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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 14, 1892
Died
May 9, 1964
Place of Birth
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Naomi Weston Childers
- The Girl with the Grecian Face
Naomi Childers
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia Naomi Childers (November 15, 1892 – May 9, 1964) was an American silent film actress whose career lasted until the mid-20th century. She was born of English parentage in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Later in life she took pride in being descended from a long line of British ancestors. Her childhood was spent in St. Louis, Missouri where she was educated in the Maryville convent. Childers began acting at the age of three, reciting at a notable function. She played a Chopin number at an adult recital at the age of eight. When she was ten Childers performed the title roles, in both Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland, at the Odeon Theater in St. Louis. In 1912 she played in The Great Name and Madame X. The theatrical presentations featured Henry Kolker and Dorothy Donnelly. On Broadway Childers appeared in Ready Money. Childers was in movies beginning in 1913. She appeared in The Turn of the Road (1915) and The Writing on the Wall (1916). She was associated with the Vitagraph company for four years. Her most popular role was in Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation. In this film she performed a most modern characterization of Joan of Arc. In 1917 she began working with the Commonwealth Company. Childers possessed a preference for comedy, yet she was in constant demand to play more serious roles. Her character work in motion pictures was a strong asset. In the 1919 Sam Goldwyn film Lord and Lady Algy, Childers was cast in the leading feminine role. She depicted the wife of the young Lord Algy, played by Tom Moore. As a titled Englishwoman she revealed a cold exterior, but retained a warm nature. When Louis B. Mayer discovered Childers had come into hard times in later years, he granted her a lifetime contract from MGM. She continued to play numerous, often uncredited, roles into the early 1950s. Childers died in Hollywood, California in 1964, age 71. She is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Known For
5.4
Townswoman/Churchgoer
Small Town Girl
1953
5.4
Mother
Dial 1119
1950
6.1
Townswoman (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
5.9
Party Guest (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946
5.6
Dowager (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
6.0
Night Maid (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.0
Lunch Room Cashier (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
1945
0.0
Orphanage Matron (uncredited)
Little White Lie
1945
5.9
Hannah (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
1944
7.5
Matron (uncredited)
Lost Angel
1943
Credits
Small Town Girl
as Townswoman/Churchgoer
1953
5.4
Dial 1119
as Mother
1950
5.4
The Sea of Grass
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Dowager (uncredited)
1945
5.6
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Night Maid (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Dangerous Partners
as Lunch Room Cashier (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Little White Lie
as Orphanage Matron (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Mrs. Parkington
as Hannah (uncredited)
1944
5.9
Lost Angel
as Matron (uncredited)
1943
7.5
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Main Street on the March!
as Window Shopper (uncredited)
1941
5.6
Love Crazy
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1941
6.7
You, the People
as Radio Broadcast Spectator
1940
5.8
Gold Rush Maisie
as Mrs. Tyler (Uncredited)
1940
6.5
A Failure at Fifty
as Partner (uncredited)
1940
4.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Mary's Mother
1940
5.5
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1939
4.0
Within the Law
as Camerawoman
1939
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Too Hot to Handle
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1938
5.8
The Man on the Rock
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Miracle Money
as Patient (uncredited)
1938
5.6
Women Are Trouble
as Society Woman
1936
6.0
White Heat
as Mrs. Cheney
1934
4.0
Blondie Johnson
as Welfare Secretary (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Downstairs
as Servant (uncredited)
1932
6.5
Trial Marriage
as Mrs. George Bannister, 1st
1929
0.0
Virtuous Liars
as Julia Livingston
1924
0.0
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Restless Wives
as Mrs. Drake
1924
0.0
Success
as Jane Randolph
1923
0.0
Mr. Barnes of New York
as Enid Anstruther
1922
0.0
Hold Your Horses
as Beatrice Newness
1921
0.0
Earthbound
as Caroline Desborough
1920
0.0
The Street Called Straight
as Olivia Guion
1920
0.0
The Gay Lord Quex
as The Duchess of Strood
1919
0.0
Human Desire
as Marguerite Hunt
1919
0.0
The World and Its Woman
as Baroness Olga Amilahvari
1919
5.0
Lord and Lady Algy
as Lady Algy
1919
0.0
Shadows of Suspicion
as Doris Mathers
1919
0.0
The Divorcee
as Kitty Beresford
1919
0.0
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
as Jane Strong
1917
0.0
🎬
The Price of Fame
as Constance Preston
1916
0.0
The Devil's Prize
as Adeline St. Clair
1916
5.0
Writing on the Wall
as Muriel
1916
1.0
Anselo Lee
as Gertrude Carlton
1915
0.0
The Dust of Egypt
as Violet Manning
1915
0.0
🎬
The Crucible of Fate
as Mrs. Powell - the Mother
1914
0.0
🎬
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Mrs. Cavendish
1914
8.5
The Portrait
as Elaine Travner
1914
0.0
Iron and Steel
as Mrs. Carl Heiner
1914
0.0
🎬
Their Mutual Friend
as Patty Gordon
1913
0.0