Ethel Wright Nesbitt (June 24, 1884 â€" November 7, 1958) was an
American actress and teacher.Wright was born in Mineral Point,
Wisconsin, the second of three daughters born to lawyer Samuel Wright
and his wife Catherine J Wright. All four of her grandparents were
born in England. She had an older sister, Edna Wright, who was an
activist and suffragette, and a younger sister, Rowe Wright, who was a
magazine and book editor.Wright appeared in several silent films,
including as Marguerite Leonard in A Leap for Love (1912), the working
mother in The Cry of the Children (1912), the bank teller's wife in
Vengeance Is Mine (1912), Catherine Wolff in Bolshevism on Trial
(1919) and Mrs. Minnett in The Enchanted Cottage (1924).
American actress and teacher.Wright was born in Mineral Point,
Wisconsin, the second of three daughters born to lawyer Samuel Wright
and his wife Catherine J Wright. All four of her grandparents were
born in England. She had an older sister, Edna Wright, who was an
activist and suffragette, and a younger sister, Rowe Wright, who was a
magazine and book editor.Wright appeared in several silent films,
including as Marguerite Leonard in A Leap for Love (1912), the working
mother in The Cry of the Children (1912), the bank teller's wife in
Vengeance Is Mine (1912), Catherine Wolff in Bolshevism on Trial
(1919) and Mrs. Minnett in The Enchanted Cottage (1924).
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