Rhea Haines

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Rhea Haines
Born October 2, 1894
Indiana
Died March 12, 1964
Hollywood, California
Occupation Actor
Years active 1914 - 1921

Rhea Haines (October 2, 1894 - March 12, 1964) was a silent film actress from Indiana.

Haines was a leading lady for the film company of actor Hobart Bosworth. She played in films with Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, and Mack Sennett. In 1920 she appeared in Mary Ellen Comes To Town and Always Audacious for Paramount Pictures. The same year she performed in The Master Stroke for Vitagraph and Smiling All The Way for D.N. Schwab. In 1921 Haines made Uncharted Seas for Metro Pictures.

In Mary Ellen Comes To Town, she appeared with Dorothy Gish, Ralph Graves, and Charles Gerrard. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton.

She was associated as an actress with both D.W. Griffith and the Fine Arts Theater. Haines stopped making motion pictures in the early 1920s. She was married to attorney Thomas Case.

She died in Los Angeles, California in 1964, aged 69, from undisclosed causes.

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  • Los Angeles Times, The Screen, March 22, 1920, Page 12.
  • Los Angeles Times, Services Set for Actress Rhea Haines, March 14, 1964, Page B2.
Persondata
NAME Haines, Rhea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Indiana
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1964
PLACE OF DEATH Hollywood, California