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Lillian Worth

Lillian Worth

Actress

Lillian Worth (stage name), born Lillian Burgher Murphy, (June 24, 1884 – February 23, 1952) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1937. Lillian Murphy was born on June 24, 1884, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Katherine Stahler and John B. Murphy. After she married in 1905, she began using her husband's surname as her stage name; and by 1909 she, as Lillian Wiggins, had gained public attention and favorable reviews for her performance in the theatrical production Beauty Spot By early 1913, she was a leading actress at Pathé's West Coast studio in Edendale, Los Angeles, where she starred in Western films. Pathé transferred Wiggins a few months later to its East Coast studio in Jersey City, New Jersey, and then in October 1913 to its new Southern studio in St. Augustine, Florida. In March 1914, Pathé once again relocated her, dispatching her to Europe, where she worked at the company's Paris studio before moving to London. There she made films first for British and Colonial Kinematography Company and then for Motograph Film Company. Wiggins returned to the United States in September 1914 and the next year started performing in films for Deer Film Company. Following the dissolution of her first marriage, she married again in 1918. She, however, elected not to use her second husband's surname professionally; instead, she adopted the new stage name Lillian Worth, which is how she continued to be credited until 1937. Lillian Worth was married twice. On May 3, 1905, she married Benjamin Platt Wiggins in Brooklyn, New York. The couple separated after a couple of years, and she filed for divorce in Reno, Nevada in 1911, although on that occasion she did not obtain the divorce. She filed again in Los Angeles, California, and was finally granted a divorce in 1914. She then married Erville Alderson, an American actor, on January 14, 1918, in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. That marriage too ended in divorce in 1925. Worth died at age 67 in Los Angeles, California, on February 23, 1952. In death records from that time, she is identified as Lillian Alderson despite the fact that she had divorced Erville Alderson 27 years earlier. Her gravesite is located at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Born: June 24, 1884 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: February 23, 1952 (Age 67)

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Lillian Worth  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.5
ActressHalf Man-Half Woman1935
Movie
ActressFlossy1921
Movie
6.3
ActressBlonde (uncredited)1935
Movie
6.5
ActressMaud1936
Movie
5.3
ActressMyrtle1930
Movie
5.4
ActressQueen La of Opar1921
Movie
6
ActressSister Team1927
Movie
6.4
ActressWoman Donating Bandages (uncredited)1936
Movie
6.2
ActressWaitress1931
Movie
5.6
ActressBuxom Singer1935
Movie
5.5
ActressFirst Complaining Wife (uncredited)1935
Movie
6.1
ActressBabe1929
Movie
7.4
ActressSteve's Girl1928
Movie
Actress1915
Movie
6
ActressFlorabell1931
Movie
ActressValeska1920
Movie
ActressTessie1926
Movie
5.4
Actress1919
Movie
5.1
ActressQueen La of Opar1929
Short Film
6.1
ActressMother Franklin1925
Short Film
ActressDenton's Sweetheart1913
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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