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Ella Margaret Gibson is a Actor American born on 14 september 1894 at Colorado Springs (USA)

Ella Margaret Gibson

Ella Margaret Gibson
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Birth name Ella Margaret Gibson
Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1894 at Colorado Springs (USA)
Death 21 october 1964 (at 70 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Ella Margaret Gibson (September 14, 1894 – October 21, 1964), was an American stage and silent film actress who had leading roles in Vitagraph westerns, often opposite William Clifford. She also appeared with Charles Ray in The Coward (1915) and later worked in two Westerns with William S. Hart: The Money Corral and Sand!. In 1999 it was reported that on the afternoon of October 21, 1964 she made a dying confession to the murder of director William Desmond Taylor.

Gibson was sometimes credited or otherwise identified under at least seven other names, such as Patsy Palmer, Margie Gibson, Marguerite Gibson, Ella Margaret Lewis, Ella Margaret Arce or Pat Lewis. She appeared in 147 movies between 1913 and 1929.

Biography

Elle eut des premiers rôles dans plusieurs westerns de la Vitagraph, souvent avec William Clifford. Elle apparait également dans The Coward (1915) avec Charles Ray puis dans deux westerns avec William S. Hart: The Money Corral et Sand!.

En 1999 fut rendue publique sa confession avant de mourir l'après-midi du 21 octobre 1964 dans laquelle elle s'accuse du meurtre du réalisateur William Desmond Taylor.

Gibson fut parfois créditée ou sinon identifiée sous au moins huit autres noms, Patricia Palmer, Patsy Palmer, Margie Gibson, Marguerite Gibson, Helen Gibson, Ella Margaret Lewis, Ella Margaret Arce ou Pat Lewis. Elle joua dans plus de 140 films entre 1913 et 1929.

Usually with

William S. Hart
William S. Hart
(2 films)
Joseph H. August
Joseph H. August
(3 films)
Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Hillyer
(2 films)
Thomas H. Ince
Thomas H. Ince
(1 films)
Jane Novak
Jane Novak
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ella Margaret Gibson (14 films)

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Actress

The Godless Girl
The Godless Girl (1928)
, 1h53
Directed by Fritz Feld, Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lina Basquette, Ella Margaret Gibson, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene, Noah Beery Sr., Eddie Quillan
Rating70% 3.5398053.5398053.5398053.5398053.539805
This drama features a romance between two different teenagers: a young atheist girl, Judith Craig, and the male head of a Christian youth organization, Bob Hathaway. The two leaders and their groups attack each other, starting a riot that kills a young girl. Followed by a goofy boy, Bozo, the three are thrown into a juvenile prison with a cruel head guard and bad living conditions. The film maker makes a point of talking about the truth of prison cruelty in the middle of the movie.
Sand
Sand (1920)
, 1h13
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William S. Hart, Mary Thurman, G. Raymond Nye, Ella Margaret Gibson, Lon Poff
Roles Josie Kirkwood
Rating67% 3.3921953.3921953.3921953.3921953.392195
L'agent des chemins de fer Dan Kurrie est renvoyé par son chef Joseph Garber, amoureux comme lui de Margaret Young. En démasquant un gang attaquant les trains, Dan rentre en grâce auprès de Margaret...
The Soul's Cycle
The Soul's Cycle (1916)

Origin USA
Actors Ella Margaret Gibson, Roy Watson

Nadia, the daughter of a nobleman, rejects ancient Greece's senator Theron's love; so he has her and her lover, Lucian thrown into a burning crater. As punishment for this sin, the gods decree that he will roam the earth as a lion until he can right his wrong. A few millennia later, Nadia is now Agnes, the daughter of a millionaire, and Lucian is Arthur, a Wall Street broker.
The Coward
The Coward (1915)
, 1h17
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Nick Cogley, Ella Margaret Gibson, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French
Roles Amy
Rating59% 2.998052.998052.998052.998052.99805
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate States Army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.