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Anne Cornwall | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | January 17, 1897
Died | March 2, 1980 Van Nuys, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Resting place | Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1918–1959 |
Spouse(s) | Charles Maigne Ellis Wing Taylor (1930–1980) |
Anne Cornwall (January 17, 1897 – March 2, 1980) was an American actress best known for her roles in College (1927) and The Roughneck (1924).[1]
Born in Brooklyn in 1897, Cornwall performed for forty years in many silent film productions starting in 1918, and later in talkies, until 1959. She was first married to writer/director Charles Maigne, then later to Los Angeles engineer Ellis Wing Taylor, who fathered her only child, Peter Taylor.[2] In 1925 she was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.[3] Cornwall passed away in 1980 at the age of 83.[1]