Lily Branscombe

Lily Branscombe (born Lillian Rodman, 28 February 1876 – 26 September 1970) was a stage and film actress from New Zealand.[1]

Lily Branscombe

Branscombe was born in Carterton, in the North Island of New Zealand, and educated in New South Wales, Australia.[2] She acted with the Maggie Moore Company in Australia and New Zealand before moving to the United States of America around 1900.[3] There, she acted with the Frawley Company and later in silent films produced by the Essanay Company, opposite stars such as Francis X. Bushman, Bryant Washburn, and John Steppling.[1] She also appeared in a number of episodes of the short comedic film series Alkali Ike in 1911 and 1912.[4]

In 1900, she married Herbert Ashton in San Francisco.[3]

Filmography

• He Fought for the U.S.A. (1911)
• The Goodfellow's Christmas Eve (1911)
• For Memory's Sake, 1911[2]
• Alias Billy Sargent (1912)
• Detective Dorothy, 1912[5]
• The Melody of Love, 1912[6]
• Her Hour of Triumph,1912[7]
• The Snare (1912)

References

1. Doyle, Billy H. (1995). The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players. Scarecrow Press. p. 10.
2. "Lily Branscombe of the Essanay Company". The Motion Picture Story Magazine. 3: 140–148. 1912.
3. "Mimes and Music. [by Orpheus.] Coming Events". Evening Post. 1900-09-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
4. Rainey, Buck (2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956. MacFarland.
5. "Detective Dorothy". The Bioscope. 15: 882. 1912.
6. Maturi and Maturi, Mary and Richard (1998). Francis X. Bushman: A Biography and Filmography. McFarland. p. 112.
7. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 117.

External links

• Lily Branscombe at IMDb