Della Pringle, the stage name for Cora Della Van Winkle (August , â€"
November , ) was a repertory theater actress who achieved popularity
in the American West and Midwest between and . She also had a brief
career in silent films as a member of Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops
organization.Born Cora Della Van Winkle in Trenton, Missouri, she
began her professional career at age one playing juvenile roles for
the Robert Neff Chicago Comedly Company. She acquired the stage name
of "Della Pringle" when she married Johnny Pringle in .Pringle grew up
in Knoxville, Iowa. As a teenager, she worked as a hotel maid.Pringle
became a star attraction in the western half of the United States
during the late th century, amassing a fortune in the traveling
repertory theater business and claim to be "the actress who made Iowa
famous." Billboard stated while not a national celebrity, Pringle's
name was a holdhold word in those areas.
November , ) was a repertory theater actress who achieved popularity
in the American West and Midwest between and . She also had a brief
career in silent films as a member of Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops
organization.Born Cora Della Van Winkle in Trenton, Missouri, she
began her professional career at age one playing juvenile roles for
the Robert Neff Chicago Comedly Company. She acquired the stage name
of "Della Pringle" when she married Johnny Pringle in .Pringle grew up
in Knoxville, Iowa. As a teenager, she worked as a hotel maid.Pringle
became a star attraction in the western half of the United States
during the late th century, amassing a fortune in the traveling
repertory theater business and claim to be "the actress who made Iowa
famous." Billboard stated while not a national celebrity, Pringle's
name was a holdhold word in those areas.
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