June Elvidge

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June Elvidge (June 30, 1893 - May 1, 1965) was an early 20th century film actress from St. Paul, Minnesota.

Elvidge is noted for playing roles as a vamp in silent movies such as The Lure of Woman (1915) and The Poison Pen (1919). She appeared in westerns such as The Law of the Yukon (1920) and The Price of Pride (1917). She acted in seventy motion pictures before the beginning of the sound era.

After the conclusion of her movie career in 1924 Elvidge toured America on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc., in vaudeville. She debuted in Passing Show of 1914 produced by Sam Shubert at the Winter Garden in New York City. She retired from show business in 1925.

June Elvidge died in 1965 at the Mary Lee Nursing Home in Eatontown, New Jersey. She was seventy-two years old, the widow of Britton Busch, a stockbroker.

[edit] References

• New York Times, June Elvidge, May 3, 1965, Page 33.

[edit] External links

• June Elvidge at the Internet Movie Database