Violet Horner

Violet Horner was an actress in silent films in the United States.[1] She had several starring roles including in one of the Lena Rivers films (based on the Mary Jane Holmes novel) released in 1914 and a series of films made with Billy Quirk for Gem Motion Picture Company including Billy's Adventure.

The Marble Heart (1916)

Still from The Man from the West (1912)

Still from Billy's Adventure

Her father was an engineer and she spent some of her youth living with him in Brazil. She began her career in theater.[2]

She worked for IMP and Fox studios.[2]

Filmography

• How Ned Got the Raise (1912), an extant film
• The Man from the West (1912)
• The Bald Headed Club (1912)[3]
• A Cave Man Wooing (1912)[3]
• The Castaway (1912 film[3]
• The Bridal Room (1912), as Mary Carter
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film) (unconfirmed)
• Damages in Full (1913)[4]
• Billy's Adventure (1913),[4] one in a series of films made by actors Billy Quirk and Violet Horner for the Gem Motion Picture Company
• Bob's Baby (1913), as Mrs. Robert Waring
• A Modern Romance (1913)[2]
• She Slept Through It All (1913)
• Lena Rivers (1914 Whitman film)
• The Ring and the Man (1914), as Eleanor
• Shore Acres (1914)[5]
• The Garden of Lies (1915), as Jessica Mannering
• The Stolen Voice (1915), an extant film
• Tillie the Terrible Typist (1915)[3]
• The Girl from Alaska (1915)
• The Marble Heart (film) (1916)[6]
• A Daughter of the Gods (1916), as Zarrah
• The Fighting Chance (1916)
• Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917), as Mrs. Laurence

References

1. "Violet Horner: Didn't Sit in a Corner". March 25, 2019.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=5jAXAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA125&dq=%22violet+horner%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN1JqOuuvnAhVBmeAKHXTyBrAQ6AEIUTAF#v=onepage&q=%22violet%20horner%22&f=false pages 144, 150, and 166
3. "Violet Horner". BFI.
4. "To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette". Amer. Company, Limited. February 25, 1913 – via Google Books.
5. Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). "Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen". epubli – via Google Books.
6. Solomon, Aubrey (January 10, 2014). "The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.