Barbara Castleton
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Barbara Castleton (September 14, 1894 - December 23, 1978) was an American silent movie star from Little Rock, Arkansas.
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[edit] Silent Film Actress
Castleton was one of the lower echelon stars who made films for Samuel Goldwyn Studio, along with Cullen Landis, James Kirkwood, and Rowland Lee. The company's major stars were Madge Kennedy, Geraldine Farrar, Will Rogers, and Tom Moore.
Castleton appeared in motion pictures from 1914 through 1923, accumulating twenty-eight screen credits. Her first performance as a film actress came in The Ordeal (1914). She had the lead in Branding Iron (1920), a film directed by Reginald Barker.
[edit] Private Life
Her first husband was George W. Zimmerman, an attorney from Vancouver, British Columbia. Castleton won a divorce suit from Zimmerman in October 1921 in Reno, Nevada. She contended that he gambled and lived beyond his income. The decree was granted on ground of cruelty. Castleton wed playwright Willard Mack in June 1920.
[edit] Antique Collector
Castleton was a collector of furniture. In March 1923 she purchased a pair of early seventeenth century blue velvet armchairs with Van Dyke fringe and an octagonal walnut center table with an elaborate carved base, also from the seventeenth century. The pieces were purchased at the Dabissi sale of fine old furniture held at the American Art Galleries in New York City.
[edit] Death
Castleton died in Boca Raton, Florida in 1978.
[edit] References
- Los Angeles Times, Willard Mack To Wed, June 18, 1920, Page III4.
- Los Angeles Times, Barbara Castleton Wins Divorce Suit, October 9, 1921, II10.
- Los Angeles Times, Film Publicist's Memories, July 22, 1958, Page B4.
- New York Times, Dabissi Art Brings $58,695, March 25, 1923, Page 17.
