Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball; September 6,
1890 â€" October 15, 1960) was an American film actress, who was
highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film
era.Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on September 6,
1890 to Edward Kimball and Pauline Madeline Kimball (née Garrett,
1860â€"1919), both of whom were traveling stock actors. She made her
stage debut at the age of three, and throughout her early childhood
traveled with her parents and acted with their theater company. She
attended St. Francis Xavier Academy in Chicago. Afterward, she was
hired into a stock company and resumed her stage career, traveling
extensively through the United States and playing in various small
town theaters.
1890 â€" October 15, 1960) was an American film actress, who was
highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film
era.Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on September 6,
1890 to Edward Kimball and Pauline Madeline Kimball (née Garrett,
1860â€"1919), both of whom were traveling stock actors. She made her
stage debut at the age of three, and throughout her early childhood
traveled with her parents and acted with their theater company. She
attended St. Francis Xavier Academy in Chicago. Afterward, she was
hired into a stock company and resumed her stage career, traveling
extensively through the United States and playing in various small
town theaters.
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