Myrtle Gonzalez (September , â€" October , ) was an American actress.
She starred in at least silent era motion pictures from to , of
which were one and two-reel shorts. She is regarded as Hollywood's
first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress.Gonzalez was best known
for her role as Enid Maitland in Vitagraph's six-reel feature length
drama The Chalice of Courage () opposite William Duncan. A magazine
writer once called her "The Virgin White Lily of the Screen."Myrtle
Gonzalez was born in Los Angeles, California on September , , the
daughter of Manuel George Gonzalez (â€"?) and Lillian L. Cook (â€").
Her siblings were Stella M. Gonzalez (â€") and Manuel G. Gonzalez, Jr.
(â€"?).Her paternal side comes from a native Hispanic Californio
family of Mexico, while her maternal grandparents were born in
Ireland. Her father was a retail grocer, her mother a former opera and
popular singer.
She starred in at least silent era motion pictures from to , of
which were one and two-reel shorts. She is regarded as Hollywood's
first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress.Gonzalez was best known
for her role as Enid Maitland in Vitagraph's six-reel feature length
drama The Chalice of Courage () opposite William Duncan. A magazine
writer once called her "The Virgin White Lily of the Screen."Myrtle
Gonzalez was born in Los Angeles, California on September , , the
daughter of Manuel George Gonzalez (â€"?) and Lillian L. Cook (â€").
Her siblings were Stella M. Gonzalez (â€") and Manuel G. Gonzalez, Jr.
(â€"?).Her paternal side comes from a native Hispanic Californio
family of Mexico, while her maternal grandparents were born in
Ireland. Her father was a retail grocer, her mother a former opera and
popular singer.
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