Julia R. Hurley (May , â€" June , ) was an American actress who found
popularity in her senior years in silent films. She is best remembered
today as the 'landlady with the lamp' in the John Barrymore classic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , a role for which she is uncredited. This
film is her most readily available film today.She worked for many of
the early film studios i.e.: Biograph, Kalem, Essanay, Reliance, Imp,
Champion and Solax.As with most people born in the Victorian era,
Hurley probably enjoyed a theatrical career acting in provinces or
regional theatre and touring before making her first film in . She
continued with films until .She died June , of chronic myocarditis
and nephritis.
popularity in her senior years in silent films. She is best remembered
today as the 'landlady with the lamp' in the John Barrymore classic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , a role for which she is uncredited. This
film is her most readily available film today.She worked for many of
the early film studios i.e.: Biograph, Kalem, Essanay, Reliance, Imp,
Champion and Solax.As with most people born in the Victorian era,
Hurley probably enjoyed a theatrical career acting in provinces or
regional theatre and touring before making her first film in . She
continued with films until .She died June , of chronic myocarditis
and nephritis.
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