The Captive
1915
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Hollywood Walk of Fame. Abbie Jean MacPherson (May 18, 1886 [1] – August 26, 1946) was an American silent actress, writer and director. She is known for her collaborations with directors D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Jeanie Macpherson. Actress: The Merchant of Venice. Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson. Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from Theodore Kosloff.
- January 1, 1
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Like many other women who became established as screenwriters, she began her career as a performer, first as a dancer and then as an actress. Her numerous acting screen credits begin in 1908, and nearly thirty of the short films she appeared in for the Biograph Company, most directed by D. W. Griffith, are extant.
Jeanie Macpherson. Actress: The Merchant of Venice. Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson. Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from Theodore Kosloff.
- May 18, 1886
- August 26, 1946
Aug 18, 2021 · Jeanie MacPherson - The Genius Behind DeMille Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch shines a light on Jeanie MacPherson, a trailblazing screenwriter from the silent era who would eventually come to write a bulk of famed Hollywood mogul Cecil B. DeMille's box office hits.
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A pioneer in the movie industry, Jeanie Macpherson was one of the first women to become a screenwriter and director. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1884, she was initially a dancer and stage performer, then began acting in films in 1908, appealing directly to D.W. Griffith for her first role.
Jeanie Macpherson is known as an Actor, Writer, Story, Screenplay, Adaptation, Scenario Writer, Theatre Play, Researcher, Additional Writing, and Dialogue. Some of her work includes The Ten Commandments, The Cheat, The Devil's Brother, The King of Kings, The Buccaneer, Joan the Woman, Male and Female, and Madam Satan.
