American silent film actress
| Cora Drew | |
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 in 1920 |
Cora Rankin Drew (born 1871 or 1872) was a silent film actress in the United States. Her performances included leading roles in The Burned Hand (1915), The Honor System (1917), and Southern Pride (1917). She expressed frustration with casting imbalances between men and women. In 1921, Canadian Moving Picture Digest included a favorable description of one of her performances.
Filmography
- The Opened Shutters (1914)
- The Lily and the Rose (1915)
- The Burned Hand (1915)
- It's No Laughing Matter (1915)
- The Beachcomber (1915)
- Fit for Burning (1916)
- Where Are My Children? (1916)
- The Wood Nymph (1916)
- When a Man Sees Red (1917)
- The Honor System (1917)
- Southern Pride (1917)
- The Love Hunger (1919)
- The Prince of Avenue A (1920)
- The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
- Live and Let Live (1921)
- What's a Wife Worth? (1921)
- Go Straight (1921)
References
- Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 144. ISBN 0-7864-1059-0.
Drew, Cora Rankin ... MSBB , p. 1034 (age 46).
- Lant, Antonia; Periz, Ingrid (May 4, 2006). Red Velvet Seat: Women's Writings on the First Fifty Years of Cinema. Verso. ISBN 9781844671199 – via Google Books.
- "Canadian Moving Picture Digest". May 4, 1921 – via Google Books.
- "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. May 4, 1916 – via Google Books.
Further reading
- "Cora Drew Popular in Film Circles". The Photoplayers Weekly. February 5, 1916. p. 2.
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