Margaret Illington (born Maude Light, July , â€" March , ) was an
American stage actress popular in the first decade of the th century.
She later made an attempt at silent film acting by making two films
with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players-Lasky franchise.Maude Light was
born on July , in Bloomington, Illinois to I.H. Light and his wife,
Mary Ellen. She was educated at Illinois Wesleyan University and then
for two years was a pupil at Conway's Dramatic School in Chicago.She
made her Broadway debut in and a few years later she married Broadway
impresario Daniel Frohman in making her a sister-in-law of powerful
theater owner Charles Frohman. The marriage didn't last the decade and
ended in but her association with Frohman was a tremendous boost to
her career. An early Broadway success was The Two Orphans, ,
co-starring Grace George. She and George played the sisters later
played famously by Lillian and Dorothy Gish in D. W. Griffith's film
Orphans of the Storm.Illington married Edward Bowes in and desired to
have a baby according to newspaper accounts that interviewed her. But
it was not to be and she continued in plays. One of her best known
plays at this time was Kindling later turned into a silent film by
Cecil B. DeMille, but minus Illington. In Illington decided to try
her hand at moviemaking and signed with Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky.
She starred in The Inner Shrine and Sacrifice, both directed by stage
actor Frank Reicher. Zukor famously visited her on the set during the
making of The Inner Shrine. When her two films were completed she
returned to the stage and remained for about two years before retiring
in .
American stage actress popular in the first decade of the th century.
She later made an attempt at silent film acting by making two films
with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players-Lasky franchise.Maude Light was
born on July , in Bloomington, Illinois to I.H. Light and his wife,
Mary Ellen. She was educated at Illinois Wesleyan University and then
for two years was a pupil at Conway's Dramatic School in Chicago.She
made her Broadway debut in and a few years later she married Broadway
impresario Daniel Frohman in making her a sister-in-law of powerful
theater owner Charles Frohman. The marriage didn't last the decade and
ended in but her association with Frohman was a tremendous boost to
her career. An early Broadway success was The Two Orphans, ,
co-starring Grace George. She and George played the sisters later
played famously by Lillian and Dorothy Gish in D. W. Griffith's film
Orphans of the Storm.Illington married Edward Bowes in and desired to
have a baby according to newspaper accounts that interviewed her. But
it was not to be and she continued in plays. One of her best known
plays at this time was Kindling later turned into a silent film by
Cecil B. DeMille, but minus Illington. In Illington decided to try
her hand at moviemaking and signed with Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky.
She starred in The Inner Shrine and Sacrifice, both directed by stage
actor Frank Reicher. Zukor famously visited her on the set during the
making of The Inner Shrine. When her two films were completed she
returned to the stage and remained for about two years before retiring
in .
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