Gwendolyn Pates (April , â€" November ), also billed as Gwendoline
Pates, was an American actress in silent films and on stage.Gwendoline
Ivore Pates was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Frederick B.
Pates and Allie Beckwith Pates. Her father was a voice teacher. She
and her sister attended the Boyd Theater School of Acting in Omaha.
Her sister Vivian Pates was also an actress. She lived some of her
youth in Alton, Illinois.As an actress, Pates was best known for
"dainty, girlish" roles that focused on her "bewitching prettiness"
and adventurous nature. She appeared in more than forty short silent
films between and . She was often in the title role, for example in
His Date with Gwendoline (), The Blind Girl of Castle Guille (), and
When Romance Came to Anne (). In she appeared with George W. Beatty
in An Aeroplane Love Affair. Beatty was not an actor, but he was the
chief test pilot and instructor at the United States Army Aviation
School."The necessary qualifications for a successful photoplayer are
that you must photograph well, and be able to express facially the
idea you want to convey to the audience," she explained about her
work.
Pates, was an American actress in silent films and on stage.Gwendoline
Ivore Pates was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Frederick B.
Pates and Allie Beckwith Pates. Her father was a voice teacher. She
and her sister attended the Boyd Theater School of Acting in Omaha.
Her sister Vivian Pates was also an actress. She lived some of her
youth in Alton, Illinois.As an actress, Pates was best known for
"dainty, girlish" roles that focused on her "bewitching prettiness"
and adventurous nature. She appeared in more than forty short silent
films between and . She was often in the title role, for example in
His Date with Gwendoline (), The Blind Girl of Castle Guille (), and
When Romance Came to Anne (). In she appeared with George W. Beatty
in An Aeroplane Love Affair. Beatty was not an actor, but he was the
chief test pilot and instructor at the United States Army Aviation
School."The necessary qualifications for a successful photoplayer are
that you must photograph well, and be able to express facially the
idea you want to convey to the audience," she explained about her
work.
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