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Cleo Madison is a Actor, Director and Story American born on 25 march 1883 at Bloomington (USA)

Cleo Madison

Cleo Madison
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 march 1883 at Bloomington (USA)
Death 11 march 1964 (at 80 years) at Burbank (USA)

Cleo Madison (March 26, 1883 – March 11, 1964) was a theatrical and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director who worked heavily in early Hollywood in a career spanning from the late 1910s to the mid-1920s.

Madison began her career on the stage. By 1910, she had begun performing as part of a theatre troupe known as the Santa Barbara Stock Company in California. In 1913, she was contracted by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to begin appearing in feature films. Madison established a name for herself as an actress with performances in films such as The Trey o' Hearts (1914). She is also considered a pioneering female director with a number of shorts and two feature films, A Soul Enslaved (1916) and Her Bitter Cup (1916), to her credit.

She made several efforts to set up a production company before leaving show business in 1924. She died from a heart-attack in 1964 at the age of 80.

Biography

She was enthusiastic about cars and driving. Madison purchased a 1915 auto manufactured by the Haynes Automobile Company in December 1914. In her work for the Universal Gold Seal Company she occasionally drove a car.

In November 1916 Madison married Don Peake of San Francisco, California. He was western sales manager of the Briscoe Motor Corporation. Before her marriage she resided with her sister, Helen, in a bungalow in Hollywood. Helen, nicknamed "Sunshine" for her bright disposition, was disabled and used a wheelchair. By 1916 she had been an invalid for eight years. Madison was especially devoted to her care.

Usually with

William V. Mong
William V. Mong
(4 films)
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney
(6 films)
Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
(3 films)
Edward Hearn
Edward Hearn
(2 films)
Lule Warrenton
Lule Warrenton
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cleo Madison (23 films)

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Actress

True As Steel
True As Steel (1924)
, 1h10
Directed by Rupert Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Aileen Pringle, Huntley Gordon, Cleo Madison, Eleanor Boardman, Norman Kerry, William Haines
Roles Mrs. Parry

Eva Boutelle is a businesswoman whose husband Harry is out of town. Meantime, she meets colleague Frank, who is also married. Despite of that, they start an affair.
The Great Radium Mystery
The Great Radium Mystery (1919)

Directed by Robert Hill
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Cleo Madison, Eileen Sedgwick, Bob Kortman, Ed Brady
Roles Countess Nada
Rating63% 3.19143.19143.19143.19143.1914
The Romance of Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
, 1h36
Directed by Wilfred Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, Cleo Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Monte Blue, Nigel De Brulier
Roles The Other Woman
Rating65% 3.260763.260763.260763.260763.26076
The film opens with flashbacks from Tarzan of the Apes to establish the back story. The African expedition led by Professor Porter (Thomas Jefferson) to find Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln), the ape-raised heir of Lord Greystoke, has been crowned with success, and Tarzan and Porter's daughter Jane (Enid Markey) are in love.
Black Orchids
Black Orchids (1917)

Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Cleo Madison, Francis McDonald, Dick La Reno, Howard Crampton, William Dyer, John George
Roles Marie de Severac / Zoraida
Rating52% 2.6280052.6280052.6280052.6280052.628005
The synopsis released by the studio as printed in Motography reads: The story is told as one a novelist relates to his daughter to warn her against waywardness. Zoraida, a fortune-teller, has many admirers, among them a diplomat and his son, Ivan. The father sends the son away. Later the woman falls in love with his best friend, the marquis. The diplomat plans to poison the marquis but falls into his own trap and dies. Zoraida marries the marquis. Ivan returns from the war, quarrels with the marquis and fights a duel with him. He wounds him fatally but before his death the marquis plans a revenge which brings about the death of Zoraida and Ivan.
Her Bitter Cup
Her Bitter Cup (1916)

Directed by Cleo Madison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cleo Madison, William V. Mong, Edward Hearn, Edward Hearn, Adele Farrington, Lule Warrenton
Roles Rethna

Factory worker Rethna (Madison) comes from an impoverished background. Her raison d'être is to improve the miserable lot of her fellow workers; her chief foe is the cruel factory-owner. Rethna begins a sexual relationship with Henry Burke (William Mong), the owner's disreputable son, and obtains money from him which she funnels to the workers, doing with Burke's money what she believes the Burkes ought to be doing anyway. After a year, she breaks off her relationship with Henry and marries his brother Walter (Edward Hearn), the better man of the two. She continues to support the factory workers with Burke money, and is eventually found out by her husband. Confronted by Walter, who truly loves her, she tells him that she married him only to gain access to his money and avenge the wrongs done by his family; faced with this admission, Walter leaves Rethna.
Alas and Alack
Alas and Alack (1915)
, 13minutes
Directed by Joseph De Grasse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lon Chaney, Cleo Madison
Roles The Fisherwife and Fishermaid
Rating52% 2.610662.610662.610662.610662.61066